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Post  Neli Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:36 pm

I brought one acacia seed from Malaysia...it has been growing in a pot for twelve years now...but don't want to kill it ...it is very special...need to plant it in the ground maybe.
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Post  Cockroach Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:08 am

Hi neli,

Where in Zambia are you? Not seen many Zambians on forums.
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Post  Neli Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:55 am

I am in Lusaka Zambia.
I am a keen gardener and Koi keeper.
Some pictures for You from my garden.
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Post  Neli Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:18 am

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Some pictures for U from home.
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Post  Neli Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:24 am

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Post  Cockroach Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:28 am

Really, I used to live in Lusaka for almost 4 years before moving to Taiwan. I helped the Lostrums open the Rhapsody's in Arcades Shopping Centre. My parents still live in Zambia but moved up to Ndola.

Your garden looks amazing and I didn't know people put that much effort into gardens in Lusaka.
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Post  Neli Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:53 am

Rula and Nick are dear friends..
You probably know me.
Do U know the Findlays? Chrismar hotel? That is my family.
Many people here have very nice gardens.
I imported most of the plants from SA.
It is a new garden...newly planted.
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Post  Cockroach Mon Nov 19, 2012 6:24 am

What a small world. I do know your family. Are plants hard to come by in Zambia? Is that why you imported them? Zambia has great weather for gardening.
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Post  Neli Mon Nov 19, 2012 6:47 am

There are plenty of nurseries, but they dont have everything I want...
The Findlays are a well known family in Zambia...I new U will know Us.
Every thing grows here...very well.
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Post  Neli Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:15 pm

I really searched for this topic. This is my first bonsai and topic ever posted on a forum. Such lovely memories. I read it now and I can not help it but smile. I was asking such silly questions.
Meanwhile I have clocked my first year in bonsai. After reading 14 hours a day every day, and going to Japan for an apprenticeship, I can really laugh now at my questions.
But this thread needs an update on the first anniversary. Just for memory sake, and to show how special this fig is to me.
Also I would like to thank everyone for the kind words, setting me on the right truck, and making me love bonsai and bonsai people.
So here is the little one. I have done clip and grow, some wiring, and my usual pegs to weight branches while very young. I was scared that Benjamina branches die if no foliage is left after the cut so I was trimming often and always to a leaf.
I did two trunk chops, and wrapped the trunk with some duvet padding which I keep wet in the hope of developing air roots.
It is informal upright style.
before after the first chop
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after letting it grow free
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My styling pegs. He hehe!
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After trimming and wiring it.
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Side view
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front
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They say ficus benjamina leaf does not reduce. Look how much the leaf reduced and I hve never defoliated it and it is in a training pot.
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