Ficus natalensis

[Rintar]

Yes sorry the clearish container holding the medium. It's a good idea so you can see if the cuttings take

[The Ficus Guy]

Yes sorry the clearish container holding the medium. It's a good idea so you can see if the cuttings take

Oh yes, I love the clear containers

Here's the roots on that one as of today. Crazy growth.

[Rintar]

Amazing growth

[Tony Bebb]

Great thread FG. Very informative and discriptive of this technique with all the pics

Sure pushing some growth in your set up. Can I ask why you still keep them inside in Summer? 'Because I want to' is a good enough answer, I'm just curious.

Best Regards

Tony

[The Ficus Guy]

Great thread FG. Very informative and discriptive of this technique with all the pics

Sure pushing some growth in your set up. Can I ask why you still keep them inside in Summer? 'Because I want to' is a good enough answer, I'm just curious.

Best Regards

Tony

Thanks Tony. I just keep them indoors even during the summer as I figure 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it,' and they all seem to be growing greatly with aerial roots out the wazoo, so I just like these conditions more than outdoor conditions.

[Tony Bebb]

Thanks FG.

Assume you get pretty cold in winter too? Only ask because how much mine love being in the sun but then they can stay there all year round.

Certainly is working. Just goes to show the versatility of trees, especially Figs.

Cheers

Tony

[The Ficus Guy]

Thanks FG.

Assume you get pretty cold in winter too? Only ask because how much mine love being in the sun but then they can stay there all year round.

Certainly is working. Just goes to show the versatility of trees, especially Figs.

Cheers

Tony

Yeah, we get pretty chilly here. Winters can get as low as 20F (-6.6C). So I just don't bother with moving them indoors for the winter and outdoors for the summer. The Willow Leaf seem to over-react to that and throw leaves like toddlers.

[The Ficus Guy]

This picture shows exactly why I chose to fill those trays with gravel, the cutting is rooting right into it...

[The Ficus Guy]

Here's that stump today. It's been growing very well, so I'd like to do some root work on it this week. How vigorous can I be with the roots?

[Bougy Fan]

You can hack the crap out of them (technical term we use here in Aus) and as long as they are warm and well watered they will be fine. Here we have a product salled Seasol which is a seaweed based tonic not a fertiliser. I always give any plant that has had rootwork a good soaking with it

[The Ficus Guy]

You can hack the crap out of them (technical term we use here in Aus) and as long as they are warm and well watered they will be fine. Here we have a product salled Seasol which is a seaweed based tonic not a fertiliser. I always give any plant that has had rootwork a good soaking with it

Great, thanks! So chopping off half of the roots or more would be no problem I assume. I'll take a look for a seaweed based tonic that we may have here in the states.

[The Ficus Guy]

I really did some extreme work to this ones rootball. I removed several large tubers, which ended up removing a large part of the root system. I also ring barked the trunk so that new roots will form and I can create a new root system. We'll see how it responds.

[The Ficus Guy]

It's grown a great amount of roots in such a short time, less than a month. These guys are great.

[kcpoole]

In your Inside growing rooms no wonder

Good developments
Ken