Ficus salicifolia / nerifolia
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I had a go at grafting a F. microcarpa. It was a twin thick rooted tree, and I cut it at the top of the roots thinking they'd shoot. After two years of nothing happening I grafted two small branch tips on one of them, and it has taken!
Figs are pretty forgiving in many many ways.
Figs are pretty forgiving in many many ways.
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yes thinking of grafting more of my main Natal ficus back on to itself either from some of my cuttings that have been taking or even grafting living branches i also have a Microcarpa that was one of those ginsing monstrosities and grafting many other types of ficus to it as a crazy fun experiment
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Re: Ficus salicifolia / nerifolia
Mel, must be only certain Ficus that sprout from root cuttings. I read a blog and the guy always says he throws the root cuttings into separate pots with figs. But I've had the same experience as you, nothing sprouts.
I tried grafting onto a MBF root cutting, but my cuts were too sloppy. Going to give it another try next time I have some spare branch cuttings.
I tried grafting onto a MBF root cutting, but my cuts were too sloppy. Going to give it another try next time I have some spare branch cuttings.
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I've found only Willow leaf fig grows from root cuttings. (in the ficus family.)TimIAm wrote: ↑October 15th, 2022, 8:28 am Mel, must be only certain Ficus that sprout from root cuttings. I read a blog and the guy always says he throws the root cuttings into separate pots with figs. But I've had the same experience as you, nothing sprouts.
I tried grafting onto a MBF root cutting, but my cuts were too sloppy. Going to give it another try next time I have some spare branch cuttings.
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This week I have just noticed my Natal Fig root cutting has a shoot, after about 3 months. My Chinese and Corky Bark Elms are quite well developed after the same time period however. My willow leaf has not done much however.
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Good to know Stevie. I don't see Natal figs here, or if I have, they haven't been obvious.
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There's a thread on the various plants that will grow from root cuttings here: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6055
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Today I took 3 of my Bunnings starter PJs and cut back hard there only 1 year old but after reading here thought I'd give root cuttings a crack one I cut in 3 small lengths from the root with the upper roots attached to the small trunk replanted that then cut the bottom of the roots in 2 sections so there are mid and low roots have planted are will report back in a few weeks on that
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This is what I thought was a Natal Fig Mel. I could well be wrong however
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To be honest I am not up on id of various figs, most experts need to see leaves, undersides of leaves, syconia, bark and heaven knows what else. There's a Ficus study group of fb where people are always asking for ID, and they usually ask for those pics. However, someone there might know.
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This is the sort of result I got when searching Natal Fig
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If you go here, scroll to the bottom of the page and look at pictures of the leaves, you can see the irregular shaped leaves that F. Natalensis has.
https://identify.plantnet.org/the-plant ... chst./data
Which looks just like what Stevie B has. Rintar also has one, so sure he can confirm.
https://identify.plantnet.org/the-plant ... chst./data
Which looks just like what Stevie B has. Rintar also has one, so sure he can confirm.
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Well it's good to know that the natal fig will grow from root cuttings. I'll keep a look out for one.
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Bark and leaves look right to me Steve there is always some variance from seed grown varieties even from the multiple cutting I have taken from the one tree there has been some variance in bark and leaves as they have grown.
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