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  1. jason biggs

    ficus clump - where to from here on?

    dug this out someone's garden during covid... have no clue what to do with it... the trunks are too straight. should i get that middle one to keep growing and step the others down to the shortest on the outside? any and all suggestions welcome.
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    trunk splitting - lets give it a go...

    Been watching plenty Indonesian kinmen videos lately .... Those 3rd world boys have inspired me 🙂... I don't understand one word they say but their results speak louder than all else. I am starting with a fig branch cutting, commiphora (corkwood) stem cutting and a baobab... This process is...
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    ficus natalensis no.2

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    baobab #2

    gonna start a new thread for this tree... it is on it's way to be a show stopper....hell heavy o_O
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    ficus natalensis no.1

    this one has always had a nice shape... removed the low big branch and quite a few others... here is a front and back shot. not sure if i should keep the new apex branch or cut it off and keep the canopy lower??
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    ficus natalensis beast

    had this for about 3 years... been reducing the roots and now time to start working the branches... this was from a nursery on the natal north coast grown in beach sand...
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    2 new ficus burtt-davyi

    these are the awesome tiny leaf trees with pale bark, that don't seem to throw aerial roots...
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    TRUNCHEON CUTTINGS

    We have various species in South Africa that will grow by just sticking big cuttings into the ground... Haven't seen much in USA ??... Would be interesting to see different species from different places... this is commiphora harveyi (copper-stem corkwood) cut a section of trunk off a big tree...
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    Jason's African acacia (now senegalia)

    3 species I have... burkei (black monkey thorn)...galpinii (monkey thorn) and nigrescens (knobthorn)
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    5 yr. native tree challenge -Jason's acacia nigrescens air layer

    a month in to this air layer and the tree hasn't skipped a beat... gonna have nice mature bark from the get go - hopefully a cool flat top in 5 years...
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    strangler figs

    started some ficus natalensis growing over acacia galpinii...
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    celtis africana

    this is one of my best trees and it has an awesome trunk. The branching is not good but I think it can be greatly improved...
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    the art of bonsai

    We work with a medium that's living evolving and changing it's form a canvas that's constantly giving a sculpture that isn't the norm In the winter a time of great solace while we sit and we patiently yearn for the new birth that's soon to be starting and the lessons that we shall all learn
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    awesome aerial roots ficus burtt davy

    don't know why but my burtt davy seem to push aerial roots like crazy + this is in our autumn...:)
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    check my baobabs

    hi guys,here are some of my baobabs: our growing season is coming to an end just as your spring is starting.The big one with the top view is the one i showed last year + is starting to ramify nicely.The second big one is radically 1 sided + maybe in the next 10 years i'll get branches to grow...
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    here come the flat tops....

    south african acacia 101.All of these are acacia sieberiana [paper bark].This species is not suitable for bonsai as the growth pattern is very irregular,however this is the desired shape of most african acacia bonsai.Species suitable for bonsai are:galpinii[monkey thorn],burkei [black monkey...
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    disorder in the american courts

    these are actual statements taken from the book 'disorder in the american courts' : attorney:what gear where you in at the moment of impact? witness:gucci sweats + reeboks...
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    mmmmm lunch...

    herewith a few tasty treats
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    some south african figs

    i live in a beautiful area called the lowveld + here are a couple of ficus found in my backyard:first ficus ingens-red leaved rock fig
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    baobab no.1

    i'm sure most of u don't know much about the species but try + help.The tree is 38 years old + i have had it for 10 years + have never cut a branch for fear of messing it up [which i seem to be really good at]would you shorten the main long branch??would you remove the 2 lowest small branches,or...
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