AusBonsai

Hi all Just had a weekend at Maroochydore caught up with Shannon (blown away once again with his trees) and did a swap I had a trident maple which was not very happy in Bundy and I got an absolute ripsnorter of a Clerodendrum and he also threw in a Juniper Thumina .Shannon thankyou very much I showed Jamie today and told him that I felt like that I made off like a bandit The Fig is one of the Benji's I swapped with a mate for a grafted lemon another happy trade Feel free for comments or virts I have a plan for both but am open .
Cheers
Tony

G`day Tony good score mate, should be a nice tree hidden in that clero. CHEERS ROD.....

unfortunately i snapped the leader half way through at the top of the main trunk while showing tony they wire fine

sorry mate (insert sheepish grin here) lucky its a clero and it will probably throw twenty more shoots because that one has been cracked

G'day Rod thanks mate the clero should come along nicely ,and that fig is about 4ft ,don't worry Jamie won't harm it in the long run I am looking forward to the speed at which you say these guys grow at .
Cheers
Tony

just a warning when ya feed it, seriously step back, you will possibly lose an eye if you are looking over the top of it

take a look at the triple trunk i have mate, you seen it today and you seen it when i first got it, it pretty much speaks for itself doesnt it

jamie

True True, nothing wrong with a trple trunk Clero

spot on mate, how many triples do you see around the place?? i like having something different

Cleaned up the fig today cut a couple of large aerial roots (hope they are mature enough to bud) Zip ties to the rescue and into a grow box for a bit to see what happens. If this tree does what I'm hoping for it will be sweet
Cheers
Tony

can those roots be spread out a bit more horizontal tony? they look like they are going down pretty heavy, i know they looked pretty heavy when i seen it.

if you can wire them out i would think bout doing that to help with taper a bit.

Sadly mate will not budge but I will be reducing the roots back to somewhere near upper cable tie in second last pic
Cheers
Tony

yea flat chop it mate its a fig she will be full of roots in no time.

that will give ya a way better root spread

Yes mate with this weather ,a fig I chopped and put into a small pot already has roots running (read sprinting) out of the bottom and top of the pot also shooting aerials
Cheers
Tony

sweet! thats what ya want

my willow leaf air layer is finally taking, it has thrown airials out to which will only help

heres a little virt for ya clero tony, i dont know if its quite right but there is definately a tree there mate
jamie

hey mate trees look good howd those celtis and privetts go from down here