amcoffeegirl
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You know - if you get any crazy shaped root cuttings I would take those.
I like the way those grow so oddly.
Yes, please post after the hair cut.
It must have felt great to see new growth return.
Woe is Me, Old Man Winter - 1, John - Zero
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You know - if you get any crazy shaped root cuttings I would take those.
I like the way those grow so oddly.
Yes, please post after the hair cut.
It must have felt great to see new growth return.
Mellow Mullet
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Ok, I will let you know what I get. I don't know if I will repot either one this year. The forest was done last year and the frozen one needs t recover.
It did fell good, as I stated in the OP, I have had this one for a really long time. I hope to make a shohin out of it, we will see after the trim
It did fell good, as I stated in the OP, I have had this one for a really long time. I hope to make a shohin out of it, we will see after the trim
Redwood Ryan
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Ouch, how far did you have to cut it back?
Mellow Mullet
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Mellow Mullet
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Update:
This one seemed to grow an inch a day, glad something likes the heat. Anyway, I thinned it out to see what was there, think I snipped off a million shoots. I just cut each group down to the main one. Hopefully I will have time to investigate what is under the soil so I can see which direction to go. Here it is, the phoenix:
Start:
The carnage, I mean "result". I know it is just a shadow of its former self, but I am just happy that it is still growing.:
This one seemed to grow an inch a day, glad something likes the heat. Anyway, I thinned it out to see what was there, think I snipped off a million shoots. I just cut each group down to the main one. Hopefully I will have time to investigate what is under the soil so I can see which direction to go. Here it is, the phoenix:
Start:
The carnage, I mean "result". I know it is just a shadow of its former self, but I am just happy that it is still growing.:
tree4me
Shohin
Nice to see it made it.
I have one the same thing happened this past winter. I cut back from 18" to about 3". It also came back. Last winter was a real learning experience for me as far as housing tropicals.
I have one the same thing happened this past winter. I cut back from 18" to about 3". It also came back. Last winter was a real learning experience for me as far as housing tropicals.
quietobserver
Omono
Sumo mame???
Mellow Mullet
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Maybe so, just gonna let it grow, Might take a look at it in the spring and see what is under the soil and make some more cuts. What ever it becomes, it will be short.
John
quietobserver
Omono
One of my favorite trees is a smallish willow leaf i damn near killed b/c of the cold. Wound up chopping it, threw it in pumice for a couple years and it went from a foot tall beauty pre freeze to a fat super shorty in a nice little tokoname pot. Good luck with this guy regardless..
Mellow Mullet
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Update:
This guy has really given old man winter the middle finger, I has grown into quite the beast. Now, What to do with it? Chop it really short? Let it continue to grow and thicken the leader? Get rid of it because of the reverse taper? What do you guys think?
This guy has really given old man winter the middle finger, I has grown into quite the beast. Now, What to do with it? Chop it really short? Let it continue to grow and thicken the leader? Get rid of it because of the reverse taper? What do you guys think?
Redwood Ryan
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How'd you get THAT from the previous pictures?! It was just a little thing!
Definitely keep it. Looks like the second or fourth picture would make a decent front.
Definitely keep it. Looks like the second or fourth picture would make a decent front.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Amen....low chop!
Hell yeah John!
Sorce
Hell yeah John!
Sorce
Wilson
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Nice! Another Lazarus tree! Cheers to survivors, and Newcastle!
namnhi
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Let it grow for another year or two
Mellow Mullet
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I don't know, it just took off. We did have a mild winter and it never quit growing.
VAFisher
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I thought the same thing. Like there is no way I'm looking at the same tree...
That's pretty awesome.
Giga
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From the ashes! I'm not much of a ficus fan but this def has a good story behind it!
Mellow Mullet
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Update:
Other than repotting and trying to graft some branches here and there, I just let it grow unchecked last year. This year, I decided that it needed another repot and I also decided it was time to give it a chop. This is what I started with:
I have found that this type of ficus is really hard to graft, tiger bark ficus will pretty much graft itself, but neriflora just doesn't seem to like to take them. Here are some of the failed grafts:
And the chop, timber!
It was completely pot-bound:
A little teasing out:
I also cleaned up the old wounds, the main one on the trunk seems to be rolling over the epoxy putty very well:
Other than repotting and trying to graft some branches here and there, I just let it grow unchecked last year. This year, I decided that it needed another repot and I also decided it was time to give it a chop. This is what I started with:
I have found that this type of ficus is really hard to graft, tiger bark ficus will pretty much graft itself, but neriflora just doesn't seem to like to take them. Here are some of the failed grafts:
And the chop, timber!
It was completely pot-bound:
A little teasing out:
I also cleaned up the old wounds, the main one on the trunk seems to be rolling over the epoxy putty very well:
Mellow Mullet
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After recutting the callus, it was seal with a little duct seal:
I then cut the roots back and tied it in the pot:
Added a little soil and she was ready, I hope:
I then cut the roots back and tied it in the pot:
Added a little soil and she was ready, I hope:
Mellow Mullet
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A month later, I have some budding:
