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Giant Ficus natalensis

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Hi all,



I picked up this humongous Natal Fig while at a nursery up north of me yesterday. It stands over 3 feet tall with a 7 inch base, and it is full of aerial roots. I don't have many decent pictures of it, as it's pretty much a giant bush, full of leaves and branches. It's too big for any of my indoor setups currently, so I need to build it its own box. Thought I'd share with you all and gather opinions and all that.
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Big Stump! :o Nice
How do nurseries there keep these sort of trees thru winter? do they have grow setup like yours? or just keep them in a poly tunnel?

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Wow that is awesome FG :o I have never seen a natal fig with a trunk that big :worship:
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I would love this fig. Fantastic please keep us up to date on it. Will be great to work with. :)
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Thanks everyone!

I've never seen a natalensis with a trunk this large either. Hopefully I can keep it happy. As to how they grow them over the winters, they have big greenhouses that have heaters that keep them nice and warm and humid all throughout winter.
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Super cool Fig. :hooray: I also wish it was mine :cry: ...haha enjoy.

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Hi.

Mate, you lucky bugger :cool:

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Thank you both :D


I have no idea how to style this monster, but I made a quick picture of the tree with the trunk cleared out in case any of you are brave and want to try to make a styling virt :tu:
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Dude.......... :o :o :o

When its convenient I'd be repotting into something that'll train the roots laterally, that thing is a beast.
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VelvetSicklid wrote:Dude.......... :o :o :o

When its convenient I'd be repotting into something that'll train the roots laterally, that thing is a beast.
I new you would see this fig :lol: :lol: :lol: it is a beast tho aint it :aussie: :aussie: :aussie:
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I've actually been considering selling this guy. It's just SO BIG and I have no idea where to take it style-wise. I'm lost :lost:
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However, I have built a box for it to grow in for now. It's two boxes on top of each other so that I can open the box without the need of a door.
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Well lit...
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That is awesome FG

Sell it :o No way man. Might be big, but what a cracker. I would remove the lower branches to focus more on the trunk mate. Keep it as a high canopy like a Giant rainforest Fig. Same height, a little more width and work on getting some nice layers to the foliage. Enough character in that trunk it almost looks like a very mature Strangler Fig.

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^^^^ This is the guy to listen to.


I wont say anything till you have defoliated it for us to see what shes hiding under her prom dress :lol: :lol: :lol:

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