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27-Apr-2004
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
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Ficus Restyling
i have decided to restyle this ficus after seeing a few potential styles this past week when i removed all the leaves that have burnt off. no need to worry 'bout the leaves, it is already budding all over and, as you can see in the pic, one of the buds already broke. i wanted to post the pics of this tree and what i have chosen as the best option i saw, however; i am going to wait and see if any of you see something that i didn't that i may like better for this one.
chris current front:
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27-Apr-2004
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
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trunk chop at blue line and ground layer at red (not at the same time of course)
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27-Apr-2004
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
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using the back as the new front i am left with this, and would then train over the next couple of years to become either a dragon style or semi cascade,
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28-Apr-2004
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
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24 plus hours later and not a reply, so i went with the idea that i have posted here. lets hope for the best!! by the way, kept the top 5 inches and used some rooting hormone on it, hope that works too.
chris
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29-Apr-2004
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Chris,
It looks like you have chosen the correct way to go. I would suggest making a semi cascade out of it. I have done this with a ligustrum sinensis before. Here is the pic (as of several months ago)-
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29-Apr-2004
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bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
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Hi Chris.. you chose the best line in this ficus. Reverse taper was the worst element you illiminated. Sparse branching wasn't helping this tree either. Good move.. great decision. Will enjoy seeing this later in the summer.
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30-Apr-2004
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Sorry, I posted an opinion, but didn't read that you had already done the change
 sorry...
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30-Apr-2004
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
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charles and tom, thanks for the replies, i am looking forward to seeing what turns out from all of this, and i should get a nice little mame broom style if/when the top cutting that i potted gets going, i'll post progress as it happens.
chris
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