Defoliated my Rainforest Fig

Jerry Meislik · Post by **Jerry Meislik** » November 23rd, 2012, 1:06 pm

Mick,
repotting is done about every 2 years for most of my larger trees. Likely they could go longer but why take the chance.
Jerry

Bonsai4ever · Post by **Bonsai4ever** » November 23rd, 2012, 6:59 pm

Now that is one very gnarly Fig, well done Gerry. Very thick primaries look good but I would preferr slightly longer branchlets I think.

Jerry Meislik · Post by **Jerry Meislik** » November 23rd, 2012, 7:28 pm

Bonsai4ever,
I agree would like some more fine branch taper. Perhaps another 4-5 years time, I hope.
Jerry

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » November 23rd, 2012, 9:59 pm

Bloody impressive tree Jerry, thank you.

Jerry Meislik · Post by **Jerry Meislik** » November 24th, 2012, 1:36 am

Thanks for your vote Graeme.
Jerry

lennard · Post by **lennard** » November 24th, 2012, 3:40 am

You are getting nice twiggy growth on your Ficus - here my indigenous Ficus species are so slow to give me the twiggy growth I need!

Good work!

Lennard

Jerry Meislik · Post by **Jerry Meislik** » November 24th, 2012, 9:39 am

Lennard thanks. What indigenous figs do you find tough to get twiggy?
Jerry

lennard · Post by **lennard** » November 25th, 2012, 5:04 am

Jerry, the problem is mostly with Natalenesis and Bourkei. Cutting back and defoliation I mostly get one or two new twigs going. I sometimes wonder if I must not do more rootwork on my Ficus because I get massive root systems on these species but very little top growth. It seems that the roots as a storage organ for these trees are more important than top growth because some of the ficus species here go without rain for 5 months sometimes.

Lennard

Jerry Meislik · Post by **Jerry Meislik** » November 25th, 2012, 5:44 am

Lennard,
that is interesting. I am working with burkei and also natalensis but my experience with them is pretty limited. So far they seem to act pretty normally to defoliation and bud-pinching. Are your
trees in extra large containers, under-fed, or in resting mode for long periods of time?
My trees are kept under warm conditions 365 days a year and although they slow down for the winter their progress seems pretty normal.
Jerry

lennard · Post by **lennard** » November 26th, 2012, 2:42 am

Jerry Meislik wrote:Lennard,
that is interesting. I am working with burkei and also natalensis but my experience with them is pretty limited. So far they seem to act pretty normally to defoliation and bud-pinching. Are your
trees in extra large containers, under-fed, or in resting mode for long periods of time?
My trees are kept under warm conditions 365 days a year and although they slow down for the winter their progress seems pretty normal.
Jerry

Not to hijack your thread I updated one of my Ficus two years progression:

viewtopic.php?f=104&t=2531

Will appreciate it if you have a look.

Lennard

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