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Shohin
This past winter/spring I received this Ficus, and two more trees from a man who couldn't care for them anymore. I'd been feeding and watering since. About two weeks ago I decided it was okay to take on work this summer, and took it to my first wiring class. My goal was to completely wire the tree and then repot it. In a perfect world I probably would have liked to repot it next summer. But it was Extremely root bound.
A small fraction of the wiring was done the day of the class. I worked for an estimated 8+ hours on wiring the tree at home. This was by far the most time I've spent wiring a tree, but this is also my largest tree. I'm really happy with the outcome, although I'm sure I could have wired better. It's beginning to back bud, and feel confident I will have limited to no die back (I've read various stories of F. Benjamina reacting differently to wire, partial defoliation and repots in one fell swoop).
Critiques, Concerns, whatever welcome.
A small fraction of the wiring was done the day of the class. I worked for an estimated 8+ hours on wiring the tree at home. This was by far the most time I've spent wiring a tree, but this is also my largest tree. I'm really happy with the outcome, although I'm sure I could have wired better. It's beginning to back bud, and feel confident I will have limited to no die back (I've read various stories of F. Benjamina reacting differently to wire, partial defoliation and repots in one fell swoop).
Critiques, Concerns, whatever welcome.