Root over Aquarium Decoration 2

[The Ficus Guy]

Hey all,



Thought I'd share the strange progression of one a root over aquarium decoration that I started back in 2010. At the time I was pretty new to bonsai and didn't really know what I was doing or how to do things correctly.

So I got a small aquarium temple decoration:

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Got my small Ficus rooted cutting:

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Placed it over the temple:

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Covered in foil:

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And planted it:

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[The Ficus Guy]

Fast forward to today, and here we are:

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[The Ficus Guy]

So yesterday I set out to get some more roots coming off of those thick roots. I pulled out the drill and drilled some small holes in the thick roots:

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Covered them in rooting hormone:

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And surrounded the holes with sphagnum moss:

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We'll see where it goes from here!

[kcpoole]

Reminds me of some Nick Lenz' work
I think he did a fig over skull

Ken

[Bougy Fan]

Do you work at the rooting hormone factory Ryan ? I would have cut pout that huge bulbous root - I have a particular dislike for those roots on figs. Progress looks good and it's good you didn't plonk the tree directly on top

[eddieperth]

Great stuff buddy! I would love to one day combine my love for bonsai and fish with either a bonsai/aquarium...or more likely bonsai/koi pond combo.

[The Ficus Guy]

Do you work at the rooting hormone factory Ryan ? I would have cut pout that huge bulbous root - I have a particular dislike for those roots on figs. Progress looks good and it's good you didn't plonk the tree directly on top

I have no idea why this guy is even forming roots like that...

[The Ficus Guy]

Reminds me of some Nick Lenz' work
I think he did a fig over skull

Ken

You've got a good point there Ken, didn't even think of that. Nick is a neat guy