FICUS HILLII

[anttal63]

Heres another;

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[bodhidharma]

Looking real nice Ant. Correction on the pot, that would be Trevor Wheeler from newstead.

[anttal63]

Looking real nice Ant. Correction on the pot, that would be Trevor Wheeler from newstead.

Thanks Bodhi, I had the feeling Walker was not correct.

[FlyBri]

It recently got smashed in the hail storm so this is whats left after a clean up and repot this week.

Gday Ant!

I hope the hail didn't cause too much of a setback for you. Still looks like the beginnings of a really nice structure. How are those chops healing?

Also, how do you go with frosts in your area? I imagine mine will need some frost protection during the colder months...

Thanks!

Fly.

[anttal63]

Hey Fly another word for set back can be "change" or "shift" of direction. In the big scheme of things all is well the trees will carry on! Like all figs it does need protection from medium to heavy frost, the light ones haven't bothered it too much but i do mean light. I am happy with the structure thankyou, always cutting back for direction,and taper,not to mention thinning out !!! The chops are slowly but surely rolling. The base is approx 100mm + so they are pretty big chops. After the flat bottom, a beautiful set of flat radial roots have formed. Typical of all my root work for those of you who have followed it.

[Dario]

Hi Anttal63, lovely fig good to see the cuts healing over!
Do you reopen the edges of the rolling bark to aid in the healing, or is it just left to do its thing?
How is your new bonsai growing site doing?
Cheers, Dario.
EDIT I ask of the growing site because I was wondering if it suffered hail damage?

[Damian Bee]

For whatever reason that Ficus looks like a curvacious woman, very well shaped

[anttal63]

Hi Anttal63, lovely fig good to see the cuts healing over!
Do you reopen the edges of the rolling bark to aid in the healing, or is it just left to do its thing?
How is your new bonsai growing site doing?
Cheers, Dario.
EDIT I ask of the growing site because I was wondering if it suffered hail damage?

Hi Dario thanks , i dont open the wounds intentionally,however i do clean the wood a little and give the edges a scratch {with the dremel} The growing fields have gone gang buster im told ( must get up there) and no the hail missed them.

[anttal63]

For whatever reason that Ficus looks like a curvacious woman, very well shaped

Hey Damian how are ya ? that may be so but i think of this one as that more so viewtopic.php?f=133&t=3801 Maybe time for an update on this one???

[Dario]

Thanks for the reply about the fig callousing!
It is good to hear that the hail didn't get to your growing sight When you next get up there I would very much like to know how things are progressing if that is ok!
Cheers, Dario.

[anttal63]

Defoliated, pruned and thinned hard and repotted ready for another year... This tree is realy coming into its own now, i just love the way it powers on !!!

[Qitianlong]

very cool!

[Rintar]

great little tree

[MoGanic]

Just dismantled my green house to use as shelves... wish I could just fill it with lovely little figs. OH WELL The future is coming on .

Great progress btw - inspiring as mate!

[anttal63]

Thanks guys glad you enjoyed !!! Hey Mo if we get hot houses for figs in melbourne those queenlanders will be in trouble trying to keep up ...