Growing strong! Perhaps on future repottings, you could bury it deeper and cut a few potato roots each time, to slowly replace them with better roots with proper subdivisions without having to cut them all back at once. Also, most scars heal pretty quickly if you let it grow wild like you're doing this year, same for backbudding. It's going to look amazing sooner than you think!
@BonsaiBoise
Ай бұрын
That's a great idea! I actually completely forgot to mention what a hard time I had finding a pot that it would fit into. I think I'll end up making a cement pot this fall and then doing exactly like you mentioned.
@nikhileshkulkarni9786
Ай бұрын
I just worked on a ficus Benjamina this morning. About 2 hours from now, and I got your video . That's great work and patience . The tree is quite robust.
@BonsaiBoise
Ай бұрын
@@nikhileshkulkarni9786 Thank you! Just have to get through these awkward years first. Lol.
@NoDecaf7
Ай бұрын
Wow this bush grows so thick so fast!
@BonsaiBoise
Ай бұрын
This thing is a beast!
@Tybold63
Ай бұрын
Mighty fine tree to work on😃. Good potential and growth too. The potato roots has to be dealt with sooner or later, either remove or split/carve them like Nigel Saunders do. Cheers
@BonsaiBoise
Ай бұрын
I like the idea of splitting them! I'm going to go binge on Nigel's page this week and see how he does it. Great idea, thanks!
@Bonsai_Morning
Ай бұрын
Thans for sharing..awesome bonsai..😊😊
@BonsaiBoise
Ай бұрын
Thank you!
@a.k.h.channel
Ай бұрын
Ficus Benjamina bonsai nice ,thank you for sharing good luck Mr
@BonsaiBoise
Ай бұрын
Thank you!
@johnmichaelrutherford3514
Ай бұрын
if you're having trouble with back budding I believe you can Knick/scar the trunk to encourage it or so I've heard.
@BonsaiBoise
Ай бұрын
Not a bad idea, I'll try it!
@johnmichaelrutherford3514
Ай бұрын
@@BonsaiBoise no problem, learned it on reddit its apparently how people encourage their ficus houseplants to branch particularly ones that are known to be difficult like the fiddle leaf fig, ficus Elastica, and ficus benghalensis.
@gardencodes91
Ай бұрын
Is a cheeky graft onto that bare trunk an option? If not, fingers crossed for back budding in the right spot!
@BonsaiBoise
Ай бұрын
I'm thinking more and more about it.
@DeciduousSnurb
Ай бұрын
Hey Mike, it's Kevin. It looks like this benjamina is coming along great, such a cool clump 😎 How much sun do you typically provide your ficus in the summer, as much as possible or part shade? Also I've been wondering how the benjamina 'Natasja' cutting I sent you is doing...did it root for you? If so I hope it"s doing well for you so far. Mine are growing good, starting to get aerial roots a few inches high.
@BonsaiBoise
Ай бұрын
Hey Kevin, thanks! I usually put most my ficus in full sun. I have a few that are in partial shade because of space, but they seem to grow at or around the same rate as the others. Unfortunately that Natasja didn't survive. Bummer. The rest are doing great though! And glad to hear that yours is growing along too. And even has aerial roots?! That's awesome
@DeciduousSnurb
Ай бұрын
@@BonsaiBoise Well, my 'natasjas' are getting little aerial roots. The regular Benjamina and Willow leaf ficus from you are doing well. The amur maple seedling died, which is a shame since it had a cool curve. If I can get a cutting of 'natasja' fully rooted this time, would you like to give it another try? They are better than 'too little leaf' in my opinion.
@BonsaiBoise
Ай бұрын
@@DeciduousSnurb Sure, I'd love that. And I found my bag of Amur Maple seeds too so I can send you back a bunch of those. They grow super easy from seed.
@DeciduousSnurb
Ай бұрын
Sounds good. I just now clipped another piece of my Natasja and put in water. Once I see signs of rooting I'll put in soil. I will contact you when I think it's ready. @@BonsaiBoise
@TropicalBonsai
Ай бұрын
I think you'll get plenty of backbudding.
@BonsaiBoise
Ай бұрын
I'm hoping so! It's been about a year and a half now.
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