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Took these cuttings from a tree that was being lopped by council, pretty sure its a Moreton bay Fig: Ficus macrophylla.

Second opinions never hurt.







Found this weird sorta Neagari style cutting in the fork of the tree.

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By Andrew F -Moreton bay Fig: Ficus macrophylla

Thank you.

morton bay fig, some nice little trunks there.

chris

They will grow from that

chrisatrocky wrote:morton bay fig, some nice little trunks there.

chris

Thank you Chris.

Olivecrazy wrote:They will grow from that

Coming from the guy that can lop an olive at ground level with a chainsaw lol

Yer mate, iv had about 95% luck striking Macropylla from hardwood cuttings, normally mid-spring - mid-summer.

This time iv left more leaves on and i placed the seedling trays ontop of the hot water system, hopefully they get enough roots to last over winter.

Let me know if you want a few sent down.

We have some big Morton bay figs around where i live but need a ladder to get to the first branch . My wifes dad knows a guy with a big one i think could i layer a branch the size of a 2lt coke bottle or is that to big . Since its coming into winter ill leave it till mid spring

Olivecrazy wrote:We have some big Morton bay figs around where i live but need a ladder to get to the first branch . My wifes dad knows a guy with a big one i think could i layer a branch the size of a 2lt coke bottle or is that to big . Since its coming into winter ill leave it till mid spring

Im pretty sure you could air layer a limb that size [if not bigger, give it a shot its all new learning experiences] Good luck mate.

The leaf size are a bit hard to reduce and a bit hard to get to back bud on old wood. my suggestion is to keep all branching until you are ready to style. I have explained reducing leaf size and creating ramification before.

chris

how did u go with these mate ??