Life cycle of tree roots Date: October 26, 2022 ... In their study, the researchers inserted roots from Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa), still attached to the tree, ...

If you increase the minutes, then everything on that cycle gets more water, whether they need it or not. There is a problem. This tree is now accustomed to frequent watering.

"For cypress trees specifically, their life cycle is very tied to the seasonality and the duration of that flooding." If areas are flooded when seeds emerge from their protective pod, they'll drown.

As to the problem with knees, most cypress trees planted in well-drained average landscapes do not produce knees. But once a tree starts, there is no way to make it stop other than removing the tree.