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1-Aug-2003	#1
SCRUFF420 bonsaiTALK Neophyte Join Date: Jul-2003 Location: West Palm Beach Country: U.S USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 7	Grafting Hey, i have a weeping ficus that i air layered in need of some branches lower down the tree. its 2 feet tall 3" to 31/2" inches thick. im doin a graft en chop but the grafts ant taking. any info on the subject i can read to see what im doin wrong? thanks

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1-Aug-2003	#2
dbz12fan Charles Bevan Join Date: Apr-2003 Location: Florida Country: United States USDA Zone: 9B AHS Heat Zone: 9 Posts: 2,250	Chop the trunk lower and cut off any new buds of leaves. That should cause lower budding to create lower branches. The trunk size is to small for the height right now anyways. __________________ "Success demands understanding"-Andy Rutledge Charles Bevan Vero Beach, Fl

1-Aug-2003	#3
SCRUFF420 bonsaiTALK Neophyte Join Date: Jul-2003 Location: West Palm Beach Country: U.S USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 7	ya man it was orig a 6 foot branch, the lower trunk hasnt had branches in years and i dont think it wants to throw any more out

1-Aug-2003	#4
aaguilar bonsaiTALK Expert Join Date: Jun-2002 Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco Country: México Posts: 164	Hello Dont worry ficus can bud anywere in the trunk. I live in Guadalajara and the 90% of the trees growing on the streets are ficus and I have seen horrible pruning and the still send buds. I mean a horrible pruning because they use a Big Knife named "machete" and doesn't leaves a clean cut and offcouse they dont seal the cut. Also I have seen burned ficus back buding. The kind of ficus I talking about in Ficus benjamina. I have also seen ficus cutting 4inch wide and 20inch long, making roots and back budding. I think ficus are really hardy plants excep talking about cold conditions. __________________ Shibui

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