AusBonsai

if it were mine i'd be cutting under that kinked knob

The more you think about it the harder it is to do. As the Nike ad says,,JUST DO IT

DONE, the top is in a mix of chopped spahgnum and straight akadama, thats all i had on hand.
both will be put in the hot house and just wait.
cheers
strawbs

You champion!!! Hot House; perfect.

mmmmm well its short it had great taper before i thought

Im not sure that you can call the area between the 2 red lines taper. certainly not good taper. also the circled areas present issues. At the price strawbs has paid this is the best out come. The first few inches was worth the price for its girth. In fact it was cheap.

strawbs wrote: ..........im leaning towards 'elastica' the leaves are huge.
couldnt pass it up for $40...........
strawbs

My elasiticas have leaves 25cm long and 15cm wide, and the plants are only 40cm high! I don't think yours are elasticas, strawbs. JMHO

Glenda

just repotted n worked on this 1 today, the bottom of the chop did not survive but the top did. cheers
Strawbs

What happened? Are you saying the bottom half of the tree did not grow?

Psymo wrote:What happened? Are you saying the bottom half of the tree did not grow?

Im keen to find out too lol. Strange that the cutting took but the donor tree died????

gday guys, yes the bottom half did not make it, it never put out any shoots what so ever, both were in the same mix and the top just had
a bit of hormone powder put on the cut, oh well still got part of the same tree. im happier with this 1 than the base.

cheers
Strawbs

what the. . . . . . What happened to the bottom? how could it die?
NS

What i realy want to know is... what happen to the beer in image one? its not in image 2.

It looked so cold and inviteing .

Hahahahaha

dayne wrote:mmmmm well its short it had great taper before i thought

I woulfd have to agree with this quote above it had a nice trunk but Im sure the existing top part will come good Its stange the bottom didnt survive they are normally indistructable?