Concrete hollow patch.
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sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Yeah there a brief summary in there...
Just hydraulic cement poured tween 2 ice cream buckets on the cocked.
Its nice for a visual. But itll Probly go in a training basket soon.
Sorce
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
These figs are holding on better than I've ever had em..
Larger, less falling off, healthier!
You see how that bud comes up in the middle, that's a leaf bud....
There's no way I could remove these and be 100% sure that bud will live.
If I remove em earlier, or of they fall off, that bud isn't there.
I still vote leave em.
Sorce
Larger, less falling off, healthier!
You see how that bud comes up in the middle, that's a leaf bud....
There's no way I could remove these and be 100% sure that bud will live.
If I remove em earlier, or of they fall off, that bud isn't there.
I still vote leave em.
Sorce
aml1014
Masterpiece
I've never gotten figs on my benjamina only on my green island ficus microcarpa, lol what's your trick?
Aaron
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
With the one I cut back all the time putting them on now too, I am even further from an answer!
This one is under the bluer light, so my red light theory isn't everything either.
I'm pretty sure it's just health, I annihilated the mites in fall, they are just coming back.
A lot of fertilizer.
My lights been on 17's.
Sorce
aml1014
Masterpiece
It may be my lighting I have all natural sun so they are getting short days at the time but are growing quickly they need water every day and the new growth is very red and I'm talking about my variegated benjamina. My only straight up green one is a mame.
Aaron
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
I've had one throw figs in just window sunlight, it may just happen later...actually, I know those came in summer.
Do variegated ones fig?
Could be a very recessive trait somehow bred out of the variegated ones?
Sorce
aml1014
Masterpiece
That could very well could be the reason, my 13 year old monster houseplant is a regular green variety and I've gotten figs on it before.
Aaron
Leo in N E Illinois
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variegated plants in general tend to be slower growing than normal forms of the same species. Reason is that the "white" areas are white because they lack chlorophyll. Less chlorophyll, less sugars made, less sugars made, slower growth and less fuel to produce flowers or fruit. (there are a few exceptions to the general rule, but generally it holds)
Variegated figs will flower and fruit, but they need conditions closer to ideal than the normal types, because they are not able to produce the sugars in the same quantities as the normal forms of the species. If conditions are ideal, they will produce fruit the same as the normal forms. But because their reduced chlorophyll, they don't develop the spare energy to flower anywhere near as often as the normal forms.
Variegated figs will flower and fruit, but they need conditions closer to ideal than the normal types, because they are not able to produce the sugars in the same quantities as the normal forms of the species. If conditions are ideal, they will produce fruit the same as the normal forms. But because their reduced chlorophyll, they don't develop the spare energy to flower anywhere near as often as the normal forms.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Its going on 3 months straight figgin out. At one point I counted over 36 figs.
Only grown about 4-6 leaves since.
But the second trunk segment has swelled noticeably. Lotta juice flowin to fuel them figs. They're holding on for a month or so.
That would is closing slowly too.
Sorce
Only grown about 4-6 leaves since.
But the second trunk segment has swelled noticeably. Lotta juice flowin to fuel them figs. They're holding on for a month or so.
That would is closing slowly too.
Sorce
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
The figs finally fell for me to frolic forward felling foilage.
@Thor you see how the second segment is too thin...needs to be about 50% bigger...
Then I need a bud about half way up it to start a new segment....
It just doesn't make sense yet.
Man...dilemm lem.
1....the above.
2....each one of those pieces would make killer starts....but I can't really get in to layer them....and while cuttings may take...I want better radial roots.
3.....all 3 of those parts are coming right off the end off the second segment.
Definite reverse taper soon.
I'm fully open for suggestions.
I think I'm gonna wire it out for practice.
But I want to make some kind of headway.
Sorce
@Thor you see how the second segment is too thin...needs to be about 50% bigger...
Then I need a bud about half way up it to start a new segment....
It just doesn't make sense yet.
Man...dilemm lem.
1....the above.
2....each one of those pieces would make killer starts....but I can't really get in to layer them....and while cuttings may take...I want better radial roots.
3.....all 3 of those parts are coming right off the end off the second segment.
Definite reverse taper soon.
I'm fully open for suggestions.
I think I'm gonna wire it out for practice.
But I want to make some kind of headway.
Sorce
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
As in....what would you do?
Don't be afraid to say throw the whole thing out!
I will consider everything!
Please!
Sorce
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Well fine.
Sorce
Sorce
aml1014
Masterpiece
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Yup, Nana!
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Nope, Nana. It just means Yup!....Nana.
Let Adair know if you need a translator.
Just a couple thread titles that tickle me. Yup nana and Layer at a friend's house are among the tops.
GroveKeeper
Shohin
Great wiring job!
I was thinking of filling the hollow on a crepe myrtle but wondered if silicone caulk would be an alternative to cement. I don't want to poison the tree I've been ground growing for 3 years.
I was thinking of filling the hollow on a crepe myrtle but wondered if silicone caulk would be an alternative to cement. I don't want to poison the tree I've been ground growing for 3 years.
armetisius
Chumono
You live in Florida & you are wanting to fill a hollow on CM?
Grind the deadwood out & tickle the edges--gaping holes
can cover in a couple years here.
GroveKeeper
Shohin
I know it will fill but I have the feeling that eventual scar will look strange if it fills naturally.
Anyway, I decided to try filling the hollow with a mixture of hobby sealant sawdust and paint.
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