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Re: [thoglette] F. Benjamina 2016-2017
Posted: May 15th, 2016, 10:41 am
by thoglette
Back in the saddle. Following
advice from Tony Bebb I've been trying to fatten up the trunk a bit more (the sacrifice branch to the right is about 50cm long)
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bonsai_beginner wrote:I haves heard of thread grafting before, but I'll definitely do some research on it!!
I've got two successful thread grafts on another F. Benji so well worth trying.
Re: [thoglette] F. Benjamina
Posted: August 28th, 2016, 6:29 pm
by thoglette
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August update as required by the rules. Still getting fatter. Most of the visible foliage is sacrifice material.
Re: [thoglette] F. Benjamina
Posted: November 29th, 2016, 12:02 pm
by thoglette
Fatter, chopped some branches as they were getting too fat. Two steps forward, one back!
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Re: [thoglette] F. Benjamina
Posted: December 24th, 2016, 12:04 pm
by Elmar
Nice progression!
Funny thing is, FB is amongst my least favourite trees but the one I got (was a pressy for daughter who wasn't really interested!) has gotten pot bound twice now and has gotten soooo fat (trunk) it is now peaking my curiosity, all I did was use a larger pot...
Keep it up and thank you.
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Whoops
Posted: February 26th, 2017, 1:07 pm
by thoglette
I was going to be away for a while during the summer so I tucked it away where it would get watered. That worked, but not enough sun so it went all lanky on me.
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The only option was to cut it all off again and I'm back to square one.
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Bad phto to stay in the comp
Posted: May 28th, 2017, 5:07 pm
by thoglette
Life's been a little crazy so this is a post-or-lose post. I potted it back out into an even bigger pot (ok, seed tray) to get some thickness happening.
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Re: Bad phto to stay in the comp
Posted: August 23rd, 2017, 9:47 pm
by thoglette
thoglette wrote:Life's been a little crazy so this is a post-or-lose post.
I have done some more work but this the photo I have. Another shocker
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The weekds are flat leaved parsley - microherbs! (that's my excuse)
Re: Bad phto to stay in the comp
Posted: November 24th, 2017, 9:00 am
by thoglette
thoglette wrote:Life's been a little crazy so this is a post-or-lose post.
Been on the road for 13 of the last 15 weeks so, as a bonsai, the tree is in a worse condition than last year. However the trunk is getting fatter.
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Re: [thoglette] F. Benjamina
Posted: December 4th, 2017, 10:30 am
by Steven
Sorry Thoglette, I've had to disqualify this and your other entry as you did not post 2 final photographs.
Regards,
Steven
Re: [thoglette] F. Benjamina
Posted: March 12th, 2022, 6:33 pm
by thoglette
Well the Comp may be well over but the tree lives on (for now). New pot from Margie Fenn, perhaps a little too late in the year
but I didn’t want to wait all year.
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A bit scraggly but I’m just going to leave the foliage on while the roots recover.