bare rooting a tiger bark ficus for transporting

[fongi]

Hi, I just bought a tiger bark ficus from hong kong. I thinking of bare rooting it and bring it back to my home country, singapore. Will it be safe to do so? and how should I go about doing it? Wrap it with a wet towel?
All advise are greatly appreciated.

[bamboos]

Hi Fongi
Does Singapore have any restrictions on what maybe imported? Soil, moss plants ?
Steve

[fongi]

Oni restriction is the soil. Plants with roots r fine. Is it ok that I wash away all the soil, and pack sphagnum moss around the root ball?

[Bougy Fan]

Yes it will be OK like that - if you are only going to have it for say 24 hours out of the pot you wouldn't even need the spag moss

[fongi]

Thank you so much.

[DavidWilloughby]

Hi fongi,

After barerooting it, I would put spagnum moss around the roots to keep them moist as if you do not it does run the risk of drying out. Plan for the worst, hope for the best. Good luck and hope it works out for you.

Cheers

David

[fongi]

Thank you David, the plant is now wrap with moisted spagnum moss all around the root ball. Will post the outcome if it work. Thank you everybody for the advise

[lackhand]

Please let us know how it goes, it looks like a very nice tree. Good luck!

[fongi]

Thanks Carl, I love the twist n the trunk size, its about 4 inches wide... and the best thing is... its only S$20. Couldn't resist buying it...