|
|
|||||||
| Register | FAQ | Members List | Calendar | Mark Forums Read |
| Forum | Gallery | Weather | Journals | Links | Webring | Wiki | NEW:Shop |
| Articles | Opinion | T.O.D. | NEW:Radio | Contests | Humor | NEW: Auctions! | Donate |
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes | ||
|
| ||||
27-Jan-2005
|
#1 |
|
Propagation Idiot Savant
 
|
Fig trunk fuse experiment
I bought this Fig at home depot for $4.95. I really was interested in Jerry Meisliks technique since I just got his book. First pic shows my zip tie starting point (since I was alone and had only two hands). #1 is a pic of the tree as a whole and #2 is a close up. sorry I forgot to do a "before pic" but I think you get the idea.
__________________
Steve |
|
|
|
Sponsor Message
|
Fig trunk fuse experiment |
|
Forum Sponsor
|
|
|
27-Jan-2005
|
#2 |
|
Propagation Idiot Savant
|
after applying grafting tape and another zip-tie to hold in place
__________________
Steve |
|
|
|
|
27-Jan-2005
|
#3 |
|
Propagation Idiot Savant
|
Next I added zip-ties to the grafting tape areas and cut off the 2 initial zips.
Then I added black tape and wound tightly.
__________________
Steve |
|
|
|
|
27-Jan-2005
|
#4 |
|
Propagation Idiot Savant
|
and got this.....I'm looking for a mangrove type appearance. I left a couple of other stems to possibly be aerial roots in the future through grafting.
In a year I should have a decent tree. Thought I'd share.
__________________
Steve |
|
|
|
|
27-Jan-2005
|
#5 |
|
bonsaiTALK Artisan
Join Date: Mar-2004
Location: Dallas, Texas
Country: USA
Posts: 119
|
So, the trunks will fuse in a year's time? Wow, can't wait to see it!
__________________
Bonsai-folk may be small, but we're wirey!!! |
|
|
|
|
28-Mar-2007
|
#7 |
|
Propagation Idiot Savant
|
2 Year update Ficus trunk fuse experiment
Hey....!
It works. Now....what should I do with branches after the fuse? Short haircut?...Trim? Jerry M.....Hit me with it. TIA
__________________
Steve |
|
|
|
|
1-Apr-2007
|
#8 |
|
bonsaiTALK Master
|
Tia,
Now that the trunks are fusing it is time to chop back the top growth. Branches need to be encouraged to grow at the proper lower levels and these will not grow unless you discourage the apex growth. You can see how wimpy the lower branches are now compared to the strength in the apex. 1. Leave 1-3 branches at the apex but chopped back to maybe 25% below your final tree height. That will give you room to grow out the final apex. 2. Select a branch or two at each level to be your branch. So a number one, two and three, and then more cycling around the trunk as you go up to the apex. 3. Allow these lowest branches to grow wildly. Keep their tips aimed up but once they begin growing strongly they need to be lowered to postiion with wire. Hope this makes sense. Jerry
__________________
Jerry Meislik Whitefish Montana USA Zone 4-5 http://www.bonsaihunk.us/ |
|
|
|
|
2-Apr-2007
|
#9 |
|
Propagation Idiot Savant
|
Thanks heaps Jerry...
__________________
Steve |
|
|
|
|
20-Apr-2007
|
#10 |
|
SuperThrive Advocate.
|
Any branch work yet?
|
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Artistry In Bonsai: A Simpleton's View | bonsaial1 | Articles | 30 | 11-Apr-2007 08:22 PM |
| Trunk Chop Thoughts | BadByte | General | 26 | 27-May-2005 05:59 PM |
| You vs a Master | Ron Martin | General | 48 | 13-Oct-2004 12:51 AM |
| Such A Thing As Too Much Trunk? | BadByte | General | 16 | 27-Jul-2004 11:00 PM |
| I Think It's An Elm With A 4 Inch Diameter Trunk | veblen | Show & Tell | 7 | 1-May-2004 03:08 AM |
Linear Mode
