AusBonsai

Hi

Here's a fig I got a few weeks ago, doesn't look like much in the box (and didn't in the pot it came in either) but it has a pretty good root base on it as shown by the red outline, which won't take long to become really good with some new root growth and some fusing. I think it is a Moreton Bay, or what i always thought was Moreton Bay Fig.
I will post some photos of the leaves soon for a better ID. Cheers Regan

if that is how the trunk line goes regan it will make a sweet tree. i would chop back to one trunk and select a new leader to suit the taper.

nice find

jamie

That's my thoughts exactly Jamie, it's not quite as good as my diagram shows as it's got some ugly twisted roots but once it grows some more and they fuse in where I want them too it will be sweet.

I almost passed it up too as all you could see sticking out of the soil was 2 stalks, the roots had grown out the bottom of the pot and must have swelled up inside

glad I took it now though

Cheers Regan

interesting, was this at a nursery? i wonder why it is buried so deep?

i would use the trunk on the right personally and chop back like i said, it will love getting a chop back too you will get some sweet back budding.

jamie

Nab it was at my parents, mum must have put it in a pot and forgot about it, the roots were running down into the septic tank. I'll wait until I can lift it up before I decide where to chop.

Cheers regan

good score i have three trees from my mum and each was the same.

come into chat say hello

This stump is just starting to shoot

I found some more pics of it now you don't have to guess what it looks like

Regan

its hard to tell what the trunk is like with all the airials mate, and it doesnt look like it has much of a root system below the trunk its like it is all airial roots.


jamie

Jamie all those roots were under the soil they loo like they started as aerials, mum mustve topped up the pot at some stage

I chopped all the junk of from underneath, should be growing a nice new root system down there, it will be raised up once that happens

cheers Regan

Heres a pic for you jamie hopefully this shows you exactly wahat is going on ok

black shows the pot it was in

red shows the original trunk/roots

brown is the original soil level

yellow needs the roots to fatten up and fuse

green is where i chopped

easier than trying to explain it in words

cheers Regan

alright i am with ya now mate you flat chopped and now your regrowing sweet good idea pal it wont take to long before you have a good amount to work with

jamie