ChefB 2023 ROR entries

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I started with tiger bark ficus cuttings that I double potted to get some longer roots to work with.

I had good roots to start with

I gave my rock and my roots a soak in this transplant solution.

I spread the roots over the rocks, and in some cracks to hopefully give it a better foothold. My roots were also long enough to reach all the way down to the soil under the rock. I use the wire to secure the tree to the rock as well as the roots to the rock.

I chose to use the @Shibui foil method.

I also used a wire to secure the rock do to the pot. I finished it off with a little bit of chopped spahgnum.

more to come…

 

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Update: have done a lot of work to this tree. Of course, not many pictures. Here it is today.

 

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Unfortunately, it took me a long time to get a bud to pop low enough on that right branch to make a chop, but I’m finally in a position to do that now.