thailand-steve
Yamadori
i just found a lovely, what i assume to be a ficus microcarpa with a 8"ish base and lovely taper
the problem is, as you can see there are no branches low down. i could lop the top off and hope that some branches develop but i'd like to give nature a kick start.
i have several other, what i also assume to be microcarpa but although the leaf is identical, the coloration on the truck and branch is slightly different and also the growth pattern of the branches is very different.
this is the branch from the tree above, and here is a cutting from one of my other trees
the branches on the 2nd tree are straight wheres on the first tree are all kinds of shapes.
do you think these are the same trees?
if not, do you think i could thread graft one of those cuttings onto the trunk in the first pic?
if not, i think cutting a branch of the first tree, rooting it then thread grafting it back onto itself would be the obvious thing to do but because none of these branches are straight they would be impossible to tread through a hole?
what do you think i should do?
thanks
UPDATE:
i guess one option is the take the top off, remove the middle section and graft the top on to the base like in this example
http://www.bonsaihunk.us/ficusforum/FicusTechniques/FigTechnique49.html
the problem is, as you can see there are no branches low down. i could lop the top off and hope that some branches develop but i'd like to give nature a kick start.
i have several other, what i also assume to be microcarpa but although the leaf is identical, the coloration on the truck and branch is slightly different and also the growth pattern of the branches is very different.
this is the branch from the tree above, and here is a cutting from one of my other trees
the branches on the 2nd tree are straight wheres on the first tree are all kinds of shapes.
do you think these are the same trees?
if not, do you think i could thread graft one of those cuttings onto the trunk in the first pic?
if not, i think cutting a branch of the first tree, rooting it then thread grafting it back onto itself would be the obvious thing to do but because none of these branches are straight they would be impossible to tread through a hole?
what do you think i should do?
thanks
UPDATE:
i guess one option is the take the top off, remove the middle section and graft the top on to the base like in this example
http://www.bonsaihunk.us/ficusforum/FicusTechniques/FigTechnique49.html
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