AusBonsai

Hi Velvet, I use Manuka for mixing with cutting hormone as it has a naturally thicker consistancy which I find helpful. It is expensive as far as honey goes though and I find it really hard to control my urges to eat it all instead so tasty!
Never thought of using it to seal wounds though, interesting
Cheers, Dario.

Dario wrote:Hi Velvet, I use Manuka for mixing with cutting hormone as it has a naturally thicker consistancy which I find helpful. It is expensive as far as honey goes though and I find it really hard to control my urges to eat it all instead so tasty!
Never thought of using it to seal wounds though, interesting
Cheers, Dario.

Hahaha i do the same thing mate, ive gotten about 90% success rate with cuttings using that method

Lol it is expensive from retailers but ive found someone who sells chinese containers full for 10 bux, so one for me one for the trees but i always dip into the bonsai's batch when im pottering around

Iv never actually used it on such a big wound so we'll see how it goes.

Forgot to mention that i potted it into Sand, potting mix and acadama, i plan on doing the fast grow method eventually.

Luckily most figs all have the same requirements so the ID doesnt matter too much but my would be obliqua, deff not PJ IMO

Hornet wrote:Luckily most figs all have the same requirements so the ID doesnt matter too much but my would be obliqua, deff not PJ IMO

Hey John,

Thanks for your opinion mate, iv been doin a bit more research but its hard on the eyes so i give up for now lol

Heres some inspiration ive found for now:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... _trunk.jpg

*I think your right actually mate, looking at the leaves and bark...

Hi Drew,
I like what you've done with it mate. When you pulled it and repotted, did the reverse taper still pose an issue or not as bad as what it initially showed?
Looks as though you planted it deep again, was this to develop the roots more?
Looking much better already, well done
Andrew

Andrew E wrote:Hi Drew,
I like what you've done with it mate. When you pulled it and repotted, did the reverse taper still pose an issue or not as bad as what it initially showed?
Looks as though you planted it deep again, was this to develop the roots more?
Looking much better already, well done
Andrew

Hi there Andrew,

The reverse taper issue is now a cute little cutting lol
All it took was a chop, lose a few aerial roots and she now has curves in all the right places.

i planted it deep to keep the base swelling till i come up with an idea of where im going to go with it.


Cant thank you again for the great deals and your hospitality Andrew, and all the best in the New year and the move

Even though ill be down again soon lol

Update ?

Rintar wrote:Update ?

Gday Jay,

This tree isnt much to look at, at the moment, HUGE leaves lol

As soon as the weather warms up ill defoliate and repot into a styro box, then it'll be onto phase two.
I've been talking to another member about the possibility of this tree becoming a semi-cascade, so i cant wait for the warm weather to rock around.

This is how this mb fig looks after a defol and quick style the other day, i plan to tip prune and reduce the branches once it leafs out again, the pot is just a cheapy bunno's pot.
Opinions good or bad welcome.

Looks like an improve that's for sure.
A little bit of extra light in the photo would help though.
It's very dark!

Boics wrote:Looks like an improve that's for sure.
A little bit of extra light in the photo would help though.
It's very dark!

Duly noted. Willoughby has been harrassing me for one lol

BAHAHAHAHAH touche'

Mate it has come along way between photos and it shows how your knowledge and skill has improved in that time. I look forward to seeing it in person, along with your other gems.

Cheers

David

ps, I do like the silhoette in the last shot bitch <3

Looks great! Love the styling.

Hope you don't mind, but I went ahead and did some quick lightening of your picture.

The Ficus Guy wrote:Looks great! Love the styling.

Hope you don't mind, but I went ahead and did some quick lightening of your picture.

Thanks Ryan, appreciate the nice comments so far. Look forward to seeing the next flush of growth and training secondaries.



To clarify the inspiration for this trees styling came from tony bebb's semi cascade bougy.

Been over a year..... so bump