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Wilie C,
* I love those overgrown ficus Bennys. *You can get a whole nursery full of plants from one of those puppys.

* I like to buy them up in the winter when they don't look so good and go on sale. *When it warms up I unpot and break up the clump into single trunks. *Just get a little root with each and you have a new plant. *I cut these trunks down to the first branch. *Shorten this branch back to three nodes. *If not you will not get low branching, you have to be ruthless at this my man.

* *All the left overs make into cuttings. *90 percent is My take on Bennys. *Gotta keep em warm and moist. By Sept. *you can build a forest. *Dont worry about leaf size now a year or two in a shallow pot will reduce them amazingly.

* *You can easily get a forest of 11 to 19 trees in a year for cheap money. * In two years the roots will have fused and the lower trunks will have thickned alot. *Expose the tops of the rootage and they will thicken also. *You can defoilate in the mid summer if you forest is vigorous, if it isnt darn it give it some fertilizer my friend!

* *Remember warm and moist, warm and moist...
* *

8-Mar-2002	#3
Bonsainut Carrier of Bonsai Fever Join Date: Oct-2001 Location: So-Cal, US of A Country: America The Beautiful USDA Zone: Zone 9-10 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,833	Re: weeping fig Wilie C, * I love those overgrown ficus Bennys. You can get a whole nursery full of plants from one of those puppys. I like to buy them up in the winter when they don't look so good and go on sale. When it warms up I unpot and break up the clump into single trunks. Just get a little root with each and you have a new plant. I cut these trunks down to the first branch. Shorten this branch back to three nodes. If not you will not get low branching, you have to be ruthless at this my man. All the left overs make into cuttings. 90 percent is My take on Bennys. Gotta keep em warm and moist. By Sept. you can build a forest. Dont worry about leaf size now a year or two in a shallow pot will reduce them amazingly. You can easily get a forest of 11 to 19 trees in a year for cheap money. In two years the roots will have fused and the lower trunks will have thickned alot. Expose the tops of the rootage and they will thicken also. You can defoilate in the mid summer if you forest is vigorous, if it isnt darn it give it some fertilizer my friend! * Remember warm and moist, warm and moist... * __________________ Keep growing,---'Nut Lethal Use of Farce