Green Island Ficus

[Redwood Ryan]

Hey all,



Thought I would share the work I did on a Green Island Ficus. It stands about 10 inches tall now with a 2 inch base.

Here is the tree before pruning:

And here it is after pruning:

Now to let it grow.

Any comments?

 

[linlaoboo]

not bad, any good root spreads? How's it looking now?

 

[Redwood Ryan]

Not much in the way of rootage, but here's the tree as of today:

Thinking about removing that growth that's blocking the trunkline, and going with this:

 

[linlaoboo]

look like it's on the right track. Just MHO the branches on the left have alot of growing to do to become 1/4 to 1/3 of the trunk's thickness so removing any unwanted growth somewhere else should speed things up. Is the wound up top closing up yet?

 

[linlaoboo]

look like it's on the right track. Just MHO the branches on the left have alot of growing to do to become 1/4 to 1/3 of the trunk's thickness so removing any unwanted growth somewhere else should speed things up. Is the wound up top closing up yet?