WINTER DEFOLIATING PJ FICUS...

[Luke]

experiment!

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luke

[Luke]

i believe its hot enough for this Port Jackson to excel! it loves the hexy fishtank!!!!
heres a B4 pic...

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others thoughts would be great!
luke

[Amanda]

Oh niice.

Make sure you update with watering/feeding schedule

[kcpoole]

I woudl have thought you could do away with the tank on the gold coast
does PJ not grow year round there anyway?

Ken

[Luke]

Oh niice.

Make sure you update with watering/feeding schedule

indeed! all my trees had their first taste of 'miracle grow' this morning!!! (charlie carp ran dry!) ...Umm, call me weird but i can hear my trees yelling, ""thankyou"" 'softly in the wind' hahahah...
non bonsai related..... but my PF are flowering!! simply amazing flower !!

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luke

[Luke]

I woudl have thought you could do away with the tank on the gold coast
does PJ not grow year round there anyway?

Ken

its all experiments with me at the moment ken i rekon they will grow stronger in a contained, moist, warm environment. (we have just hit our cold snap here, in the last couple nights its dropped from 22 to 18 at night.... (gets quite chilli just before the sun comes up!!) but nothing compared to southern conditions im sure!!
all learning
luke

[Glenda]

The fish tank will act like a terrarium, keeping soil moist and humidity higher - great for ficus. I have a terrarium I keep in my science lab at school. Come back after 6 weeks holidays at Christmas, soil is still damp and plants are growing nicely on neglect. I only have an aphalandra, philodendron, ferns and ficus pumila in there, but they thrive. Only upkeep is cleaning the algae off the sides of the tank from time to time

Glenda

[anttal63]

Drops to 18 at night, gets quiet chilly b4 the sun comes up.


OK


You're a cracka mate

[Glenda]

Drops to 18 at night, gets quiet chilly b4 the sun comes up.


OK


You're a cracka mate

Ant, up here we think we will be singing soprano if it drops below 20! A few years ago we had the coldest day on record. It only got to 11 degrees that day. We sat under a blanket in front of the heater all day, and thought we would die every time we had to go to the bathroom!

Glenda

[anttal63]

[Glenda]

You have to remember our houses are built to be cool - which means during winter also. We may have only 6 weeks of winter and 20 weeks of stinking hot weather, so it makes sense I guess.

[Luke]

hehehehe what a reply ant? you jealous of our warm humid nights? hahaha.. i dont take the temp after i go to bed but at around 11:00.. benchmark. its down 16/18 lately..... this topic is about, if i can get away with completly deloilating at this time of year with a humidity enclosure!
in SE QLD! ?
luke

[Jamie]

hi luke

i defoliated my QLD small leaf about two weeks ago it is popping out new leaves all over the place, no need for the humidity tank! its been outside under the sun and stars uncovered at all times!

i will get pics tomorrow, should have a decent camera then!


jamie