Bench build

[Andrew F]

Is that a bonsai cat too ???

Nice start mate...

He is to old and big to do anything with.

So i bought some fresh stock and started from scractch.

[FatMingsBonsai]

Well, keeping this new bonsai cat in that restricted container will certainly restrict its growth

How often do you need to repot

[Andrew F]

Well, keeping this new bonsai cat in that restricted container will certainly restrict its growth

How often do you need to repot

Repot???

[emi93m]

Looks awesome mate post some pics when complete with your trees on it ..........

[Andrew F]

Looks awesome mate post some pics when complete with your trees on it ..........

Thanks Em, ill be sure to post pics once i have finished mate

Well, today i only got a small window of time to accomplish anything before the weather turned foul...

So..







600x600 concrete pavers 2'' thick, hand moved.....in the drizzle....

May need a new spirit level

But in moving everything i found this which im pretty happy about. This fig has been left to go gang buster, which it has the roots and trunks have thickened up nicely, so Im looking forward to repotting at a later date and removing excess and leaving it as a twin trunk banyan style:




^^^^ Not to mention scale city

How it was when it first came into my possession:



Difference in leaf size:




Still no help from this mug:

[Andrew F]

Got the diagonal bracing on today and just in time to, the wind has picked up considerably and i can rest well knowing i wont wake up to a pile of treated pine.

[emi93m]

Looking good mate ......Bloomin rain hey that Fig has great potential for a clump send some pics threw when you work on it next..and scale is like @#%holes everyone gets em on there figs. Keep the pics comin .....

Regards Mick

[Andrew F]

Looking good mate ......Bloomin rain hey that Fig has great potential for a clump send some pics threw when you work on it next..and scale is like @#%holes everyone gets em on there figs. Keep the pics comin .....

Regards Mick

Gday Mick,

The rain was coming in sideways today, wind has ice cold knives in it, just not the weather i wanna be exposed to lol.

I will update the fig when i give it another chop and repot, the dynamic lifter diet has done wonders to it.

thanks mate.

[Olivecrazy]

Thats coming along great by the way what type of fig is that is it collected material

[Andrew F]

Thats coming along great by the way what type of fig is that is it collected material

Thanks Wyatt.

Yep its a collected Moreton Bay fig - ficus marcophylla.

It was growing out of a gutter, then it was ripped and left to die for months. I planted it into coco peat and it shot new buds straight away, testament to how hardy and resilient these guys really are.

[Andrew F]

Had to mow the lawn today so i thought id mock up the bench to get junk up off the ground.

Still need to add 1 more set of legs in the front for support, bamboo background, and shade cloth all round.

[squizzy]

Nice one Vs,

I wish I was disciplined enough to keep such a manageble collection. My back yard looks like a closed down nursery.

Squizz

[Andrew F]

Nice one Vs,

I wish I was disciplined enough to keep such a manageble collection. My back yard looks like a closed down nursery.

Squizz

Hi Squizz.

Trust me im far from Disciplined mate lol technically this should have been finished months ago, and our yard had the same look too believe me.

Between this and my 6'x3' grow patch Ill have to learn to either limit myself with what i have already or give away less than favourable trees, and as i learn and grow as a bonsai artist [in the making] I learn that there are some trees worth saving and some worth dumping on other people as gifts lol

[emi93m]

Nice one Vs,

I wish I was disciplined enough to keep such a manageble collection. My back yard looks like a closed down nursery.

Squizz

Hi Squizz.

Trust me im far from Disciplined mate lol technically this should have been finished months ago, and our yard had the same look too believe me.

Between this and my 6'x3' grow patch Ill have to learn to either limit myself with what i have already or give away less than favourable trees, and as i learn and grow as a bonsai artist [in the making] I learn that there are some trees worth saving and some worth dumping on other people as gifts lol

I just take the "D" from disciplined and go on another bonsai dig......

[Andrew F]

Nice one Vs,

I wish I was disciplined enough to keep such a manageble collection. My back yard looks like a closed down nursery.

Squizz

Hi Squizz.

Trust me im far from Disciplined mate lol technically this should have been finished months ago, and our yard had the same look too believe me.

Between this and my 6'x3' grow patch Ill have to learn to either limit myself with what i have already or give away less than favourable trees, and as i learn and grow as a bonsai artist [in the making] I learn that there are some trees worth saving and some worth dumping on other people as gifts lol

I just take the "D" from disciplined and go on another bonsai dig......

Hehehe No I or D in team so wait for me