Rot in my fig

AndrewM · Post by **AndrewM** » January 7th, 2012, 8:40 pm

This is a Queensland small leaf fig I got about 2 years ago. I was pocking around the benches today and found a bit of rot in the side of this one.

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I have removed all the rotten wood and it went right under the tree and a lot of the roots.

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This is the first encounter with wood rot that I have had and would like some opinions of the best way to treat rot in a fig.

Cheers Andrew

ness · Post by **ness** » January 7th, 2012, 9:34 pm

In my limited opinion, i would suggest the first thing would be to remove all sources of moisture from the offending area (eg, moss, watering directly on the area and such).
Once that limits the spread, and the diseased area are cleaned, a proper treatment can be applied.

ness · Post by **ness** » January 7th, 2012, 9:41 pm

BTW, if you were selecting an area for some dead wood or texturing, that area appears perfect, so i wouldn't stress too much about the scar.

AndrewM · Post by **AndrewM** » January 7th, 2012, 9:56 pm

Gday ness
I am not a big fan of dead wood on figs but unfortunately this one will have it.
Thanks for you imput

Post by **kcpoole** » January 7th, 2012, 9:58 pm

Paint the rotted area with Earls wood hardener to preserve it
Ken

Dario · Post by **Dario** » January 8th, 2012, 2:24 pm

Thanks for posting AndrewM, I am also needing some advice with fig rot, so good timing!
Cheers, Dario.

AndrewM · Post by **AndrewM** » January 8th, 2012, 5:22 pm

Thanks Ken

Dario wrote:Thanks for posting AndrewM, I am also needing some advice with fig rot, so good timing!
Cheers, Dario.

Good luck with it mate.

Today I took it out of the styro box and finished the work on the rotten wood and treated the area. Hopefully the rot want come back as I don't want to loss this one now that I see it out of the box and in a pot.

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This pot is temporary until I can get one that suits the tree better.

Andrew F · Post by **Andrew F** » January 8th, 2012, 6:07 pm

AndrewM wrote:
Today I took it out of the styro box and finished the work on the rotten wood and treated the area. Hopefully the rot want come back as I don't want to loss this one now that I see it out of the box and in a pot.

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This pot is temporary until I can get one that suits the tree better.

I like where its heading, look forward to a defoliated pic

Dario · Post by **Dario** » January 8th, 2012, 7:08 pm

Please let us know how it goes and good luck!
Cheers, Dario.

AndrewM · Post by **AndrewM** » January 8th, 2012, 7:23 pm

VelvetSicklid wrote: I like where its heading, look forward to a defoliated pic

Cheers Drew

Dario wrote:Please let us know how it goes and good luck!
Cheers, Dario.

I will update this in a few months once the tree has settled into its new home.

Andrew

dansai · Post by **dansai** » May 5th, 2014, 8:42 pm

Hi Andrew

I have a benji with some rot in it too. Even found an ants nest in one trunk and a curl grub living in short stump that failed to shoot after cutting back too hard. Was wondering how yours has gone and wether you were able to treat the wood successfully?

Or any one else that has successfully treated rot in figs??

thoglette · Post by **thoglette** » May 5th, 2014, 11:57 pm

dansai wrote:Or any one else that has successfully treated rot in figs??

I tend to live with it - but I've yet to try Lime Sulphur on my ficus

lennard · Post by **lennard** » May 6th, 2014, 12:46 am

dansai wrote:
Or any one else that has successfully treated rot in figs??

Nowadays I treat all fresh wounds on Ficus with flowers of sulfur by rubbing it into the wounds. I also use it on Baobab, Portulacaria and other softwood trees. I also repot my Ficus in a drier mix and water only a day or two after the repot.

If you have greenwood rotting you will have to clean out all the rotting wood and then rub the flowers of sulfur into the wound.

If the deadwood of a wound cracks water will seep into the tree and this "reservoir" aids rot. Better to seal bigger wounds on a Ficus also.

There are a lot of transparent brick sealants available that can be used successfully on deadwood. I use RB10 sealant that can be mixed with oxides to color the deadwood. Don't use the sealant on freshly treated deadwood if you use lime sulphur - the bleach will turn the transparent sealant to an ugly white!

Rather safe than sorry!

Lennard

dansai · Post by **dansai** » May 6th, 2014, 9:10 am

Thanks Guys for the replies.

I was reading elsewhere of people using charring to both preserve and age wood. Has anyone had a go with this method on figs?

AusBonsai

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