[mtarros]Ficus

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[mtarros]Ficus

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Species: Ficus (Fortune Fig)
Height: 14cm
Origin: nursery
Cost: $14

Is it a port jackson fig?? it's just maked as a Fortune Fig.

This is my first fig tree so it should be fun :)
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Hi Mtarros,
Looks like a Banyan Fig to me.

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BonsaiPanda wrote:Hi Mtarros,
Looks like a Banyan Fig to me.

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Hi,

I have planted it into a bigger pot and have cut alot of the little branches off and wired a leader branch.

Got alot of little cuttings off it so have planted them up also. :)
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Hi,

Here is an update on the tree
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Here is an update on the tree.

It has not had much growth going on
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This one is growing slow also??
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Have you been feeding the fig ? Here in Brissy it should be powering along with all the rain we have had :lost:
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I have been bad and have not been feeding it. :twisted:

I will have to start doing it a bit more
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This tree is still looking the same have not had time to do anything with it.

I will try and post some pics up today.
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