ficus carica on stone...3 years of evolution

hello
today i will show you this work on a young ficus carica i took in my garden
the first pictures were in march 2008
i ve strapped the roots around the stone with an old bike's flat tire
cut the "trunk" to two sprouts
an i made the first wiring in july 2008
after i cut the pot each year a little bit more to put the new roots aronud the stone
the last pictures have been taken five minutes ago
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Cram, with such an interesting movement on branches and those nice future roots over the rock, I believe that we can forgive this fig tree the stubborn leaves that do not diminish so well! Don't you think?
Have you tried already any tasty fruits?

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arrg you re right....the leaves changes with reduction of their nice natural shape into an ugly thing
but ...i choose this tree because of his very well drawed leave
so i will try in the next years to reduce them a little bit by defoliation

no fruits...too young maybe?

I have always felt a special attachment to the edible fig, although I would not go out of my way to eat one, Fig Newton’s are OK. Family tradition holds that my ancestors came to New Smyrna, Florida from the island of Mallorca as indentured servants to care for figs. The Englishman who founded New Smyrna was named Turnbull and the settlement began in the late 1700s during the brief period 1763 to 1787 when Florida was a British possession. The story continues that the Seminole Indians threatened the settlement and Turnbull took his family to the fort in St. Augustine. When he returned to New Smyrna everyone was gone. The indentured servants joined the Seminoles. We have always had at least one fig tree in the yard.

Hi Cram

I also make trees on stones....But I use cottonyarn to secure the roots to the stone. As the roots grow fattens) the yarn will rot away, and leave no marks...every winter, is the rootball revired with the yarn. It workes very well.

What are you doing to prevent the vire, to make ugly marks on the root?

Kind regards Yvonne

Cram,
I like it very much.
Billy, enjoyed a history lesson of your family tree.
Jerry

thank you yvonne for the advice
but if you look well at the second picture ...i ve removed the wire to replace it by the tire
and since one year i use teflon band (the white thing)...it is easy to use and it seems to work well
i ll be sure by seeing it next year when i ll remove it
but you re absolutely right...i will make like this for the next ones

Mmmm, a truly ripe, fresh fig is one of the best things to eat! In my opinion, of course.

I like the way this tree is developing. The leaves are a bit large and "strange" in shape, but I think it contributes to a tropical feel which is appropriate for this tree. I hope you'll post a picture of it the next time it's leafless so we can see the branch structure.

I've got a couple of potted figs that we grow for fruit, but in this climate it's very difficult to get more than a couple of figs each season...so I've been thinking about converting one or both to bonsai. Thanks for the inspiration!

Chris

up ...after the new shoots cut
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on year more with the ugly strap on the base and i remove it ....
after.... maybe beto and moss?

Fantastic...
Shabat Shalom Luciano.

Billy M. Rhodes wrote:I have always felt a special attachment to the edible fig, although I would not go out of my way to eat one, Fig Newton’s are OK. Family tradition holds that my ancestors came to New Smyrna, Florida from the island of Mallorca as indentured servants to care for figs. The Englishman who founded New Smyrna was named Turnbull and the settlement began in the late 1700s during the brief period 1763 to 1787 when Florida was a British possession. The story continues that the Seminole Indians threatened the settlement and Turnbull took his family to the fort in St. Augustine. When he returned to New Smyrna everyone was gone. The indentured servants joined the Seminoles. We have always had at least one fig tree in the yard.

İs there a Neasmyrna over there. I'm living in Smyrna/İzmir.
Your name, that means Rhodes island in aegean sea?

Very nice Cram! the roots are holding well.


regards,
jun

thanks luciano and jun

what does mean your flag - avatar luciano?

I really like the way this is developing and can't wait to see it with the strap removed. This would be good for the progressions forum.

thanks
actually..i am really surprise of the work of nature on the roots
i just put it on the rock and dispatched the roots around ...
to be honnest..i think ficus is really easy for this(especially carica)...could surely be harder with another type of plant

i also sometimes think maybe i was lucky with it

cram wrote: ... ... to be honnest..i think ficus is really easy for this (especially carica)...could surely be harder with another type of plant
i also sometimes think maybe i was lucky with it

Dear Cram,
I am convinced that it's just this exact species which is so EASY!

I have made two hard wood cuttings during the last January and they are thriving! I have already repotted them (because both were put in plain perlite) and the mass of rootlets was amazing!
I have planted one of the two cuttings upside down (for reasons of tapering) and it did gave a new shoot. However, this one was much slower to emerge its new shoot compared to the other cutting.
Well, now I know what is my next step with my fig tree cutting. Root over rock!

Dear Cram,This s the flag of state where i born in Brazil.
Ta star s because im Jew.
Shalom.

thank you luciano
i didn t know this flag ..that s why i asked this...symbolics details are always strange and interesting
the sun the rainbow and the sheeper s star...sounds good...which state is it?

yes my nellie...we are agree ...it is a good species for rooting on rocks
the only problem is to find the good variety who keep the initial shape of the leaves after reduction
most of caricas ...loose some "harms" of the leaves ...even until become round...and ugly

and it grows very fast....
it is impossible to let it alone...like milk on fire

cram wrote: ... ... the only problem is to find the good variety who keep the initial shape of the leaves after reduction
most of caricas ...loose some "harms" of the leaves ...even until become round...and ugly... ...

That is a very interesting observation you have made, Cram!
And I suspect that most of us are not aware of.
Thank you for sharing!

It is the flag of the state of Pernambuco, where is the first synagogue of the Americas.
be located at Nordeste region of Brazil.
Shalom Luciano.

There's a historic fig I didn't know about.
<<Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in the City of New York, was founded in 1654, the first Jewish congregation to be established in North America.>>
The one in Recife beat them by 14 years.

Cram, does your little fig bonsai smell like you forgot to clean the cat's litter pan when the sun shines on it?
I'm not surprised that it does well as root-over-rock. Look at some of the pictures of roots of tropical figs. There are bridges in India made from nothing but braided roots of live fig trees.
Iris