PJF - 30 years plus

[anthonyW]

Hi Guys

This is a fig I puchased approximately 11 and half months ago with a beautiful old trunk,healthy but not a lot of foliage,but as you can see it has not been rotated nearly enough to the dominate positioning of the sun from previos owner,but the potential still there to get it back to its former glory...hoping anyway.

So in the first 4 approx weeks of having it,I would feed very heavy(per instruction,just very often).

So after those initial weeks health looking good I would push,prod, pull and graft branches/foliage to the back for more depth and segment for padding and tighten growth more towards the trunk.

Then repot,change angle of trunk coming forward after the health more established after the first 4-ish weeks.

Then let it grow hard and fast untouched till the last couple of days then wired with some leafs left on where we are still grafting...there you go this fig has played the game and I feel nearly all but...cheers

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when first bought

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quite visible lack of growth and this will be the new angle

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After 4weeks time to work that growth especially out the back

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looking a lot better now with growth in all directions and tighter

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let it go for 11 odd months

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Defoliated and a look at its newer bones

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Wired and some tranquillity lol

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Another angle showing the ramification and intense wiring(I m over that lol)

Anthony

[Pearcy001]

Looking really good Anthony. You seem very proud, and I think you should be. Love the recent shot of it defoloated. The new pot also works a treat in my opinion.

Cheers,
Pearcy.

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[anthonyW]

Cheers Pearcy,yes very happy with this one and the pot,quite a size pot at 500mm and just shy of 400mm the other way,lucky to find one.
Anthony

[anthonyW]

Powering on

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[benbonsai]

[bodhidharma]

Lots of potential Anthony and would like a size comparison.

[anthonyW]

Cheers Guys

Bodhi the fig stands at 630 mm high and just over 600 mm wide

cheers Anthony

[melbrackstone]

Lots of improvement from start to now, Anthony! Looking forward to seeing it progress.

[anthonyW]

Thanks Mel will keep you posted

cheers Anthony

[boom64]

Cracker of a tree Anthony. Always enjoy your Figs. Thanks John.

[anthonyW]

Thanks John
cheers Anthony

[anthonyW]

Update with a re pot,defoliation and wire off then wire back on for more ramification and resetting of main (primary) branches, as we have stood the tree up for the top to come over the base more...cheers

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[melbrackstone]

I think you must be the fig whisperer, Anthony.

[anthonyW]

Haha too funny...cheers Mel

[anthonyW]

A shot on a summer wet day, beautiful relief from the heat.

Anthony

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