QSL Ficus

bundyfisher · Post by **bundyfisher** » March 16th, 2010, 10:00 pm

Looks like a good longer project

especially if you cut down low ,you will be rewarded .No mate don't fish with any teachers ......yet ,will be looking forward to the end of this wind and rain so I can head out and put some in the freezer

Cheers

Tony

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » March 17th, 2010, 12:16 am

hey mate

just going over these pics again, i reckon going by the riits and looking at this with the taper that image 0893 is a possible front, it also has a small branchlet there that could go up as a new leader, be very careful cutting back on an angle as it can damamge the new leader, i have knocked a few selected leaders before.

i like this tree a lot regan, it will be a ripper

jamie

Jerry Meislik · Post by **Jerry Meislik** » March 17th, 2010, 12:20 am

Regan,
Very nice tree.
Keep us posted.
Jerry

Shannon · Post by **Shannon** » March 17th, 2010, 3:29 pm

Cheers Regan, at that price its good value.

Looking forward to seeing what you do.

Regan · Post by **Regan** » March 17th, 2010, 4:36 pm

You really don't want to know

AndrewM · Post by **AndrewM** » March 17th, 2010, 4:41 pm

Did you give it the chop

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » March 17th, 2010, 4:45 pm

Regan wrote:You really don't want to know

Cmon mate

it will be fine either way. lets see champ

!!

Regan · Post by **Regan** » March 17th, 2010, 4:53 pm

i'll post some pics soon fellas

something did go snap though

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » March 17th, 2010, 5:38 pm

this sounds like a "OH bugger" pup moment mate

im trying to figure out how something goes snap when you were trunk chopping though???

Regan · Post by **Regan** » March 17th, 2010, 5:40 pm

It did involve a pup, just a different kind

pics and a full story coming in a couple of minutes

Regan · Post by **Regan** » March 17th, 2010, 5:54 pm

ok it has had the chop

heres the bit that came off

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here is the tree just after the chop

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the oh bugger moment came just after that photo, i was just having a look at the branches and what i was going to do with it. I stepped back and stood on my puppy, the big branch that I was thinking of using for the leader was pretty much snapped right off.

A mass of grafting tape and wire and it is attached again, hopefully all will be well, just that there will allways be a weak spot there now

Cheers Regan

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » March 17th, 2010, 5:56 pm

that will be fine mate

since you have done the chop now you will have a mass of new shoots to choose from. personally i would of gone to a lower branch but all good

hows the pup ???

jamie

Regan · Post by **Regan** » March 17th, 2010, 6:04 pm

Still not sure about going lower on this one mate, I did have a vision of a taller tree, trying to stay away from a sumo with this one.

not too worried about the snap now but at the time I was not happy, lucky its a fig, and only in training, imagine if it was a fully developed pine or something

pup is fine, just a bit shocked at what happened to her

Cheers Regan

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » March 17th, 2010, 6:07 pm

cool bout the style mate

it will make a fine taller tree with nice taper too.

so the heavy branch is the one you snapped? and you have now wired it up yes?

jamie

AndrewM · Post by **AndrewM** » March 17th, 2010, 6:20 pm

Looks like a healthy tree from the pics mate so fingers crossed that the branch hangs on. Even if it dosnt it will just power on now.

Good luck with it

AusBonsai

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