Bonsai-Easy New Method-Part 13-Ficus Pruning

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Bonsai Easy Ficus Figs Foliage Leaf Method Moss New Prune Pruning Root Roots Sphagnum Trim
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THIS IS A PRUNING OF A RATHER OVERGROWN FICUS (FIG) TREE. THIS IS FICUS BENJAMINA, OR THE WEEPING FICUS. THIS ONE HAD NOT BEEN EXAMINED IN ABOUT A YEAR. GETTING IT OUT OF THE POT WAS A SLIGHT PROBLEM AS IT IS A COMMERCIAL POT AND HAS AN INTERNAL LIP. BUT BEING THAT THE GROWTH MEDIUM IS SPHAGNUM MOSS, IT COMES OUT RELATIVELY EASILY, WHEREAS HAD THIS BEEN IN SOIL, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CRUMBLING MESS. FICUS TREES CAN DEVELOP FIGS, WHICH I HAVE HAD HAPPEN OCCASSIONALLY. THEY ARE HEARTY GROWERS, AND THOUGH FULL SUN IS SUGGESTED, THEY DO WELL AS HOUSEPLANTS, AND MINE DO FINE UNDER THE SHADE OF A LARGE OAK. THIS ONE NEEDED A MAJOR PRUNING, WHICH IT GOT.(***PLEASE VIEW PART 12 ABOUT THE WARNING ON HANDLING SPHAGNUM MOSS BEFORE YOU WORK WITH SPHAGNUM MOSS***).

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