repotting figs

shibui · Post by **shibui** » January 5th, 2015, 7:38 pm

I have already repotted most of the other natives that need it this year so now its time for the figs.

Started with the little one.

small fig 2014 1 1.JPG

small fig 2014 1 2.JPG

I've been thinking it was time for a new pot and this one was just the right size.

small fig 2014 1 3.JPG

After warming up on that one I tackled one a little larger.

This one started as a 3 tree planting root over rock. Little did I know how fig roots grow! Very little of the rock visible now and the roots of all 3 have merged so that it just looks like a large trunk.

ROR fig 2014 1 1.JPG

ROR fig 2014 1 2.JPG

It looks like I've left a lot of roots but that is mostly solid wood and rock left. I can't cut back any further.

This one just gets back into the old pot. The tree has had some fungal dieback in the branches and will take a bit of time for the branches to develop into something worthwhile. Might have to try some preventative sprays next year.

ROR fig 2014 1 3.JPG

Our January club meeting explores figs so I've left a couple to defoliate and repot as a demonstration.

Isitangus · Post by **Isitangus** » January 5th, 2015, 8:27 pm

Love that first one!

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Ryceman3 · Post by **Ryceman3** » January 5th, 2015, 8:45 pm

I think the new pot on the first one is a winner... Works much better with your tree.

Post by **kcpoole** » January 5th, 2015, 9:33 pm

Nice tree and Nice pot too.
is it a PK pot? I have one similar that is.

I need to pull the digit out and do all my figs, hibiscus now too.

Ken

shibui · Post by **shibui** » January 6th, 2015, 3:24 am

Yes Ken. It is a PK pot. I've had it for a few years without a tree but this fig has developed enough to suit it.

GreenThumb · Post by **GreenThumb** » January 6th, 2015, 9:12 pm

Smitten with both. Pleading ignorance, who is pk? Lovely pot.

Mount Nasura · Post by **Mount Nasura** » January 7th, 2015, 12:08 am

This reminds me to do the same, love the girth on that first one. Pat Kennedy, one of Australia's finest bonsai potters!

Post by **kcpoole** » January 7th, 2015, 8:57 am

GreenThumb wrote:Smitten with both. Pleading ignorance, who is pk? Lovely pot.

Pat Kennedy
viewtopic.php?f=45&t=17777&p=179311&hil ... dy#p179311

Ken

GreenThumb · Post by **GreenThumb** » January 8th, 2015, 6:54 am

kcpoole wrote:
GreenThumb wrote:Smitten with both. Pleading ignorance, who is pk? Lovely pot.
Pat Kennedy
viewtopic.php?f=45&t=17777&p=179311&hil ... dy#p179311

Ken

Thank you both, and also for the link.

J

shibui · Post by **shibui** » January 30th, 2015, 8:19 pm

The figs I defoliated and repotted a few weeks ago have produced lots of new buds.

ficus small 2015 1 after.JPG

Our last club meeting topic was figs so I took in a couple more to defoliate, prune and re-pot. I did take some before shots and edited them earlier today but both seem to have disappeared

so now only after pictures....

ficus small twin 2015 1 .JPG

New pot gives a little room for roots.

ficus large twin 2015 1 1.JPG

I pruned a large branch on the left. Now need to develop remaining branches on that side to balance the mass on the right.

All of these ficus have thickened a lot in the past few years. The 2 smaller ones have outgrown their pots several times and had to go into larger ones. The large twin is not really a twin trunk anymore because the trunks have thickened so much that the space between them has gone.

DavidWilloughby · Post by **DavidWilloughby** » January 30th, 2015, 8:49 pm

Hi Shibui,

Lovely figs mate, I am a big fan of the proportions of them and look forward to following their progress.

Cheers

David

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