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While I was at work today . . . . .

Posted: September 7th, 2010, 5:43 pm
by Bougy Fan
Gutter fig 1.jpg
Luckily my job was to clean the gutters. When I got it out this is what I found
Gutter fig.jpg
There was "mulch" in the back of the gutter for 2 metres and that's how far the roots travelled. Gotta love the figs up here in sunny QLD 8-)


Tony

Re: While I was at work today . . . . .

Posted: September 7th, 2010, 5:57 pm
by Dumper
nice find mate.

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Posted: September 7th, 2010, 6:25 pm
by NathanM
Nice find mate!! :)

Re: While I was at work today . . . . .

Posted: September 7th, 2010, 6:32 pm
by Bougy Fan
Sometimes I almost feel guilty about charging for a job where I get a bonus like that . . . . . . . . . . . . . I said ALMOST :lol:

Re: While I was at work today . . . . .

Posted: September 7th, 2010, 6:38 pm
by Michael
awesome mate good score bonus for today hey :)

mick

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Posted: September 7th, 2010, 7:01 pm
by AndrewM
:D Good score mate

Did you pull up and knock on the door and let them know they needed there gutters cleaned out :lol:

Re: While I was at work today . . . . .

Posted: September 7th, 2010, 7:13 pm
by bonzaidog
Bougy..you no doubt saved the house owner a lot of future heartache!....any idea what variety it is ...no leaves has me puzzled a bit! :? ....Dog.

Re: While I was at work today . . . . .

Posted: September 7th, 2010, 7:19 pm
by Bougy Fan
It's a benji - there are leaves on it that are very small. Just naturally reduced from a limited supply of food and water I think. It had grown over the downpipe drop to get all the water it could. This is number 5 that I have collected in the last 6 months. I found one in Spring Hill growing out of the bricks under a rainwater head. I just chopped it off with a chisel and potted it up after scraping some bark back and applying some rooting hormone. It's going strong :)

Re: While I was at work today . . . . .

Posted: September 7th, 2010, 7:20 pm
by jase
Wish I was that lucky!!

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Posted: September 7th, 2010, 7:22 pm
by bonzaidog
You could have put money on where that big tap root was headed :lol: ....cheers mate....Dog.

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Posted: September 7th, 2010, 7:29 pm
by Graeme
Great catch, goes to prove you dont need to spend big bucks to get good stock hey what. ;)

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Posted: September 7th, 2010, 8:06 pm
by Hutch11
what a catch!!

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Posted: September 7th, 2010, 8:10 pm
by Pup
Where was that bloody sun on the weekend. You bloody Banana benders, packed the rain in my suit case it has been raining here all today.

Nice find Bougy ya know what to do with it,I hope :lol: :roll: :P Cheers :) Pup

Re: While I was at work today . . . . .

Posted: September 7th, 2010, 8:23 pm
by Taffy
We did have some rain Pup - we got 53mm here on Sunday night. Could have done with some more though.