Extream Ficus grafting

[Homer911]

Anyone have any experience performing grafting this extream? Any success?

How about without roots? How big can you go without roots?

I am thinkig about experimenting with one of my ficus trees.

https://youtu.be/OhSc2fcoC8k

[Brian]

I was just recently in Vietnam on holiday and I was surprised how many large bonsai there was everywhere outside public buildings and parks. It was quite evident to me with close up scrutiny of the bonsai, that they do this technique on large ficus.

[melbrackstone]

Whoa, I'm seasick after watching that video!

[Mojo Moyogi]

Hi Homer, I have seen peg grafting done on deciduous trees in a book that I have somewhere. I think it was by one of the UK authors, Craig Coussins, Colin Lewis or maybe even Peter Chan. Also I think Hiroshi Takeyama uses this technique, he is a legend of deciduous bonsai. I'll see if I can find the book.

Cheers
Mojo

[Homer911]

Hi Homer, I have seen peg grafting done on deciduous trees in a book that I have somewhere. I think it was by one of the UK authors, Craig Coussins, Colin Lewis or maybe even Peter Chan. Also I think Hiroshi Takeyama uses this technique, he is a legend of deciduous bonsai. I'll see if I can find the book.

Cheers
Mojo

Cheers mojo. Any experience yourself?

I presume it is not a very successful graft. I think if it had roots like in the video it would increase the chances of success. But without roots...... no idea!!


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[Theodore]

Put a straw hat on it and I would make a good scarecrow and that is about all.

There has been a lot of talk about contrived bonsai in other posts on the forum, this for me, is talking things that little bit too far.

I don't consider hammering nails through roots and trunks to hold them in place as bonsai techniques!! Just my opinion.

Theo


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[Mojo Moyogi]

No Homer, never tried a peg graft.

I'm more of a threader, which is super easy to do and gives you plenty of control. It can be done in summer and winter too, so timing is not as critical as side or cleft grafting. A few people on here are pretty good at approach grafts.

Cheers,
Mojo

[ric]

A great video! the key to the success is in the aerial roots and in Florida they grow even better than in Sydney. But if you have that requirement its is almost assured of working. I have used a similar technique with Trident maple by first grafting a young seedling to the branch I wished to move thus creating the same set up as the aerial roots of ficus . When the graft is healed and stable the branch can be cut off and re inserted in the tree in a new position in the same way that Mike did in the video.
With the Trident of course the nurse plant will need to be cut off after the branch has become united with the trunk .