Leafless Ficus Alii
rikyrik
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Comments (2)Sorry wasnt sure where to post, so my theorys on the leaf loss issue, ive been in my current flat for 3 years and which is really when the problem started, my previous flat had better light and the tree was healthy and leafy there. Also moving the tree to a new enviroment wil stress it and cause leafloss apprently and its never recovered properly from then and also watering with cold water, from the photo it looks like its in the middle of the room but its right next to the window which is where I recently moved it to (was in a shadier area), I repotted it about 2 weeks ago, im having new growth at a good rate but only in certain areas and no where else, thats whats confusing me abit, Im not sure if the bare branches are actually dead and if I need to cut them off or cut the whole tree back totally, my girlfriend tells me its dead and chuck it out but I feel I can bring it back to heath which im determined to do lol, if in the next few months I dont get any new growth in new areas during growing season I will take it to my parents greenhouse....See MoreLeafless Ficus Alii
Comments (0)Hi im after some advice about my poorly tree, ive had it afew years now and understand abit more why its a skeleton through researching, I need advice about growing the leaves back. Will the leaves grow on the exsisting bare twigs or should I trim the bare twigs completely off? New leaves seem to be on green supple twigs, any additional advice about growing leaves would be much appreciated. Thanks...See MoreAdvice on Ficus Alii
Comments (7)It has some conspicuous chill injury, and will likely shed some additional foliage due to being shipped in the dark and likely packed into close quarters with other plants that shaded the lower foliage during preparation for shipping, during shipping, and while packed in tight quarters with other plants at the POS (means point of sale, not what one might initially think it meant) facility. You wondered what you should do. My suggestion would be to learn what it likes, culturally, so you can minimize the stress factor, then take some time to learn what it takes to maintain trees in containers for the long term. Once armed with that information, you can put together a plan that takes advantage of the plant's strengths and avoids stressing it when it's in the more vulnerable part of the growth cycle. Making a good plan and following it should allow you to have your plant well on its way to a very attractive specimen by mid summer, which isn't long in tree time. Al...See MoreAirlayering ficus alii
Comments (0)I've been growing this ficus alii as a house plant (with spring/summers outside) for 4-5 years. It was a bit of a rescue case when I bought it, and about half the main branches died back in the first winter indoors. Since, I have stabilized it, and it has been growing slowly but surely. I'm not sure if it will ever be a particularly attractive full tree, with the unsightly knob, but was wondering what people thought of attempting an air layer at the knob level and cutting it back over time to bonsai it. Will it back bud reliably enough? I have heard the leaves do not miniaturize well, so perhaps it will never be a great "traditional" looking bonsai, but I think it would be made more attractive regardless. I placed zip ties today in preparation for airlayering next spring. Any input is welcome in terms of what could be done to move this tree toward a bonsai style. In particular information on how to prune the large long branches to encourage more compact growth, and the best way to clean up the knob so it will heal into a nice swollen base....See Morerikyrik
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