Take a chance on a ficus !!!

[anttal63]

Well in the light of the recent crash and interuption, it certainly can be a major pain to put down a whloe lot of data and then lose it. However as aussie's on Aus Bonsai we gotta get on with it . So heres a long story of a ficus and i that commenced in the beginning of summer 2007. I'm not too sure what this ficus is I used to think Morten Bay but not so sure these days as the leaves get fairly small. Possibly some strain of Hillea

Here's a couple of its first incarnation b4 and after... Dec 2007. My first year of bonsai im not sure what i was thinking...

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Late summer 2009 i tried my hand at grafting a mature branch. Failed i believe too late in the season...

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Now somewhere between Oct 2010 to Dec 2010, I chopped all 3 trunks big time. The prob is i dont have any photo,s documenting it. For some reason i dont have any photos of that period Any ways it grew free for the next 2 years and last night i decided to clean it up and find some direction. This morn i got some heavy wire on to it and started to move things into place.

Mary's preferred front; She sais its slightly erotic

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My preferred front; Power of one !!! I also like the directional styling in the trunks rather than a fan styled broom/ banyan, that would be needed for the other front.

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SOOOOOOOOOOO Who da BOSS

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[Guy]

coming along nicely - --reckon you should take the oppurtunity to put as much movement as possible in those branches--as the branches thicken they will tend to look straighter

[reddoggy]

Mary's preferred front; She sais its slightly erotic

i WOULD GO WITH MARY`S FRONT AND I WOULD SUGGEST YOU DO TOO,THAT`S IF YOU DON`T WANT TO END UP SLEEPING IN THE BONSAI SHED.

[DavidWilloughby]

Nice tree Antonio, I would go with your preferred front as it has a better root flare in my opinion. I like the direction its heading and look forward to seeing a photo of it in the nude down the track.

Cheers

David

[anttal63]

coming along nicely - --reckon you should take the oppurtunity to put as much movement as possible in those branches--as the branches thicken they will tend to look straighter

Thanks Guy yes i will go at it again just let them adjust for a day or 2.

Mary's preferred front; She sais its slightly erotic

i WOULD GO WITH MARY`S FRONT AND I WOULD SUGGEST YOU DO TOO,THAT`S IF YOU DON`T WANT TO END UP SLEEPING IN THE BONSAI SHED.

I SAID NO !!!

Nice tree Antonio, I would go with your preferred front as it has a better root flare in my opinion. I like the direction its heading and look forward to seeing a photo of it in the nude down the track.

Thanks David, yep im of the same thinkin. That kind of Flare is too good to pass up !!!

Cheers

David

[anttal63]

Dec 2007. My first year of bonsai im not sure what i was thinking...

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OOPs it was almost my third year.

[Boics]

HaHa. I was thinking your Bonsai ages don't add up!