Whenever Sir Nigel here says anything about taking it easy on the roots, I think I can hear all the other trees in the background laugh, while the current subject drops a curse word

Beautiful ficus bonsai👍

Firsty!

Saying hi from Melbourne Australia. These trees here are spectacular and huge. Will definitely be following updates on this one. 👩🏻‍🌾🪴

Glad to see this get some root work done! I wish I'd had the time to work on this tree - somehow it always got passed over in favour of others. I'm sure you'll get more aerials popping soon with decent humidity. FYI: The last repot was about 2 years ago. The soil was actually just Can-Dry, pumice, and fir bark, and the odd mixed in lava here and there, so what you've used is not too far off, proportionally and compositionally.

Awesome. 👌👍. Love from India. 🇮🇳 💐

☀️🤩☀️another great video, and an incredible start to a special tree!

Hi Nigel I think that at 29:20 you have a good angle for the tree, also with a good (lower) rootbase. grts Kennet

Another new tropical to watch develop. Brilliant

I've grown many Moreton Bay Fig as plants and as bonsai since the 1980s. The challenges are twig dieback and leaf size reduction. Otherwise, it's a truly glorious tree to grow! Thank you for including them in your presentations, Nigel 😊

I am always eager to watch your surgical root procedures on trees. Excellent in my book!!!

Good morning from Connecticut...wonderful ficus friday....that tree is very cool

Root work is my favorite part of bonsai.

Great gift, this MB Ficus!!!

Fun new tree NIgel. I love those root systems Can't wait to see this down the road.

Beautiful tree!

That's a great looking tree Nigel! I'm excited to watch the progress on this. Cheers

Well for a gentle pruning to this novice it looked brutal 😄🦘🇦🇺👍

Howdy from seasonably chilly, 0°C Boston; going down to -4° or -5°C overnight. We feel your chill 🌬️🌬️tonight. Your Moreton ficus looks quite dapper and handsome. Great start for the New Year! 🎉🎉🎉 Merry, Merry 🎄🎄🎄

Look forward to see this tree developing into a marvellous bonsai!

That's going to be a real cool tree! Nigel, you're like a chameleon! You were even the same colour as your soil bin! LOL

Beautiful

I have a lot of Moreton Bay fig Bonsai, some are suckers from my main 70 plus years old Moreton bay Bonsai which was my grandmothers originally, I made bonsai from the suckers a few years ago and I’m they are very due for repotting. I did prune them so will wait a while Bree I repot them , I have a lot to learn about pruning correctly and I enjoy watching your videos. I live in Australia.😊

Great video! Thanks for the tip regarding encouraging the roots by gently pulling the trunk up

Thank you very much, happy holidays.

Evening Nigel from Maine, USA

Hehey welcome to the club mate 🎉

Great video Nigel! I'm trying to play catch up on everything I've missed. Have a Happy New Year my friend. I wish you the very best for 2024 and season 11 of the One and Only Bonsai Zone ❤️

Great idea lifting the trunk for the root development. Great finish!

What a wonderful tree, can hardly wait to see it grow.

Cool species! It might make a nice Jurassic Park scene someday. Maybe with a model of a nest with eggs in it to represent the dinosaur nest 🐲

Excellent video Nigel (as always). This should be a lovely tree, especially if it ever develops those ribbon roots. Very enjoyable watching you attack those roots.

Morten Yay Ficus!

Beautiful ☺️

Watching on my big TV!

Lección magistral de cómo podar raíces. Fantástico trabajo.

WOW those baskets seem to work super well at least for that species! Nice

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4:08 The music made me feel like I was watching a EU4 timelapse 🤣 No hate, the music is suitably epic 😎

I'm in Melbourne and the Moreton bay fig is quite a common park tree around the city, many of them are as big and as impressive as the ones up north. They can easily go down to 0c for short periods of time they just don't like frost. Very hardy and resistant species.

Hi Nigel, I have several MB figs being from Australia and they are wonderful bonsai material. Large leaves but they do reduce in size quite easily. If you ever get the opportunity to obtain a Port Jackson fig (Ficis Rubiginosa) also from OZ, grab it. They have smaller leaves and are incredibly robust and forgiving to pruning and root work. Great aerial roots and they bud back from hard pruning even when leaving no leaves on the branch. I pruned on a couple of weeks ago and chpped all the branches back to nothing and there are buds on every branch I cut. Good luck with your MB fig I'm sure it will thrive in the Bonsai Zone. I don't comment very often but I do watch every one of your videos (and like them). Cheers mate and have a Merry Christmas.

As usually very informative video,,,,Thank you so much I am from india, Please tell me,what is your soil mixture..?

Port Jackson is the best fig for bonsai, but Moreton bay still good .

Hi Nigel, of course this was the first root pruning so it was more about getting the right set up for all the years to come. Will you try the "long root" method you tried on your other ficus to create the vertical growing roots here as well? If I remember correctly you only set up one ficus to grow the roots like that and I'd just love to see more of that! :)

Your introduction to this video sparked a question: Do ficus grow on every continent? The Moreton Bay ficus can be grown as bonsai here in se FL USA. They are known for great root displays.

Hi love your videos , I’m wondering what type of fertilizer you used for your 🌳

Excellent work! Will it be challenging to reduce the foliage size when it comes time to refine its features?

I wonder the status of those huge trees, with that huge firestorm they had on the east coast a few years ago.

Kinda shocked you even have a pair of snips. How long did it take to find them lol. I can never find mine. I use wire to trellis grape vines and one Avocado that i am bending all crazy just to do. I think i used it for a portulacaria afra cutying once too.

Moreton Bay - not far from me!!!

What conditions do you keep the moreton bay fig? Will it be ok in my grow tent for Nepenthes? 75-80f day and 56-60f nights and 85% humidity

Sorry if this question was already answered. Where do you get your bonsai strainer pots?

Paging Dr. Saunders. Paging Dr. Saunders. Root surgery in Room 301. Interns bring paper and pencil for notes on this massive root surgery done by our Head Surgeon, Dr. Saunders. Apples left outside the operating room door for the good doctor are appreciated.

Is safety sorb the same as tidy cat clay litter?

Hey Nigel , I m getting a serious squirrel issue , they r chewing my trunks , any suggestions

Anyone use broken up brick chips in their soil mix?

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