AusBonsai

Hi All,
I have just uncovered my Banyan Fig ,it has been 2 years.Thanks to a fantastic post by Jerry Meislik.Things have gone OK,i think.It suffered a bit of dyeing off on the bottoms of the roots, and also a bit of a blow-out of roots from half way up.There was a gap in my wrapping.
It was to late to re-pot so i placed in a bucket of Seasol as i have to work tomorrow.I was after some feedback as to whether i should cut of the escapee roots. As this will show the nice bend in the overall composition.Or maybe incorporate the escapee roots to form a curtain effect .Of course any other suggestions would be welcome.
Thanks John.

Boom,
Can you give us an overview shot from the 4 sides?
Jerry

I would still use those escaped roots as the will give a larger lower trunk mass and Nebari

Nice stuff

Ken

boom,

got it happening there mate. nice work. I think keep them. another optioin is that you could do some root selection to have a 'prison bars' effect rather than a flat curtain.

which of jerry's threads started this all off?

It would be good if you could grow it over a large flat object (dinner plate?) to get some root spread. That way it would be more impressive

Hi Jerry,
I took a few quick photos.I hope this is what you mean by an overview shot.
Hi Ces,
Thanks for the ideas regarding Prison Bars. I think the post was under Epiphytic Style.
Hi Ken and Bodhidarma,
I like the idea of big root spread . Big thanks to you both.
I have included two photos of this season Fig projects.I wired some curves in some Tiger Bark cuttings,that i took last year and have grown them in some extra long pots.The roots are now showing. Also took some Air Layers of another fig i have. Not to sure if it is a Morton Bay or a Port Jackson ? but will get something happening with them. Banyan or maybe some R.O.R.
Cheers John.

Hi Boom,
Can you tell me what the post from Jerry M, was all about..... do you have a link to the original.
Would be good to know about the beginnings of this project and what inspired you to do what you've done.... like the last 2 pics. what is the idea of the deep pots?