QLD small leaf ficus banyan style progression

[Jamie]

hey people, as you might have seen i got a couple of figs of shannons dad, i worked them over today but thought this was very much worth showing what can be done with something from a stock style tree. i think this one deserves a thread of its own as i am quite pleased with how it is turning out, it will still need some more refinement but overall happy

it is quite small, shohin size, it will be a max height of maybe 180mm if its lucky.

i sorta wasnt quite sure on where i was going with this on till i had started working on it, after reading leongs book last night i at least knew i had to start somewhere and that was defoliation to see where to go.

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with the removal of the leaves and some of the crossing trunks and branches wiring out of the tree began, i wired it completly before even thinking about placement, this is how it turned out, i think it will be as good a view point from every angle in not to long so i wont call any of the pics front, back, etc.
there is a top veiw to see the structure and placement.

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well, let me know what ya all think, i know there is a bit of refinement to be done still but for an initial styling, i am happy


jamie

[hugh grant]

Hey Jamie
I'm liking the look of it, well done it's getting on nicely Like you say still needs refinement so it should look good later on in it's life.

Hugh

[Jamie]

cheers hugh, yea definately some refinement but a bit more growth will help that i dont think the pics are doing it justice either, i relly need to setup a proper studio for taking pics.


jamie

[aaron_tas]

a great improvement jamie

how's the nebari lookin, can't see a great deal in these pics... have you scraped around at all

[Jamie]

a great improvement jamie

how's the nebari lookin, can't see a great deal in these pics... have you scraped around at all

i actually bare rooted this one mate, its sitting a little lower than what it should be for now as i cut off some crossing roots, and all that, but it has a good spread which adds about another 15mm bit more maybe to the trunk and then the nebari spreads out well. i made nicks and cuts in it and have put loads of hormone gel on it so it will be full of new roots very soon

will be able to lift it up in the pot soonish, but sorry, no pics of the bare root.


jamie

[aaron_tas]

all good

this one's gonna be a sweet lil tree in half of no time at all

[Jamie]

cheers bro i was just looking at it about twenty minutes ago, the actual size of this one isnt 180mm either, its smaller 150mm as how it is now. so finished height will probly be about 180mm in leaf. (got the tape measure out)

i love shohin!!!

[strawbs]

nice work Jamie, little ripper u got there, cant wait to see this in a few season's.
p.s ill get those fotos up for u tomorrow about my fig, and a few more
strawbs

[aaron_tas]

i love shohin!!!

feeiln's mutual

[Jamie]

nice work Jamie, little ripper u got there, cant wait to see this in a few season's.
p.s ill get those fotos up for u tomorrow about my fig, and a few more
strawbs

cheers bro
cool bout the pics mate

i reckon it wont take to long to get this one up to scratch, i reckon bout 12 months and it will be near ready, its a fig in queensland, it grows all year round. my temps never really drop below twenty even at night on a cold night, and the humidity is always high so airial roots wont be a prob either
cant wait to see it come into leaf though


jamie

[Chris]

nice tree jamie love the start.

i will be watching and learning

[Jamie]

heres a virt, courtesy of rod. cheers mate, its spot on to what i was looking at

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it gives me something to aim for hey

jamie

[NathanM]

That virt will be very achievable man! It's got the structure there now, just needs some time to develop ramification and some leaf reduction.
Should look great in a year or two!

[Jamie]

That virt will be very achievable man! It's got the structure there now, just needs some time to develop ramification and some leaf reduction.
Should look great in a year or two!

i reckon sooner, i have been reading leong kwongs book and the developments from base structure like this to a lot of ramification in a few months
and thats in sydney so i presume it will be even better growing conditions up here


jamie

[Jamie]

you know what i forgot after all i put in the first post, a before pic of the tree, damn!!!

here ya go, a before and after.

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there ya go guys, sorry bout that, i showed the style progression but not the before


jamie