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Post  jayevilrott Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:59 am

hi everyone i just need to see if anybody can help me with two things for my bonsai 1st i wonder if anybody can id this bonsai C:\Documents and Settings\Karolee\Desktop\j1.jpg i think is a ficus but i am not sure about what kind thats the tree this is another one C:\Documents and Settings\Karolee\Desktop\j2.jpg and here the branches C:\Documents and Settings\Karolee\Desktop\j5.jpg and i will appreciate it if anybody can id this bonsai for me plus if anybody have some advise about how i should train the branches in the right way to make the tree look beautifull sorry for my english i know is not too good my main language is spanish i will appreciate anybody with any kind of help thanks.
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Post  sixhunter Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:29 am

ficus ?
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Post  gordonb Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:51 am

All I can say is that yes, it does look like a ficus. I am no expert on these, so cannot give an ID; also, the pictures are a bit blurred for detail that might help someone ID it.

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Post  jayevilrott Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:57 am

i think and i am very sure taht is maybe a ficus but dont know what kind but thank you very much i appreciate it and like i said any advice on the training about this tree on how to shape it please feel free to help me
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Post  Ergantos Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:46 pm

I am pretty sure that is a Ficus Nitida. It is kind of hard to tell though with the pictures that were taken. If you can get a few clear shots from all the angels around the tree it would help tremendously with us answering your question on styling advice.

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Post  Billy M. Rhodes Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:40 pm

This is a "Tiger Bark Ficus." Note the striping on the photo of the trunk. The Latin is Ficus retusa or Ficus microcapa. You can google these name for some ideas.

It will grow in a pot, but I suggest as large a pot as possible for training. From the blurred photo of the branching it appears they are all the same diameter. You need to select three or four side branches as well as an apex. Cut everything else off. Does it have rocks glued to the surface of the pot? Break them out with a screwdriver and fill the space with good potting soil. Give the tree as much light as possible. Mine get full sun, outdoors here in Florida except from Nov. to March when I put them in a greenhouse to protect from temps below about 50 F.
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Post  bonsaisr Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:48 am

The correct botanical name for tiger bark fig is Ficus microcarpa. Right now it should be outdoors in full sun. Feed it houseplant food like Miracle-Gro every week or two. Watch closely for bugs, especially scale, which are little oval bumps.
Follow the advice of our other experts. Get those stones off.
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Post  jayevilrott Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:33 am

thanks a lot to all you guys who help me with this tree and for iris you are right i am feeding the tree every two weeks with miracle gro liquid house plant fertilizer i have this tree for about 1 month and ahalf and again thanks and i will break the glued gravel tomorrow and about the care and the light i keep the tree out side on the back porche of my house from 9 am until 6 30 at night do you guys think thats right???
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Post  Billy M. Rhodes Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:58 am

This time of year, even in Pennsylvania, it could stay out 24/7 unless you worry about theft.
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Post  jayevilrott Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:00 pm

thanks and yeah thats what i worry about because i already loose 2 of them cuz ppl dont respect your property they stole a red maple anda black pine they were my first trees and i got them for about 2 years and when i move here the tird day they were gone but thank you for the advice because i am thinking of a big fence and then ill let them stay out all day another factor is that this area here is that this area is next to lake erie and even on this time is still dropping to 40 degrees at night
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Post  jayevilrott Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:41 pm

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Post  jayevilrott Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:47 pm

this one i still working on i got this one on about 3 1/2 years ago i got it from the wild on the bendigo state park here on pennsylvania it was almost 10 feet long now after almost 4 years still only 1 feet long i think i did a good job keeping this from a wild long tree to a almost bonsai what you guys think???
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i hope you guys enjoy it i know they are not beautifull specimens but i am a begginer just try to learn and do the best i can...
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Post  Billy M. Rhodes Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:54 pm

Aerial roots on a Ficus will cause the trunk to stop growing below where the roots attach resulting in reverse taper.
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