All You Need To Know About Ficus Bonsai Varieties

[@weepwoop46]

I just got gifted a ficus microcarpa, so thank you for the great video with all the helpful information, I'm really looking forward to seeing the little guy flourish :D

[@ThatBonsaiGuy]

All the best to you and your new tree! :)

[@chrisgallagher85]

Great vid, and thank you.

[@ThatBonsaiGuy]

Thank you!

[@JanetCoulby]

Love the ficus

[@mikec3820]

i cut the top off my gingseng and rooted it as a large cutting. had a hard time finding a non ginseng ficus locally. so i improvised haha. nice break down video. new sub n thumbs up

[@ThatBonsaiGuy]

That sounds awesome 😎

[@moro8274]

Me too! Or more presicely I'm using the good ol' ginseng as a donor and just keep airlayering new trees out of it and since the new shoots grow quite fast thanks to the potato roots, I've already gotten 6 trees out of that sucker, haha.

[@mohammedasifkhanp5032]

Hello there, I have ficus microcarpa 1:24 can you please let me know what is the best fertilizer to thicken the stem? Your response is highly appreciated.

[@ThatBonsaiGuy]

Actually the best thing to thicken the stem is to let the tree grow wild and not prune it back for a while. As any normal fertilizer will encourage growth you cannot go wrong there I think.

[@jaguardelcielo]

Agree.

[@hashiramabonsai]

Wow great video! Would love to see more of your ficuses, for example the tiger bark variety, i have a small collection of different ficus and im trying to build a bonsai channel too, i hope its not rude to assume you are german cause of your english accent, ich bin aus der Schweiz :) LG

[@ThatBonsaiGuy]

Glad you liked the video! I'll definitely show more of my ficuses in future videos. Definitely gotta head over to you channel as well! Grüße aus Österreich! :)

[@hashiramabonsai]

@@ThatBonsaiGuy Ahhh sorry, Österreich ist so schön! Kauf mir jetzt das S23 Ultra um dann auch ein bisschen bessere Videos zu machen🙈

[@windseer55]

i have many banyans now, most are horror styled! i love them!

[@ThatBonsaiGuy]

Oh that sounds so interesting!

[@nisahoji5495]

Thank you. Beautiful trees I bought one and love so much. I would love to know more about their spiritual meaning if you share Look forward to see your next video about that. 🌈

[@ThatBonsaiGuy]

Thanks! I never before looked into their spiritual meaning. Definitely gonna check up on that 😃

[@maryperrysmith5815]

I was hoping you would have talked about the soil!!!

[@ThatBonsaiGuy]

Oh, I should definitely make a video about the soil in the future!

[@waydetahtawy319]

I recommend glass / tank with plenty of light enclosure for the ficus cuttings to grow best

[@ThatBonsaiGuy]

Yes! Anything that mimics a tropical climate really jump starts any ficus cutting 😄

[@shadow_crne1030]

@@ThatBonsaiGuy ........... like a Greenhouse shelf

[@danielwaldvogel579]

Are some of the ficus species more likely to have aerial roots than others?

[@ThatBonsaiGuy]

I had the most luck with benjamina and microcarpa. On ficus retusa I have not yet been successful

[@HighVibesAU]

Any of them if they have constant moisture and humidity

[@JanetCoulby]

Question: I have a 4 month old ficus. It sprouted out sideways under soil surface and became another ficus several inches high. Is that an Ariel root or regular root. What should I do with it? Any suggestions? I'm a newbie. Haha. Thank you!

[@ThatBonsaiGuy]

You can let it grow a bit, and the next time you repot your ficus, and this new tree has developed its own roots, you can separate it from the main tree and pot it up in its own pot ;)

[@JanetCoulby]

Thank you Mike!!​@@ThatBonsaiGuy

[@teyr5]

I have had a Ficus microcarpa for a few months now and at the middle of the summer I pruned and wired it. I've now noticed that one branch is losing leaves. What could the issue be?

[@ThatBonsaiGuy]

Is it only the one branch that is losing leaves? It could be that the branch was damaged/snapped while wiring and is dying off now. If all the other branches seem to be healthy, that would be the most logical explanation.

[@teyr5]

@@ThatBonsaiGuy Actually that is true that branch snapped and I tried to tape it back if it could heal back. The rest of the leaves are fine but some of them have curled a little bit. I'm trying to figure out whether I'm using too much fertilizer or too little. Also some leaves have some dry areas but I'm confident that I'm not underwatering, could I be overwatering?

[@Ma_saw]

lol, I have two ficus ginseng that I'm trying to make bonsai, I like how different it look, but my partner calls them the ugly child..... lmao i think they are kinda funny looking and cute :(

[@ThatBonsaiGuy]

I personally find them charming! They have a unique character I would say :)

[@Ma_saw]

I agree with you. They are very unique and that's why I like them even more@@ThatBonsaiGuy

[@nettiewalker2290]

Can you get a bare branch to grow some leaves?

[@ThatBonsaiGuy]

Yes, most ficus varieties can regrow leaves from bare branches (as long as the branch itself is not dead)

[@MultiKwolf]

can u do japanese adenium ! pls !

[@ThatBonsaiGuy]

I am on the search for adenium for a while now already but it's difficult to find them where I am located. Once I have found one I'll definitely make a video!

[@sandradaeschler6620]

Can you Bonsai a Ficus bush! It's 5 ft.tall now!!

[@ThatBonsaiGuy]

Absolutely! Ficus normally buds back nicely, so you can shorten it and grow a nice new canopy

[@sandradaeschler6620]

@@ThatBonsaiGuy Thank you sure would save a lot of time for large wide trunks I think 🤔.However budding depending on keeping your cuts above other blossoms or branches would have to be maintained from what I read ?? Stated that you cannot make your cuts beneath such blooms it wouldn't grow with new sprouts?

[@ThatBonsaiGuy]

​@@sandradaeschler6620yes, when trunk chopping it should still grow new branches, even from older wood

[@EricShingles-p6q]

Australian figs are very different to Asian figs, faster growing, cold hardy and super easy to grow from seed, cuttings or airlayers

[@ThatBonsaiGuy]

Sounds interesting, I will definitely read up more on them

[@kieranaziz6925]

How will you remove the side roots of the ficus gensing?

[@ThatBonsaiGuy]

The plan is to prune quite aggressively. I have already done that with some other roots on this tree and it has recovered nicely. But of course with this side roots I would probably need to carve closely to the trunk to give it the desired shape. Then the risk of an infection in the trunk may be higher.

[@kieranaziz6925]

If you ever do that be sure to post it would love to see how you do it thanks.

[@mattharsent48]

Do you have any videos on this?

[@mehmano9045]

Not all ficus bud back...benjamina mostly is a gamble.

[@ThatBonsaiGuy]

True, I actually have been lucky with back budding on my benjamina until now