I had a thought this morning then bugger me I spent most of the day running around like a blue arse fly planning , designing and configuring this bugger . I needed to use up some very ordinary Ficus trunks that have been neglected for too long . I put together this slab and rock landscape first thing for the intended finished product however the glue will take a few days to harden . The figs need a little growing on so I have used the Galvanized lid off a 200litre {44 gallon drum} to allow plenty of root runAfter sorting the roots out on the main trunk the other 2 trees were simply sorted , positioned and screwed together with 65mm stainless steel decking screws . More than happy with the finished product , with over 100 figs laying around the place I might just get around to putting a few more together .
Cheers Alpineart
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Re: Ficus - New Configuration
That's bloody impressive, Alpineart!
Looking forward to watching it settle into the rock landscape.
Will you eventually remove the screws, or will the tree swallow them up?
I have some likely candidates for this treatment, so any tips you can give would be most welcome!
Cheers,
Thymetraveller
Looking forward to watching it settle into the rock landscape.
Will you eventually remove the screws, or will the tree swallow them up?
I have some likely candidates for this treatment, so any tips you can give would be most welcome!
Cheers,
Thymetraveller
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Re: Ficus - New Configuration
Hi AthonyW , mate if I had a beer now I"d fall over 
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Hi T'hymetraveller , mate the screw will stay put forever , being stainless there is no need to remove them . They are embedded 20 mm into the outside trunks and 30mm or so into the main trunk so to remove them in time would damage the outer trunks .
Hi sheepdawg , mate i need to do a lot of updating on a heck of a lot of topics , just finding the time . It takes me almost as much time to do a topic than actually hack and chop and slap these things together . Will try to do update as i work stock over when I find the time for play .
Cheers guys . Alpine
.Hi T'hymetraveller , mate the screw will stay put forever , being stainless there is no need to remove them . They are embedded 20 mm into the outside trunks and 30mm or so into the main trunk so to remove them in time would damage the outer trunks .
Hi sheepdawg , mate i need to do a lot of updating on a heck of a lot of topics , just finding the time . It takes me almost as much time to do a topic than actually hack and chop and slap these things together . Will try to do update as i work stock over when I find the time for play .
Cheers guys . Alpine
