the ficus benjamina in my garden

hi all in forum, i'm newcomer. And this is my tree, the big ficus, i buy it 1 year ago from a friend
july - 2011

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after 8 month, first training

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15 day ago

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Wonderful material. I enjoy the bold styling with the loops on the left.

I know we are a world apart, but purely out of curiousity, what does your substrate consist of? I was going to guess coco peat and river sand, but on closer inspection Ive convinced myself that the first picture is just pure roots. It is one happy tree, unlike my poor bejiminas. I attempted a branch graft last week with a thumb tack. a pinch of salt on the floor for good luck

David

Very, very nice work.
Congratulations.
Jerry

Thanks for share =))

Hi Rainbow

It is a very impressing trunk you have here...how high and wide was the trunk before the branches appeared?.
The tree has a great future as bonsai.

Kind regards Yvonne

MrFancyPlants wrote:Wonderful material. I enjoy the bold styling with the loops on the left.

I know we are a world apart, but purely out of curiousity, what does your substrate consist of? I was going to guess coco peat and river sand, but on closer inspection Ive convinced myself that the first picture is just pure roots. It is one happy tree, unlike my poor bejiminas. I attempted a branch graft last week with a thumb tack. a pinch of salt on the floor for good luck

David

hi David, thanhs for your visit my topic . you guessed right, it's coco peat and river sand, but in the first picture it not just pure roots, it's coco peat i put over roots for cool and keep water.
ps: don't put so much salt on the pot, it not good for your tree

Yvonne Graubaek wrote:Hi Rainbow

It is a very impressing trunk you have here...how high and wide was the trunk before the branches appeared?.
The tree has a great future as bonsai.

Kind regards Yvonne

hi Yvonne Graubaek. thanks so much.
the trunk hight 90 cm and wide about 70 cm before the branches appeared

regards .

blackrose wrote:Thanks for share =))

nice to meet you...again

rainbow1811 wrote:

Yvonne Graubaek wrote:Hi Rainbow

It is a very impressing trunk you have here...how high and wide was the trunk before the branches appeared?.
The tree has a great future as bonsai.

Kind regards Yvonne

hi Yvonne Graubaek. thanks so much.
the trunk hight 90 cm and wide about 70 cm before the branches appeared

regards .

..... You can send the tree to me any time

i think it so big to send for you . but there is a another ficus smaller which you can bring when you come here

here it is

Lovely tree also.
Jerry

welcome Jerry, thanks for your compliment