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No more than usual Jamie. Which is more than some

That is phenomenal growth Ant. I am stunned

bodhidharma wrote:That is phenomenal growth Ant. I am stunned

I do find that when i repot a fig and cut the roots back hard, the base fattens within weeks, even before the top growth takes off.

I do find that when i repot a fig and cut the roots back hard, the base fattens within weeks, even before the top growth takes off.

do you have a theory to why this is mate? im just curious to it, i am always on the look out to help fatten a base that little bit quicker and obviously this one has show it is quite acheivable to thicken a fig dramatically within a year


jamie

Jamie I have just been thinking about it further. It especially happens when i get a new fig. Not as much now with my existing figs unless i havent repotted for 2-3 years. When a fig comes new to me, more often than none it hasn't been repotted or the previous owner for whatever reason has not taken the big fat roots out. As I do in these scenario's Im not afraid to cut the big roots out and only be left with a few smaller. So my guess is that a combination of the smaller roots getting ready to explode into growth, plus where the fatter roots got cut out, the base is healing its self. And so there is a sudden swell or flare in the base.

interesting theory mate, i can sort of see that happening aswell

speaking of what you just described that small tigerbark i have, i just recently done the exact same thing, i cut of all the really heavy roots and left only the thinner ones and the fine feeders so we can see how this goes if it is the reason for it or not


jamie

hey ant

i have small tiger bark hence the name bark is more spotted and very dark grey so to speak will post 2 morrow if able they grow rapidly if put into stock pot good branch structure


cheers mick

Look at the end of the day it is common knowledge you can fatten any tree if you let the top run. Figs are just better at doing this than most others. I have had pencil thin cuttings triple their girth in a year. But remember the key above all, is letting the tree run, not pinching or fiddling or scratchn all the time.

michael wrote:hey ant

i have small tiger bark hence the name bark is more spotted and very dark grey so to speak will post 2 morrow if able they grow rapidly if put into stock pot good branch structure


cheers mick

that'd be cool mate thanks.

I love Corona !

Leigh Taafe wrote:I love Corona !

Good to hear cause the time is coming when we will knock back a few.

Good job Antonio , might lend you my Chainsaw ticket and you can whip a few of mine into shape .Cheers

alpineart wrote:Good job Antonio , might lend you my Chainsaw ticket and you can whip a few of mine into shape .Cheers

Sounds like alot of fun mate look forward to it!

I have a Fig that looks identical except yours has reddish new leaf buds because of this id say it is a QLD Small Leaf Fig, Ficus obliqua

Boom1979 wrote:I have a Fig that looks identical except yours has reddish new leaf buds because of this id say it is a QLD Small Leaf Fig, Ficus obliqua

either obliqua or eugenoides will be the QLD small leaf, there is minor differences in the leaf and stem but have the same growth patterns. both are good trees for bonsai and the leaf size can be reduced very easily.


jamie