Is It Possible To Make This Picture Any Worse?

duartix

Introducing the elements:
A:
White plastic containers.

B:
Insulated green wire.

C:
Marble and copper flower. (Wedding gift)

D:
No D. (Mental note to self: review the alphabet.)

E:
Fig grafts.

F:
Air layer from my Robinia tortuosa.

G: (Not visible)
2 basil plants that were there until I picked them up 2 days ago and went in the blender with garlic, olive oil, and pine nuts to make a nice spaghetti al "pesto".

Should I paint the net pink?
Hang a rocking chair on the tree?
Build a road across the fig field? With how many lanes?

I'm taking suggestions, virtuals, blatant despise, anything.

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Adam_MA

I don't think it's ugly, I think it's great you are making due with what you have available!


Adam

Psynapse

Well. White does reflect the sun rather than cooking your roots. Maybe a little fax stone paintjob on the white flower. Is there solid copper inside that green wire?

DavidN

The only thing I don't get is why there are figs on the soil?

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duartix

You nailed it! I was using black containers until one day (which was far below the 40ºC we get in the summer) I touched one and was blown away by how hot is was.
Now I only use white ones for training pots and believe me when I say they'll probably be 20ºC to 30ºC colder than the black ones! Too bad they are very hard to find these days...

The green wire is something I bought at AKI. It's some galvanized metal, not copper and probably not aluminium. It's harder than copper, doesn't rust, has a green plastic insulation and get's the job done. It's at least 5x cheaper than copper wire at Lusobonsai. They won't be making any more money on me. I've think I bought a 50m roll for less than 10€, but I can't be sure...
Well I totally deFIGiated my Ficus carica and was just too lazy to put them in the trash can...
That and because I felt sorry for the things...
But after seeing the ramification and leaf size someone else has achieved with another tree I already believe I was too late...

Psynapse

My father-in-law is an electrician and ends up with all sizes of insulated wires. I just slide an xacto down the side and, free copper. I thought that wire looked similar.

As for the figs on the soil, kinda looks like a pumpkin patch, you need Candy J. Shireys tree to finish it off.