My Ficus...Suggestions

LinK

Hi guys,

I bough this tree for $2. For me is a great deal, some nurseries and homedepot have them for $20-$30.

Its 2 feets and half high (75 cm)and 1 inch (2.54 cm) of diameter. I will let it grow to acquire a 3 (3 x 2.53 cm) inch diameter to make it 1 1/2 feet high.
His roots are bounded, I try to repot it but I found some huge ants so I just put it in a bigger pot and some soil.
Any suggestions
Where I acquired this ficus, didn't know what kind of ficus it was. Could someone help to ID it??
Think is a ficus philippinensis, or a ficus microcarpa.

Attached Images

	IM000697.JPG (57.4 KB, 36 views)
	IM000698.JPG (60.7 KB, 23 views)
	IM000699.JPG (61.2 KB, 23 views)
	IM000700.JPG (65.9 KB, 22 views)

__________________
www.bonsaiboriken.org

Advertisement

RedPine

Looks like a Ficus Benjiman/weeping fig to me.Not the best subject for bonsai without a big trunk and they don't back bud so hot either.When you do work the plant make sure you leave some foliage at branch ends as they are prone to dieback.Honestly I would just get some good soil and a nice planter for it then keep it as a house/office plant.

__________________
http://gongshi.freeforums.org/index.php

LinK

Is that Bad? Damn!!!!!

What I do then? I don't have an office.
Let see if I could do something for it, I would leave alone for some time and then work on it to see if I could do something.

Just a curiosity does Ficus Benjamina= Weeping Ficus.
I do some research and the leaves are to close up to be a weeping ficus or a benja, I don't know is just what I saw.

__________________
www.bonsaiboriken.org

theelmboy

it apears to be a weeping fig, i have seen those often growing here because they line the sidewalks

RedPine

You could make something like the one in this link if you wanted to of course.


http://www.bonsai-today.com/detail....Ficus+benjamina.

__________________
http://gongshi.freeforums.org/index.php