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Seeking advice... Negative and positive(if any)

Hi there,

I'd place it in a smaller pot to start with. Something with a nice clean glaze to it and much more shallow than what it's in at the moment!

-Mo

Looks very straight through the trunk. Have considered chopping just above first pair of branches and rebuilding a more compact canopy. This would imo give the remaining trunk alot more power. I would also wire the two branches down if you chose this method. Aprt from that the tree looks like its in good shape.

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[quote="golgotha"]Looks very straight through the trunk. Have considered chopping just above first pair of branches and rebuilding a more compact canopy. This would imo give the remaining trunk alot more power. I would also wire the two branches down if you chose this method. Aprt from that the tree looks like its in good shape.
Since joining this forum I have had lots of different thoughts. I don't want to ruin it, that is why I am seeking advice...Thanks for your input

I've been looking for an excuse to practice using paint for a virt. Hope it helps Raymond. Its just the first impression I got when I saw it and with a different pot as MoGanic suggests but in a lose paint kinda way.

time8theuniverse wrote:

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I've been looking for an excuse to practice using paint for a virt. Hope it helps Raymond. Its just the first impression I got when I saw it and with a different pot as MoGanic suggests but in a lose paint kinda way.

WOW... Thanks for that. I know the pot is too big, but it was all I could get my hands on at the time.

I have decided to cut this baby back. I do like the look of the Virt that was done, but, IF I chop the trunk, what do I do with the massive scar it will leave??? I have zero knowledge in carving, but I do have several figs that are too tall... Any help and advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

Hi, Looks like a good fig with lots of good branching. My advice is to keep it in the larger pot, wire it up and let it grow for a few seasons. It takes many years to create a good fig bonsai.

Hi Ray if you decide to chop, seal the cut and then sit back and let it heal, there is also the "van meer technique" (there was a post on here the other day about it) if your feeling brave. But it's a fig so should heal fine.

Here is the link to the van meer technique if you're interested, let me just say I reckon you'd have to have a good steady hand. But an interesting read either way.
http://ofbonsai.org/techniques/styles-a ... -technique

trunk chop half way up--it will give you a more rounded canopy with plenty of branches to play with--the scar will heal----use the offcut as another bonsai

So I finally grew some genitalia and got around to doing something with this... I put an air layer on it in October. Yesterday was the day to remove the layer..

so this is what remained...

I then V cut the top and pruned the life off it. I stuffed the V cut whith Sphagnum moss that had been soaking in Seasol for an hour or 2, and wrapped it with Raffia and grafting tape...

Hello Raymond.

What is the sphagnum moss in the V-cut for?
Am I missing something?

He said in a earlier post that its been air layered.
I would hose off that soil from the roots as it looks a bit old. Repot it into a freely draining mix. Its now a great time to re pot figs.

Boics wrote:Hello Raymond.

What is the sphagnum moss in the V-cut for?
Am I missing something?

I read somewhere that it helps keep it moist so it doesn't dry out before shooting...

Brian wrote:He said in a earlier post that its been air layered.
I would hose off that soil from the roots as it looks a bit old. Repot it into a freely draining mix. Its now a great time to re pot figs.

Yes the soil is getting old, and a repot is on the cards, but I ran out of time...