Ficus Benjamina Pruning: Dave's Bonsai E270

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Funny intro Dave! Those Ficus have really grown!

[@DavesBonsai]

Glad you enjoyed. The things most don’t see! I’ve always thought of doing a year in review misfire addition.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

@@DavesBonsai That would be fun to watch!!

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Nice pruning on these Ficus. Nice little tutorial with the surgical hands of Dr. Dave.

[@jaco7819]

Cool work my friend !

[@nerinat8371]

Informative and helpful video. Thanks

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Live video from Dave. Cool. Liked the intro. Nice add lib.

[@satriatv165]

Watching here,

[@donnajacobs1722]

Enjoy your videos and your trips with you and your son 😊

[@DavesBonsai]

So glad you do. I love sharing them.

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Nice color on the trunks. Almost like the color of a paper birch. Cool.

[@baldyeti]

Great branch selection. Very thought out. I’d have to put markers in the soil so I could remember all my plans when it’s time to repot. So glad you posted this. Ive a plan to cut back my ficus over this long weekend, and repot around solstice. Just wasn’t sure if this was a good idea or not. Thank you for posting

[@BlueJayBonsai]

That forest is looking great! 😍

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

That is a cool log. Can you make a nice dry stream bed running from the back of the log to the drop off of the log, like a waterfall run off. Just a thought.

[@stesta001]

Do the variegated grow slower and are a little less vigorous?

[@DavesBonsai]

Yes, from my experience. Some species might not do that, but my trees have shown that. My ficus and Ming Aralia.

[@debcampbell4076]

Dave I like your work, thanks for the videos and updates. My questions, is the Ficus Benjamina and the Americana the same tree. If not can you tell me the difference between the two. Thank you loyal follower.

[@DavesBonsai]

Deb, that's a good question. There are over 8000 species of ficus, so they are hard to identify sometimes. According to my research they are both members of the Kingdom Plantae, and Family Moraceae. Online, it says there are over 750 species of the Americano, so very hard to tell. Although in the Synonym section of my info, it doesn't list Benhjamina as a synonym for Americano. Wish I could tell you for certain.

[@Tybold63]

That forest looks very nice. Is it just me or is the bark unusually light in colour?

[@DavesBonsai]

Yes, these variegated have always had that lighter color.

[@mattbrennan647]

FICUS FOIST

[@DavesBonsai]

That was crazy Fast Ficus Foist

[@mattbrennan647]

@@DavesBonsai ,, locked and loaded for my favorite channels. love that pot you made. I think I remember you creating it a while back.

[@WanderingBobAK]

Difficult follow this one. Cut this, cut that, no explantion, zip, zip zip.

[@DavesBonsai]

Sorry about that. I mix it up from time to time. But do realize not everyone likes that style.