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[ID] What Fig Is That?
Posted: September 20th, 2013, 11:54 am
by Drac0
Rescued this fig from a neighbour - the pot originally had 2, one at each end but the other was dead before I got to it. Haven't dealt much with figs so wondering if anyone could help identify it. TIA...
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Cheers
Re: [ID] What Fig Is That?
Posted: September 20th, 2013, 12:20 pm
by DustyRusty
Looks like a PJ. But where did you find it? Ie what part of Australia? Was it planted or wild? This will help us make a better guess. Fig IDing is not easy.
Re: [ID] What Fig Is That?
Posted: September 20th, 2013, 12:21 pm
by DustyRusty
Oh just reread. Sounds like the neighbour had it in a pot?
Re: [ID] What Fig Is That?
Posted: September 20th, 2013, 1:21 pm
by Drac0
DustyRusty wrote:Oh just reread. Sounds like the neighbour had it in a pot?
Yeah, as I said there were 2, but one was long dead.
Cheers
Re: [ID] What Fig Is That?
Posted: September 20th, 2013, 3:30 pm
by Ash
Hi, It is a Port Jackson Fig, Ficus rubiginosa, regards, Ash
Re: [ID] What Fig Is That?
Posted: September 20th, 2013, 3:37 pm
by Bougy Fan
Just out of curiosity Ash how do you positively rule it out being any other type of fig ?
Re: [ID] What Fig Is That?
Posted: September 20th, 2013, 6:57 pm
by Isitangus
I would lose that encircling root sooner rather than later.
Re: [ID] What Fig Is That?
Posted: September 21st, 2013, 9:13 pm
by Drac0
Isitangus wrote:I would lose that encircling root sooner rather than later.
Don't know if I'll bother doing much with it at all, it will be going back to the neighbours once it's fully healthy so they will probably just ignore it again anyway.
Hopefully I can get it going enough to get a few small cuttings off it next year.
Cheers