jriddell88
Omono
Been hibernating ?
How about some ficus benjamina love? (Let's see yours)
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LanceMac10
Imperial Masterpiece
Long time, no see, youngblood!
Chloe?
Stay gold!!
Chloe?
Stay gold!!
Chris Frechette
Yamadori
I have about 10 small benjis from 4” to 18”... I was going to attempt to clump them tight enough to fuse and start developing the roots in neagari style. How many years approx for the trunks to fuse? Should I keep them bound with grafting tape the whole time?
aml1014
Masterpiece
Haha you could say that, I've had a heck of a year but I'm finally settling down again.
I can disappear from time to time, but I always pop back up!LolLong time, no see, youngblood!
Chloe?
Stay gold!!
Chloe bear is doing good, we just got back from some winter camping up in taos.
Aaron
hemmy
Omono
A good object lesson on pruning F. benjamina back to a branch or growing tip. Look at the several foot dieback on those top branches!
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Well...seems I am now part of this Benji club. Picked up what I considered a quirky "Too Little" cultivar. I am assuming this might be my front. It gets shipped out Monday.
For more angles of the trunk...can be found here. https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/too-little-ficus.34781/
Since I am new to this species...and was thinking I am not seeing a whole lot of love for them. This thread was interesting to go through. Not my first tropical...I do have a bougie. Swore off sensitive tropicals back when we had a hiccup with our propane tanks a during the arctic freeze a few winters back. Losing my small collection of tropical trees. I swore off getting time invested in them to possibly lose them to another hiccup up north. Guess...I am less thin skinned now. Because here I sit...in anticipation of this tree.
For more angles of the trunk...can be found here. https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/too-little-ficus.34781/
Since I am new to this species...and was thinking I am not seeing a whole lot of love for them. This thread was interesting to go through. Not my first tropical...I do have a bougie. Swore off sensitive tropicals back when we had a hiccup with our propane tanks a during the arctic freeze a few winters back. Losing my small collection of tropical trees. I swore off getting time invested in them to possibly lose them to another hiccup up north. Guess...I am less thin skinned now. Because here I sit...in anticipation of this tree.
aml1014
Masterpiece
Little update on my oldest benjamina. It's in serious need of a rewiring!
Aaron
Aaron
peh3
Yamadori
I'm currently trying to do just that. Tied them together about January or so, checked last month to see if anything is happening, and there definitely is. They grow so fast and seem to no care at all about them being tied together.
I checked recently and some already are fused together at the tightest points.
Only thing I would suggest is to make really sure that they are tied as tight as possible without any empty spaces.
When I reapplied tape I also put some wire around it as reinforcement. It looks like the wire is cutting in, making it swell even more, which should make the fusion go even faster.
MrFancyPlants
Masterpiece
GSCarlson
Shohin
Update on my very-gated benny
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Now...if that ain't just..."pretty"!
hemmy
Omono
Landscape benjamina, probably 60-80 years old. Have you ever seen this kind of rough bark? It’s mostly in bulges and knots. There are some large ones that I was thinking of grafting into and then removing to make a cutting with that gnarly base!
aml1014
Masterpiece
Been awhile since I've posted, but
here's another update on my childhood benjamina.
Aaron
here's another update on my childhood benjamina.Aaron
Wilson
Masterpiece
Dude! It's been forever, hope all is good in the desert
Nice to see you back!
Forsoothe!
Imperial Masterpiece
I have a gold one that I am making a houseplant out of.
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Fighting forest fires if not mistaken. You done with that gig?
Hyn Patty
Shohin
I am not at home to get a photo of my entire tree but here is a close up of some of the leaves. It's small yet - I made it up from several rooted cuttings that I fused together into a single tree. I also kept a cutting that I wired into a single trunk little mame. I'm still in the Grand Tetons and won't be home before next week. I hope to keep rooting more cuttings and fusing them onto my main tree to thicken out the trunk and make it truly gnarly over time. 
aml1014
Masterpiece
Only doing it part time when I'm needed, haven't actually been sent out to one yet.
Aaron
