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31-Jul-2003
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Is Is Ok To Work On Ficus?
Just bought a ficus benjamina (sp?) with about 10 separate trucks sticking out of the roots in a clump. Is it ok to separate these now (will require some root work) or should I wait? Till when? (i.e. ficus dormant in winter?) I'm in zone 9, southern California.
TIA.
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1-Aug-2003
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Tia,
Great time right now. Pull apart gently and try and get some solid roots with each little tree. Pot up, keep warm and moist. Instant grove , right.
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1-Aug-2003
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The leaves of a broadleaf evergreen don't live forever, so there will be periods when they are shed and new ones are regrown. If a ficus gets stressed out due to a change in watering or illumination, it will sometimes drop all its leaves and pout for a week or two. Regards, Matt
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1-Aug-2003
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Ficus seem to do best with mid summer root work. They are growing fast at this time of year so the recovery time is short. Do keep them in a shady spot until you see signs of new growth though.
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27-Aug-2003
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I want to get my benjamina to start branching more to give it a canopy rather than letting it grow straight up. Will it do this naturally or do I have to cut the branches in order to get them make branch?
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27-Aug-2003
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You will almost certainly need to influence the natural branching by trimming back and pinching growing tips. Regards, Matt
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27-Oct-2003
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did it work?
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I also bought a f. benjamina that sounds very similar to yours. I didn't dare (actually I just didn't have the supplies) to pull it apart and find out how many separate trees it actually was. I instead took a different route (See thread "Jerry Rigged f. benjamina" in Beginners Q/A). I'm interested to hear how yours turns out. Keep me posted Creating canopy structure seems fairly easy, I pruned and defoliated mine about a week and a half ago, and it's already sprouting new leaves and branches. One thing I noticed though, new branches seem to come from the bases of previously existing leaves, not from the cut site. So when trimming, don't leave a long stem w/ out leaves behind the cut, as it will just become a dead twigg, and the branches will grow from the nearest leaf base anyway. Good Luck! |
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