Ficus kinmen progression by dorothy7774

[David Cortizas]

This is a demo tree from the 2008 BSF Convention at Cape Canaveral. I was lucky to purchase the tree in the auction and equally honored to watch Mr Cheng Cheng Kung doing his fantastic work on this Ficus kinmen. I hope that Jose Louis is going to chime in and comment on Mr Cheng's work and the allover progression of the tree. Feel free to ask questions, consider design changes or contribute to technical aspects of growing ficus in general.

The Grand Master Cheng Cheng Kung:


























The plan:

[puersbonsai]

impresionante trabajo para guardar y disfrutar ,gracias

[lolo_orellana]

barbaro el futuro de ese precioso arbol!

[David Cortizas]

The process of growing the tree out and pruning it back went over 4 years. No rooting hormones. I worked with arial roots that fed certain areas and eventually cut them off when they had done their job. There are lots of aerial roots in the back that are starting to fuse into the trunk. I had also some in the front fusing into the trunk. I only use the aerial roots to accomplish fattening or to thicken the immediate trunk.



Update from yesterday, after pruning:

[Jose O Rivera]

Waooo que lindo va el progreso del arbol. Se nota que ha tenido un buen cuido y seguimiento.

[puersbonsai]

una maravilla ¿por qué yo no sé hacer esto?

[Rosana]

puers, porque en la linea de salida no los tenemos "tan gordos" jaja, partimos de esquejitos normalmente......
amigo, con tiempo, paciencia, sol, mimos, y mucha fe, algo se hará......vamos, eso espero yo tambien, jaja

[miyagui]

tiempo al tiempo puers,partir de un buen material es muy importante ,y la mayoria de las veces no podemos acceder a eso,pero todo se andara ,y por cierto magnifico el ejemplar

[puersbonsai]

ya estoy más aliviado jaja ,tenéis razón partiendo de mis esquejes primero tengo que pasarme unos años engordando antes de intentar nada paciencia...

[Rosana]

, oléeeeeeeeee