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Thu, Oct 13, 11 at 14:53
| Hey all,
I've had this Ficus m. since May of this year. Back in Mid July I had started an air layer on the tree to start removing the bare, straight trunks. Here it is when it was bought:
I then air layered one of the straight branches:
And I seperated that layer the other day:
And did some work to the bottom half:
And future plans for this guy. Cut off the branch in red, air layer off the branch in yellow, then get new branches to sprout in the green areas:
Just thought I would share with you all. Ryan |
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- Posted by Joemanshark none (My Page) on Thu, Oct 13, 11 at 15:46
| That looks really neat, how old was it when you got it? |
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- Posted by ryan_tree 7aVA (thebonsaiguy1993@yahoo.com) on Thu, Oct 13, 11 at 16:00
| Thanks Joe. I have no idea of the age of it, but the trunk alone is close to 3 inches, so it can't be that young. |
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- Posted by greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a (My Page) on Thu, Oct 13, 11 at 22:47
| Nice work, Ryan! You're improving your skills every day.
Josh |
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- Posted by ryan_tree 7aVA (thebonsaiguy1993@yahoo.com) on Sun, Oct 23, 11 at 12:02
| I'll be chopping that branch on the right off. Air layering it would only slow development, and if I chop it I can flare the base on it (the right way). |
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- Posted by ryan_tree 7aVA (thebonsaiguy1993@yahoo.com) on Sun, Oct 23, 11 at 15:13
Chopped that branch off:  |
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