AusBonsai

Well in the light of the recent crash and interuption, it certainly can be a major pain to put down a whloe lot of data and then lose it. However as aussie's on Aus Bonsai we gotta get on with it . So heres a long story of a ficus and i that commenced in the beginning of summer 2007. I'm not too sure what this ficus is I used to think Morten Bay but not so sure these days as the leaves get fairly small. Possibly some strain of Hillea

Here's a couple of its first incarnation b4 and after... Dec 2007. My first year of bonsai im not sure what i was thinking...
Late summer 2009 i tried my hand at grafting a mature branch. Failed i believe too late in the season...
Now somewhere between Oct 2010 to Dec 2010, I chopped all 3 trunks big time. The prob is i dont have any photo,s documenting it. For some reason i dont have any photos of that period Any ways it grew free for the next 2 years and last night i decided to clean it up and find some direction. This morn i got some heavy wire on to it and started to move things into place.

Mary's preferred front; She sais its slightly erotic
My preferred front; Power of one !!! I also like the directional styling in the trunks rather than a fan styled broom/ banyan, that would be needed for the other front.
SOOOOOOOOOOO Who da BOSS

coming along nicely - --reckon you should take the oppurtunity to put as much movement as possible in those branches--as the branches thicken they will tend to look straighter

anttal63 wrote:
Mary's preferred front; She sais its slightly erotic

i WOULD GO WITH MARY`S FRONT AND I WOULD SUGGEST YOU DO TOO,THAT`S IF YOU DON`T WANT TO END UP SLEEPING IN THE BONSAI SHED.

Nice tree Antonio, I would go with your preferred front as it has a better root flare in my opinion. I like the direction its heading and look forward to seeing a photo of it in the nude down the track.

Cheers

David

Guy wrote:coming along nicely - --reckon you should take the oppurtunity to put as much movement as possible in those branches--as the branches thicken they will tend to look straighter

Thanks Guy yes i will go at it again just let them adjust for a day or 2.

reddoggy wrote:

anttal63 wrote:
Mary's preferred front; She sais its slightly erotic

i WOULD GO WITH MARY`S FRONT AND I WOULD SUGGEST YOU DO TOO,THAT`S IF YOU DON`T WANT TO END UP SLEEPING IN THE BONSAI SHED.

I SAID NO !!!

DavidWilloughby wrote:Nice tree Antonio, I would go with your preferred front as it has a better root flare in my opinion. I like the direction its heading and look forward to seeing a photo of it in the nude down the track.

Thanks David, yep im of the same thinkin. That kind of Flare is too good to pass up !!!

Cheers

David

anttal63 wrote:Dec 2007. My first year of bonsai im not sure what i was thinking...

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OOPs it was almost my third year.

HaHa. I was thinking your Bonsai ages don't add up!