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Post  MrFancyPlants Fri Sep 12, 2014 12:42 am

I apologize for the blurry photos.. I have a minor disability that limits my fine motor skills like handwriting. Camera work and wiring. Sorry for the nearly redundant photos, but one has the "apex" if you can call it that. And the other my amateur wire work. It has been popping back in all the right places.

Does anyone have a recommendation for removing the algae on the base of the one in the oval? It lost it's perfect first branch during my 3-week long hydroponics experiment/ vacation. Would you believe my friend would refill the reservoir once a week while I was gone? Oh well, at least it survived.
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Post  Kevin S - Wisco Bonsai Fri Sep 12, 2014 1:59 am

hey hey MFP (dang - i forgetted your name, but i remember that you surf)
re: the algae, i would think a tooth brush, or soft brass wire brush would do the trick...
coupled with a scrubbing agent thats not harmful to the tree (i wont speculate on that part)

btw, if that ficus is as small as it looks, i dig it (from what i can see)
and think it will end up as a nice lil shohin/mame
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Post  KennedyMarx Fri Sep 12, 2014 3:47 am

An old toothbrush dipped in water should take that algae off. Even better is watered down vinegar. Both those are for cuttings, right? I can't remember right now.
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Post  MrFancyPlants Fri Sep 12, 2014 4:01 am

The 'too little' in the oval is actually the mother plant.. I have 4 cuttings that I am growing out in an anderson with a couple other tropicals, but haven't styled yet. I was thinking of growing at least one up to a house plant size.. those tiny leaves might look pretty cool then.
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Post  Kevin S - Wisco Bonsai Fri Sep 12, 2014 12:47 pm

won't letting it grow out make leaf reduction more difficult ?

(sounds like a dumb question as i typed it)
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Post  MrFancyPlants Fri Sep 12, 2014 1:49 pm

'too little' is a genetic variation of the benjimina, so even growing it out wouldn't make the leaves that much larger. It is a bad picture; just to the right are some regular sized 'Christine' benjimina leaves. It is also a variety, and has closer internodes, but regular leaf size.
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Post  Hank Miller Thu Sep 25, 2014 11:39 am

Put a drop or two of bleach in a cup of water and brush mixture  on unwanted algae and/or moss.
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Post  MrFancyPlants Thu Sep 25, 2014 6:13 pm

Awesome, thanks for the advice. I'll try bleach first and then give the vinegar a shot if that doesn't work(a few days later). I still haven't gotten around to giving them a scrub yet, but I am planning on repotting all of the tropicals before I bring them in for the winter. The repotting will be two fold. To clean up/reposition, as well as to insert rayon mop strands into the pots for my vacation hydroponic setup. Also, at some point this season I used some of my friend's guano based organic fertilizer; that may have contributed to the algae sludge.
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Post  MrFancyPlants Sat Oct 04, 2014 3:34 pm

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I cleaned off the scum a little bit w vinigar and water, and am real tempted to repot and scrub more soon. The little ones soil is pretty gross looking. And, I wasn't pleased with the crossing root on the willow leaf.  Should it stay or go.
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Post  JimLewis Sat Oct 04, 2014 4:10 pm

And, I wasn't pleased with the crossing root on the willow leaf. Should it stay or go.

It will leave a large scar. Your best bet probably is to plant the tree a bit deeper.
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Post  ogie Sun Oct 05, 2014 9:55 am

Hi
Use detergent powder with water it never fails and wash it off mediatelh with water.. Purely very safe sir and regarding any scar or thinkening of trunk patience will always play vital role pot the whole tree in deeper pot let it grow vigorously...ficus are very versatile and nice to work on..
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Post  MrFancyPlants Mon Jul 17, 2017 5:38 am

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Post  MrFancyPlants Sat Jul 28, 2018 9:42 pm

This willow leaf ficus is responding, much better than the rest of my ficus, to an early summer cutback. I’m all done with the sacrifices on the lower branches and it fortunately busded back well when I lopped the length off. I think this was only wired once. I am glad I did but now will focus on ramification and trying to keep the form in tight. I like this cheap pot for it but maybe it could use a change of shoes sometime soon.

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Post  Leo Schordje Wed Aug 22, 2018 5:16 pm

nice fat trunk shohin
well done and they have survived over the years. I find my smaller trees are more likely to die off from accidents, neglected water, what ever. My larger trees tend to hang in and bounce back from neglect. Point being, I am complimenting you on keeping very small trees going over a number of years. Well done.
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Post  Kevin S - Wisco Bonsai Wed Aug 22, 2018 7:33 pm

Leo Schordje wrote:Point being, I am complimenting you on keeping very small trees going over a number of years. Well done.

lol!
Leo - you slay me !
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Post  MrFancyPlants Wed Aug 22, 2018 7:52 pm

Thank you Leo.

Usually, I'd have at least one dryness induced defoliation event over the northern temperate indoor season, but not this past year... I had them in an 40G aquarium w/ LEDs and they were happier when I got back from a 1 mo vacation than when I left.. I think continual fertilization helped push some growth.. certainly not drying out helped. A couple small ficus Img_0810
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Post  LanceMac10 Thu Aug 23, 2018 1:42 am

Leo Schordje wrote: trees going over a number of years.



9/10 ths of Bonsai...... Sad
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