Lobaeux
Shohin
Wow! Such a beautiful ficus.
I Likeus the Ficus
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eferguson1974
Chumono
I love the trunk! Awesome! I have a other species Im trying to do something very similar but mine is ten years or more behind yours. Great tree!
Mellow Mullet
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UPDATE:
Well the heat of summer is upon us in the Heart of Dixie, upper 90's with 200% humidity. While most other trees have slowed down, the ficus have really picked up, they love this kind of heat. So, I took a break this afternoon and gave this one a haircut and a little wire. Here what I started with:
Well the heat of summer is upon us in the Heart of Dixie, upper 90's with 200% humidity. While most other trees have slowed down, the ficus have really picked up, they love this kind of heat. So, I took a break this afternoon and gave this one a haircut and a little wire. Here what I started with:
Mellow Mullet
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I pulled some of the lower limbs down, again, since they did not stay positioned from the last wiring. Here is how I left it, what do you think?
Vin
Imperial Masterpiece
It's looking really good. I always see Stacy cut the leaves in half to let more light in. Would that be appropriate for this one? I'm going to do it to mine this weekend.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Nice!
Huge Improvement!
Sorce
Huge Improvement!
Sorce
LanceMac10
Imperial Masterpiece
Good looking tree, nice work, @Mellow Mullet !!!!
GrimLore
Bonsai Nut alumnus... we miss you
@Mellow Mullet - Looking good man! Funny they need a lot od Summer work, much like Serissa but if you have the time they are fun!
Grimmy
Grimmy
Mellow Mullet
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Mellow Mullet
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Update:
Got a break in the rain this afternoon, we got over four inches the past few days, so I took some time to give the tree a little trim. It has been less than a month since the last trim. The rain and heat are really helping the tropical.
Before:
Got a break in the rain this afternoon, we got over four inches the past few days, so I took some time to give the tree a little trim. It has been less than a month since the last trim. The rain and heat are really helping the tropical.
Before:
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After:
jcrossett
Chumono
Great ficus 
Mellow Mullet
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Update:
It got another haircut and some wire, plus 9652874256621 guise wires. Some of the larger limbs I notched on the bottom before I moved them. I have found that this is the best way to get them to stay in position as I have wired them into position in the past, when you take the wire off they will return to the original position in a matter of days. It still needs more wire, but that will wait till next season, I am running out of the brutal heat that it likes. Still have a month and a half, but will hold off.
I have been slowly chasing the growth back and reducing the height, it is about where I want it. What do you think?
Oh, sorry for the crappy photos, it was a little dark when I got home from work. Too dark for no flash and not dark enough for flash. And, the white cup is there to help an aerial root make it.
It got another haircut and some wire, plus 9652874256621 guise wires. Some of the larger limbs I notched on the bottom before I moved them. I have found that this is the best way to get them to stay in position as I have wired them into position in the past, when you take the wire off they will return to the original position in a matter of days. It still needs more wire, but that will wait till next season, I am running out of the brutal heat that it likes. Still have a month and a half, but will hold off.
I have been slowly chasing the growth back and reducing the height, it is about where I want it. What do you think?
Oh, sorry for the crappy photos, it was a little dark when I got home from work. Too dark for no flash and not dark enough for flash. And, the white cup is there to help an aerial root make it.
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Wow....great tree, I love it.
That's so many wires! It's like your holding it down from running away
Did you do a defoliation yet?
That's so many wires! It's like your holding it down from running away
Did you do a defoliation yet?
Mellow Mullet
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Wow....great tree, I love it.
That's so many wires! It's like your holding it down from running away
Did you do a defoliation yet?
No defoliation yet, maybe next year. It is too late in the season to try it now.
Thanks!
Milly
Shohin
Very nice ficus
If you wire the branches of figs in the normal way allow the wire to bite. The tree then attempts to heal the wirebite and that growth helps to set the branches. When you remove the wire the scars will very quickly heal over and at the same time give the bark a nice appearance of age.
If you wire the branches of figs in the normal way allow the wire to bite. The tree then attempts to heal the wirebite and that growth helps to set the branches. When you remove the wire the scars will very quickly heal over and at the same time give the bark a nice appearance of age.
RedJamesBonsai
Sapling
Nice ficus you have there
Mellow Mullet
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Thanks, Milly, I have done that on smaller branches, say pencil size, but the larger ones do better when notched.
Thanks!
thomas22
Chumono
Do you plan to shorten the canopy a bit more? It looks like you have already shortened it a few inches. The last picture has an almost half circle type shape but you usually see an umbrella type shape with this style of Ficus. Just an observation on an already nice tree.
