AusBonsai

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

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

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.

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

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...

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.

yea would love to see a pic LZRD84.

as promised:







booyakasha!



lzrd out.

only two weeks later...

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

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.

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

Hers a pic to show you what I mean.

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.

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