Willow Leaf Ficus Help

[Carol 83]

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The drip trays of regular houseplant pots can be drilled and used with great free success!

Sorce

My drills on the fritz

 

[DougB]

Here is a good source for bulb pots. These are about 3" in height depending on diameter. Novosel Enterprises. Have ordered from them and would recommend.

 

[Carol 83]

Here is a good source for bulb pots. These are about 3" in height depending on diameter. Novosel Enterprises. Have ordered from them and would recommend.

Great, thanks

 

[sorce]

My drills on the fritz

That's no excuse.

Head up a screw driver and poke it through!
Plastic ones of course.

Sorce

 

[Carol 83]

That's no excuse.

Head up a screw driver and poke it through!
Plastic ones of course.

Sorce

I seem to be more handy with my credit card, than tools. Probably poke my eye out

 

[Paradox]

Here is my willow leaf that I repotted into a training pot last year. It has grown like a weed since.
I think the pot is 12 inches long (I forget) but a tennis ball is about 2.7 inches in diameter.

 

[Carol 83]

Here it is in it's new pot. The nursery container was very deep, but the roots were pretty short and not a lot of them. I'm thinking I should just let it hang out for awhile and get acclimated to the new pot??

 

[Carol 83]

I forgot the picture, may have been drinking, lo l.

 

[Redwood Ryan]

What kind of soil is that? You'll need to watch your watering to make sure it drains and doesn't hold too much water.

I'd let it acclimate and push new growth before you do anything to it. You may want to just let it grow out for a couple of years so that it can thicken.

 

[Carol 83]

What kind of soil is that? You'll need to watch your watering to make sure it drains and doesn't hold too much water.

I'd let it acclimate and push new growth before you do anything to it. You may want to just let it grow out for a couple of years so that it can thicken.

It's a bonsai mix from a nursery, with a little bit of what was left in the nursery pot, because I ran out. It looks wet, because I just watered it. I'll be careful with the watering. For $10, I wasn't expecting it to be so big, but the trunk is pretty scrawny, so I'll just leave it be. Thanks

 

[Redwood Ryan]

It's a bonsai mix from a nursery, with a little bit of what was left in the nursery pot, because I ran out. It looks wet, because I just watered it. I'll be careful with the watering. For $10, I wasn't expecting it to be so big, but the trunk is pretty scrawny, so I'll just leave it be. Thanks

Yeah I'd definitely be careful with watering. That's some poor looking bonsai soil. It's too peaty, the opposite of what you want. Ficus don't like their roots super wet, so just watch yourself.

 

[Carol 83]

Yeah I'd definitely be careful with watering. That's some poor looking bonsai soil. It's too peaty, the opposite of what you want. Ficus don't like their roots super wet, so just watch yourself.

I may be going to Cass Bonsai this week, I'll pick up some soil.

 

[Carol 83]

Boring rainy day, so I did a little trimming. Probably shouldn't have done it, and probably didn't do it right. But I think of this tree as something to practice with, learn from, and see how it responds. Don't expect it to be anything great.

 

[Carol 83]

Any comments? I can take it.

 

[BrianBay9]

If you're trying to thicken the trunk then any pruning slows you down. If you're happy with the trunk diameter then you need to prune very low to start a credible tree. Personally, I'd let it grow for a couple of seasons to thicken up.