Apex37
Chumono
I took these cuttings from my very first bonsai that was gifted to me by my late mother-in-law. Lemme tell you, after she passed, the stress was real to take care of that tree. Luckily, ficus are crazy hardy as we all know, and even with me poorly overwintering it (due to ignorance before really getting into bonsai), it came back strong as ever this year, even with having to drop 3 major branches due to dieback.
Back at the beginning of June I took these 4 cuttings and stuck them in little 4" pots with some potting soil, perlite, and sand and let them root and grow over the next couple months. I lightly pruned and repotted back couple weeks ago.
I'm trying out to see the difference in development as I planted two in colanders and two in well draining plastic pots. All same soil medium, which is 50/50 pine bark/lava rock that has worked really well for me.
I will continue to update as they progress, but figured I'd just share my experience and start a progression thread. I'm still unsure on what the final size will be for all these, but I'm thinking none bigger than shohin size. I like the idea of the semi cascade as mame, but we will see; they all still have a long way to go.
Any questions or advice is welcome!
Back at the beginning of June I took these 4 cuttings and stuck them in little 4" pots with some potting soil, perlite, and sand and let them root and grow over the next couple months. I lightly pruned and repotted back couple weeks ago.
I'm trying out to see the difference in development as I planted two in colanders and two in well draining plastic pots. All same soil medium, which is 50/50 pine bark/lava rock that has worked really well for me.
I will continue to update as they progress, but figured I'd just share my experience and start a progression thread. I'm still unsure on what the final size will be for all these, but I'm thinking none bigger than shohin size. I like the idea of the semi cascade as mame, but we will see; they all still have a long way to go.
Any questions or advice is welcome!