The dreaded Ginseng Ficus, maybe....?

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The dreaded Ginseng Ficus, maybe....?

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This is my Ginseng Ficus:
february 2011.jpg
I had to buy it a few months ago - to have it for the curiosity it is, you know :tounge: !

But know I have two........okay, four of them - a lady gave me her's also because it lost all of it's leaves and I bought another two :palm: .

Know I am thinking of air layering this one:
virt.jpg
What do you guys think?

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Very nice out come Lennard.
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Looks like a good plan.
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the virt is a great improvement :cool:
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The top picture is very unusual.It looks to me like a tree with a tail and two legs out for a jog :o That could be a talking point. Hells bells, what have i been drinking. Anyway, i like it and very unusual. :tu:
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bodhidharma wrote:The top picture is very unusual.It looks to me like a tree with a tail and two legs out for a jog :o That could be a talking point. Hells bells, what have i been drinking. Anyway, i like it and very unusual. :tu:
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bodhidharma wrote:The top picture is very unusual.It looks to me like a tree with a tail and two legs out for a jog :o That could be a talking point. Hells bells, what have i been drinking. Anyway, i like it and very unusual. :tu:
Now I will never get that picture out of my head :shock: .

Maybe I must place the tree with my other Ent (Lord of the rings) trees!

Luckily I have up to October to decide because it is too late in the season now to work on this Ficus it needs to recover from the defoliation to gain some strength for winter.

Thanks for all the replies. I will use this thread to post the others soon.

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Here is one where I have removed and cut some tubers:
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Coming along nicely, Lennard.
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