Sumo Shohin Willow Leaf Ficus

The Ficus Guy · Post by **The Ficus Guy** » December 12th, 2012, 6:26 am

Hey all,

Bought this little tree back in August of 2011 from eBay. The bark really intrigued me, never seen a Willow Leaf with striped bark like that. Here's how it looked upon arrival:

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And here's the tree as of the other day:

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I'm basically just shooting for an upright tree, and am letting that leader grow out and thicken as much as possible, which is taking quite a while. I'll get some better pictures up later. Comments are always welcome.

anttal63 · Post by **anttal63** » December 12th, 2012, 7:38 am

Looking really cool mate !!! you just need to run a sacrafice at the base of the new leader so it thickens up and marry's to your trunk, alternatively just let the top of the tree run...

The Ficus Guy · Post by **The Ficus Guy** » December 12th, 2012, 8:16 am

anttal63 wrote:Looking really cool mate !!! you just need to run a sacrafice at the base of the new leader so it thickens up and marry's to your trunk, alternatively just let the top of the tree run...

Thanks Antonio! I'd love a branch to sprout around that area, but I have yet to get one. That'd be very nice.

KyBonzai · Post by **KyBonzai** » March 6th, 2013, 9:07 pm

would love to see how this is progressing, i think it will turn out very nice

The Ficus Guy · Post by **The Ficus Guy** » March 21st, 2013, 5:58 am

Oops, just saw your reply Khan. It hasn't really done much, this guy has been slow to grow lately....

KyBonzai · Post by **KyBonzai** » March 21st, 2013, 5:40 pm

all good ryan

will be a nice little tree once the new leader starts to thicken up

AusBonsai

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