BONSAI-EASY NEW METHOD-PART 13-FICUS PRUNING
THIS IS A PRUNING OF A RATHER OVERGROWN FICUS (FIG) TREE. THIS IS FICUS BENJAMINA, OR THE WEEPING FICUS. THIS ONE HAD NOT BEEN EXAMINED IN ABOUT A YEAR. GETTING IT OUT OF THE POT WAS A SLIGHT PROBLEM AS IT IS A COMMERCIAL POT AND HAS AN INTERNAL LIP. BUT BEING THAT THE GROWTH MEDIUM IS SPHAGNUM MOSS, IT COMES OUT RELATIVELY EASILY, WHEREAS HAD THIS BEEN IN SOIL, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CRUMBLING MESS. FICUS TREES CAN DEVELOP FIGS, WHICH I HAVE HAD HAPPEN OCCASSIONALLY. THEY ARE HEARTY GROWERS, AND THOUGH FULL SUN IS SUGGESTED, THEY DO WELL AS HOUSEPLANTS, AND MINE DO FINE UNDER THE SHADE OF A LARGE OAK. THIS ONE NEEDED A MAJOR PRUNING, WHICH IT GOT.(***PLEASE VIEW PART 12 ABOUT THE WARNING ON HANDLING SPHAGNUM MOSS BEFORE YOU WORK WITH SPHAGNUM MOSS***).
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May 11th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
isn’t bonsai cruel. …
isn’t bonsai cruel. the plants look like they are suffering. why not put them in bigger pots and just prune them more. i always feel bad for my plants and after a couple of years in the pots, plant them to where they can be free, and realize their potential.
May 11th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Really good. How …
Really good. How would you get it to grow small leaves?
As you said, it had been left alone for a while, what would you need to do otherwise?
May 11th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
that is a grate …
that is a grate bonsai
May 11th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
damn! I watched the …
! I watched the hole video thinking he was showing me how to chop bushes in my backyard… until he said at the end…
(HAVE FUN AND ENJOY YOUR BONSAI)
May 11th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
yep another cut …
yep another cut down bush……bonsai is the work and art of years………but….like all things american…….fast and convenient in this case……please america….stop trying to create your own cheesy identity