A cutting I collected from a development site. Cost was $0. Current height is 300mm.
[Bougy Fan] Smarty Pants Bougy
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[Bougy Fan] Smarty Pants Bougy
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Re: [Bougy Fan] Smarty Pants Bougy
OMG I can't believe it is 3 months 
Not much happening - had a overdose of chemical fert and it shed all of it's leaves. Have heaped DL on it and moved it into more sun.
Not much happening - had a overdose of chemical fert and it shed all of it's leaves. Have heaped DL on it and moved it into more sun. You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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Bougy Fan
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Re: [Bougy Fan] Smarty Pants Bougy
Another reverse progression and a crap photo. This has not rooted well into the pot and has been very slow to develop.
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Re: [Bougy Fan] Smarty Pants Bougy
Still very slow growth on this one - it hasn't even firmed up in the pot yet. I have it growing in deco but I don't think it's an issue.
Will fertilise a bit more and see how it goes.
Will fertilise a bit more and see how it goes.
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Bougy Fan
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Re: [Bougy Fan] Smarty Pants Bougy
Very slow progress with this one - think it needs some more water, sun and chook poo. Anyway at least it is still alive.
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Re: [Bougy Fan] Smarty Pants Bougy
Even though it has been a mild winter here the bougy's have been affected. Well potted ones - the ones I have in the ground are powering away. I will soldier on and keep going with it.
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Re: [Bougy Fan] Smarty Pants Bougy
Hi Tony, It could be that you're killing it with kindness and too much fertilizer??
Last december I dug an old bougy out of my garden. It was put there as a last resort after taking it out of a pot, and then totally neglected
. When I took up an interest in Bonsai I dug it out and put it in a pot with ordinary Bunnings cheapest potting mix and a light sprinkling of Osmocote slow release pellets. It quickly recovered and I repotted it and started training it as a cascade. Haven't done anything to the roots yet as I wanted to let it get into really good condition first. For the last few months I've regularly given it quite dilute liquid fertilizer every 3-4 weeks. Now it's starting to get quite a few flowers and is looking really healthy. The flowers are a rusty reddish brown. Sorry I haven't got a recent photo, I'll have to go out tomorrow and take a couple.
Persevere with yours, as you most likely know, they are a very tough plant and as long as it has enough water it should recover.
Cheers, Frank.
Last december I dug an old bougy out of my garden. It was put there as a last resort after taking it out of a pot, and then totally neglected
. When I took up an interest in Bonsai I dug it out and put it in a pot with ordinary Bunnings cheapest potting mix and a light sprinkling of Osmocote slow release pellets. It quickly recovered and I repotted it and started training it as a cascade. Haven't done anything to the roots yet as I wanted to let it get into really good condition first. For the last few months I've regularly given it quite dilute liquid fertilizer every 3-4 weeks. Now it's starting to get quite a few flowers and is looking really healthy. The flowers are a rusty reddish brown. Sorry I haven't got a recent photo, I'll have to go out tomorrow and take a couple.Persevere with yours, as you most likely know, they are a very tough plant and as long as it has enough water it should recover.
Cheers, Frank.
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Bougy Fan
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Re: [Bougy Fan] Smarty Pants Bougy
It is not often I am accused of loving my trees and plants too much 
This is growing in 100 % deco so I believe it does need extra fert - but I only use chook poo on my bougies as too much of either nitrogen or potassium in the compounded chemical fert I use makes them drop all their leaves and in fact slows down growth.
This is growing in 100 % deco so I believe it does need extra fert - but I only use chook poo on my bougies as too much of either nitrogen or potassium in the compounded chemical fert I use makes them drop all their leaves and in fact slows down growth.Regards Tony
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Bougy Fan
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Re: [Bougy Fan] Smarty Pants Bougy
So I am very disappointed with this tree . . . .
Just like all of my comp trees it has suffered from neglect. This will need a repot into a different medium as the deco experiment has not worked out. It needs plenty of sun and water and chook poo and time. I had to trim quite a bit off the top and I noticed some of it has rotted so I will need to carve out and seal it. I love this species and it will be a great tree in time.
Just like all of my comp trees it has suffered from neglect. This will need a repot into a different medium as the deco experiment has not worked out. It needs plenty of sun and water and chook poo and time. I had to trim quite a bit off the top and I noticed some of it has rotted so I will need to carve out and seal it. I love this species and it will be a great tree in time.
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