HUGE Ficus microcarpa

[Alex DeRuiter]

Much obliged My ficus are jealous of yours. lol

 

[tmmason10]

Looks great Ryan, this one is really nice. Keep up the good work.

 

[Redwood Ryan]

Thanks Tom.


The root had to go, and so it went:

 

[Alex DeRuiter]

Already looks a lot better!

 

[Redwood Ryan]

Already looks a lot better!

Thanks Alex. I dusted the cut with rooting hormone and placed sphagnum against it, then covered with foil to reflect light. We'll see how it does.

 

[Redwood Ryan]

84% humidity at night, still need to get it above 60% during the day:

 

[Redwood Ryan]

All moved in and ready to grow:

 

[Redwood Ryan]

Top down shot:

 

[Redwood Ryan]

Roots have sprouted from the cut site of that old root:

 

[mcpesq817]

That's a heck of a nice ficus Ryan. Looking great!

 

[Redwood Ryan]

That's a heck of a nice ficus Ryan. Looking great!

Thanks! I love it, such a nice piece of stock.

 

[Redwood Ryan]

Just about in the soil now.

 

[Redwood Ryan]

Quite a few more roots than I expected.....

 

[Redwood Ryan]

Any thoughts on what could cause the brown spots on the leaves? I thought that normal over/under watered leaves just turned yellow, not yellow with brown spots...

 

[tmmason10]

Any thoughts on what could cause the brown spots on the leaves? I thought that normal over/under watered leaves just turned yellow, not yellow with brown spots...

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There's nothing in Jerry's book about this? I can take a gander at it later.

 

[Redwood Ryan]

There's nothing in Jerry's book about this? I can take a gander at it later.

Hmm haven't checked, good point.


I took some leaves to the local nursery where they looked at them under a microscope. They told me they spotted some fungal spores and recommended an anti fungal to me to stop the spread, so I bought some (Daconil).

 

[Redwood Ryan]

The leaf drop has seemed to have slowed down, and I cut off any bad looking leaves. I noticed there were some scale on some of the branches, so I scraped them off and gave the tree a good soaking in some soap. Thankfully, the tree still is pushing some new growth.

 

[edro]

My ficus drop yellow leaves routinely. I think it drops leaves when the branch starts to push out new more efficient leaves.

 

[Redwood Ryan]

Leaf drop has seemed to stop, just looking for a good Metal Halide light now...

 

[Redwood Ryan]

The roots are looking great