Ficus Benjamina Bonsai - Experiments, Style Options & Updates!

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Ficus Benjamina Bonsai - Experiments, Style Options & Updates!

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Күн бұрын

I thought I would show a few different styles I am doing with ficus benjamina's and highlight their flexibility and multiple style options.

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@mikec3820 Жыл бұрын

ive root pruned some of my ficus more then others. it really makes the trunk flare when you root prune more often. thanks mike. i like taking apart "house trees" and making bonsai too lol.

@BonsaiBoise Жыл бұрын

It's fun right? People always think I'm crazy for taking some old ugly plant and wanting to bonsai it. The. They see it later and can't believe it

@WesLoneWolf Жыл бұрын

Bonsai is all about the journey. I’m enjoying my ficus Benjamina. They are fun to work with. Your trees are looking great!

@BonsaiBoise Жыл бұрын

Thanks Wes!

@sawdust6148 4 ай бұрын

Congrats on your patience. You have an immense amount of it and your bonsai’s look amazing!

@BonsaiBoise 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate that!

@michaelmason4206 Ай бұрын

I’d be interested to see your focus forest pruning.

@baldyeti Жыл бұрын

Great varieties, all with one species. I’m diggin it, brother

@BonsaiBoise Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'll probably do another look at some mixed ficus variety too since I'm starting to accumulate a lot of those

@PSPMHaestros Жыл бұрын

Really nice, always fun to experiment. I'd recommend trunk chopping one that you don't really like to try and make a short and fat mame/shohin

@BonsaiBoise Жыл бұрын

Yeah I've got my eye on a couple good candidates for something like that

@NoDecaf7 Жыл бұрын

I like your trees! I've been going for some quite miniature styles, taking some drastic cuttings from my two little nursery stock trees and pushing to root them. Glad we had some plumbers tape on hand 👍 I've been using a cabinet as a greenhouse + produce bags for a few weeks, the difference it makes it fantastic, I can't wait to get my winter grow setup set up. Now, a lot of folks braid these, I'm surprise you have no samples that are braided. I've been tempted to twist together some branches from cuttings to make a thick and interesting branch or trunk as the (miniature, like 6" currently, goal of 10" height with a Tree of Life vibe) tree grows.

@BonsaiBoise Жыл бұрын

Interesting idea with the cabinet greenhouse! I might try something like that as I was thinking I needed a few smaller spaces in addition to my grow tent. I do have one that is/was braided! It's my original ficus fusion. At this point it's pretty much fused together so you can hardly even tell anymore that it was a braid. But, I think it actually fuses faster if the trucks are all straight and taped together.

@NoDecaf7 Жыл бұрын

@@BonsaiBoise Ah you're right! hah sorry i don't know how I forgot that one :) i hope not to lose braiding detail as they fuse but I suppose it's inevitable. as long as the trunk and branches thicken, the braid is doing what it needs to do 😊

@user-fj6in2vf9t 4 күн бұрын

Nice bro,

@gantoin Жыл бұрын

Nice trees!

@BonsaiBoise Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@user-cz8ym9zu9e Ай бұрын

Cute one on blue pot

@BonsaiBoise Ай бұрын

Thanks

@MultiKwolf 19 күн бұрын

Some regions are different i guess or depending on the individual, cuz in south east Asia Ficus Benjamina can be sold for a handsome price , its a favorite here in asia

@bobbymalta73 Жыл бұрын

I Really Like Ficus Trees they Are Optimum Speaces For Beginners Like me 😊, not Like Conifers Or Desiduas Trees those you have to be So Carefull to Touch them Exept in Their Correct Time & Season. So Thanks For Sharing Mate. 🙌

@BonsaiBoise Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I've grown to love working with ficus. They're so easy to propagate that I now have wayyy too many

@user-cz8ym9zu9e Ай бұрын

Haha @@BonsaiBoise

@user-cz8ym9zu9e Ай бұрын

Love them

@adalidsdna Жыл бұрын

Cool video, man.

@BonsaiBoise Жыл бұрын

Thanks brother

@26Timoth Жыл бұрын

Dear Mike, have you ever defoliated a maple bonsai in mid july or early august and not have it bud back out very fast? If so what did you do to get it to leaf back out? A month ago I defoliated a sugar maple but it it only has one little green bud that is either struggleing to come out or it’s really slow at coming back out. What I do to get it to leaf back out and will it survive until spring with no leaves?

@BonsaiBoise Жыл бұрын

I have done that but it's been awhile. I doubt there's much you can do to get it to leaf out again this year if it doesn't want to. I did it on a silver maple years ago and it survived and is doing fine now.