QSL Ficus

Regan · Post by **Regan** » March 16th, 2010, 4:56 pm

Heres a ficus I picked up from Australian Bonsai Grower

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finally i have got these pics up

cheers Regan

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » March 16th, 2010, 6:09 pm

mate that looks like it has a nice taper in it mate

what you want to do is choose a leader and give it a good old chop to increase the taper and that will be awesome, the airial roots are working realy well to help with that too, i would use them to fuse to the base as it will help heaps and create nice fluting

jamie

AndrewM · Post by **AndrewM** » March 16th, 2010, 6:33 pm

Nice stock Regan

Jamie wrote:mate that looks like it has a nice taper in it mate

what you want to do is choose a leader and give it a good old chop

jamie

Plenty of leaders to choice from
Keep us posted with what you do to it mate.

Andrew

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » March 16th, 2010, 6:50 pm

to right mate

the earlier it is done the faster it will heal .

jamie

Regan · Post by **Regan** » March 16th, 2010, 7:33 pm

It will. E vetting the chop pretty soon fellas

I'm thinking the big long branch for the new leader, what do you think

it only took 2 hours to choose this one but I think I picked one of the best ones there

cheers Regan

Shannon · Post by **Shannon** » March 16th, 2010, 7:36 pm

Regan,

Can I ask how much $$

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » March 16th, 2010, 7:41 pm

if you can mate maybe this one

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or just flat chop it and you will get a massive amount of new shoots and then angle cut it after it has been selected

jamie

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » March 16th, 2010, 7:43 pm

or that little one to the right of that just below it.

AndrewM · Post by **AndrewM** » March 16th, 2010, 7:47 pm

I thought he was talking about this one

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Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » March 16th, 2010, 7:52 pm

didnt think bout that one, i would go with a smaller branch as it will be easier to wire up, it wont take long to thicken, and being lower it will give it better taper.

jamie

Shannon · Post by **Shannon** » March 16th, 2010, 7:57 pm

edit

AndrewM · Post by **AndrewM** » March 16th, 2010, 7:58 pm

Yer i see what you mean, so many options with this one

Regan · Post by **Regan** » March 16th, 2010, 8:06 pm

Shannon $90 mate, you have to pick through a lot of junk though

bundyfisher · Post by **bundyfisher** » March 16th, 2010, 8:11 pm

Good score Regan

Lots to choose from ,every time when I purchase a tree I go thinking I will judge harshly and therefore narrow the selection process but then I usually narrow it down to 5 or 6

Do you have a plan for this one (long term short term?)Looking forward to the progression .
Cheers

Tony

Regan · Post by **Regan** » March 16th, 2010, 9:38 pm

Tony I did have a bit of an idea but I'm not sure now, have to draw up some ideas.

i pretty much chose this one for the base/trunk, all the low shoots and the fact it had a bit of taper already

I had three good potentials and about 10 maybes picked out of about 50, this one had the most developed base on it, there is another one there that i will get when i've got the cash

You don't go fishing with any of the teachers from north primary do you?

cheers Regan

AusBonsai

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