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Ficus #1. Thoughts and suggestions




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Ficus #1. Thoughts and suggestions

Tue May 07, 2013 9:31 pm

Hello everyone
This is the first of the bonsai i acquired. Would love to hear the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Thank you
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Re: Ficus #1. Thoughts and suggestions

Tue May 07, 2013 11:22 pm

Why this seventh day of May in Brooklyn is this fig indoors?
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Re: Ficus #1. Thoughts and suggestions

Tue May 07, 2013 11:27 pm

It was 43 degrees out last night, and there are guys working on the roof so I have to leave the fire escape free of things.
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Re: Ficus #1. Thoughts and suggestions

Wed Jun 26, 2013 6:18 pm

I'd conside air-layering off the top half of the tree, wire up a side branch to be the new leader/apex. This will create the taper it very much needs.
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