First Port Jacson Fig Attempt

anttal63 · Post by **anttal63** » December 5th, 2009, 5:53 am

you haven't harmed it ! in a couple of weeks it will pop all over the place.

Jarrod · Post by **Jarrod** » December 5th, 2009, 6:33 am

Haven't harmed it at all, you've set it on the roght path.

mick · Post by **mick** » December 5th, 2009, 7:09 am

Thats good to hear
I read an article somwhere that if you spray the trunk regularly and keep up the humidity that figs will easily sprout aireal roots. I have been spraying it up to three times a day to try and acheive this. I have it inside at the moment as our night time temps have been as low as 4 deg c some nights. When our nights statr to warm I will put it outside gradually.

JayP · Post by **JayP** » December 5th, 2009, 7:33 am

yeah that is true mick regular mist spraying encourages the growth of aerial roots but i dont know how effective it would be without the humidity of a sub-tropical or tropical climate..? i did hear one old guy once from down south of queensland somewhere say that he used to sit his bonsai fig in an oven tray or something and sit it on top of his hot water system to try and create a humid environment for it! mind you i never laid eyes on the tree so i couldn't tell you what state the trees health was in

aaron_tas · Post by **aaron_tas** » December 6th, 2009, 8:44 am

if you want the roots to go crazy above the soil level, put it in a clear plastic tub with a lid, or in some other incubator...

LZRD84 · Post by **LZRD84** » December 11th, 2009, 4:23 pm

my opinion:

man, you see that little green fella up the top there? yea, make that your leader and chop that other crap right back in angle with that other little guy. i have a photo i will put up soon, same think almost identical, 5wks later- exploding wtih new growth low on the trunk and the leader keeps getting solid every day...

lzrd out.

mick · Post by **mick** » December 12th, 2009, 9:44 am

yea would love to see a pic LZRD84.

LZRD84 · Post by **LZRD84** » December 13th, 2009, 6:00 pm

as promised:

booyakasha!

lzrd out.

LZRD84 · Post by **LZRD84** » December 26th, 2009, 9:26 am

only two weeks later...

mick · Post by **mick** » December 29th, 2009, 6:37 am

It has started to shoot all over. Yes

But it doesnt seem to want to shooot at the top? I hope I havent killed the top part of the tree. I will post some pics today.
Cheers
Mick

anttal63 · Post by **anttal63** » December 29th, 2009, 11:07 am

mick wrote:It has started to shoot all over. Yes But it doesnt seem to want to shooot at the top? I hope I havent killed the top part of the tree. I will post some pics today.
Cheers
Mick

when its defoliated and you cut back that leader to 2 leaves, it should fill out. no you havent killed anything. all in all its looking great.

LZRD84 · Post by **LZRD84** » December 29th, 2009, 2:22 pm

thank you. yea i'm waiting to take a few leaves off so the tree can really feed up during summer...

mick · Post by **mick** » December 29th, 2009, 3:46 pm

Hers a pic to show you what I mean.

anttal63 · Post by **anttal63** » December 29th, 2009, 4:36 pm

oh i see now i was lookn at lzd's tree

dont worry mick if it doesnt

then its another chop to the next leader.

now let it grow.

mick · Post by **mick** » December 30th, 2009, 6:09 am

I took a small peice of the top ( about 2mm ) and it has got green inside, so maybee it is still alive. I dont know what I was thinking when I cut below the shoot that should have been my new leader

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