Ficus Nerifolia

[Brian Van Fleet]

Here it is, getting full. This is about where I would have preferred to show it, but these really don’t take off until the temps are in the 80s. The middle-left side is getting too strong, so I’ll have to start some branch selection and ride hard on it to keep the rightward movement.

 

[Jimbosmith]

Here it is, getting full. This is about where I would have preferred to show it, but these really don’t take off until the temps are in the 80s. The middle-left side is getting too strong, so I’ll have to start some branch selection and ride hard on it to keep the rightward movement.
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Great progression, tree looks incredible and very healthy. Do you mind sharing some of your care? Whats your Soil mix and feeding like?

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Great progression, tree looks incredible and very healthy. Do you mind sharing some of your care? Whats your Soil mix and feeding like?

Mostly I treat it like a JBP. Soil is lava/akadama/kiryu sand in about equal parts. 100% full sun all day long, and feeding heavily with Bio-Gold cakes and +/- weekly fish emulsion mixed strong. I try to keep it outside as long as temps are above 40f. Last winter it got days, if not weeks outside as long as it was warm enough. Hope that helps.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

After a little chop-chop…

 

[Jimbosmith]

Mostly I treat it like a JBP. Soil is lava/akadama/kiryu sand in about equal parts. 100% full sun all day long, and feeding heavily with Bio-Gold cakes and +/- weekly fish emulsion mixed strong. I try to keep it outside as long as temps are above 40f. Last winter it got days, if not weeks outside as long as it was warm enough. Hope that helps.

Very helpful thank you, i have had a few myself for a few years but they are really rare in the UK so trying to gain as much knowledge from where i can on them. Great Progress though and your most recent photo looks excellent

 

[amcoffeegirl]

After a little chop-chop…
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This image is really nice!
It takes them a little longer to fill out than I thought it should but they are very forgiving to the chopping process. That’s for the detailed progression!