Pruning My Ficus microcarpa From Seed, The Bonsai Zone, July 2022

[@sbragaglia]

The magic going on in the glasshouse is Fabulous as much as is the Ficus Friday! I really like watching the updates, and observe your work on the trees! Thanks for sharing! Nice energetic colour on your t-shirt, by the way!

[@MrPirreE]

Love the idea of theme days. I have some Adenium obesum, Crassula ovata and Portulacaria afra so Sundays sounds like a good addition.

[@patsfreund9164]

It's amazing that you were able to grow this lovely tree from seed. Through your nurturing it has developed into a beautiful specimen.

[@Boredoldman]

Thanks for sharing. It’s been very hot and dry here in northern Oklahoma. It’s been getting 100 to 106 F daily here for a while. The weather man is saying we will have a high here Tuesday around 110+ with no rain in sight. My trees are surviving well so far thanks to your tips on summer bonsai care. I enjoy your videos and thanks again for sharing.

[@jeffsansom1304]

Yes! Succulent Sunday!,good job Nigel 👍🏻😊

[@bibnida7945]

The detailed lessons (shoots backed by white paper for clarity) are enormously helpful, thanks Nigel!

[@lukasmihara]

Looks clean and tidy!

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Pruning did a lot for the tree. Looking good!

[@MaybeBonsai]

Your shirt matches the colour of the new leaves in the sun!

[@chasingthefish9042]

Frankenstein ficus is my favorite tree you have. That and your lemon tree.

[@gedebalifarm]

Many ficus you have mr, thank you for sharing

[@Ukeitupmike]

this shirt color is great, Nigel

[@chrisrose323]

Mother Nice and inspiering video. Thank you. Started 3 new project this year so far. Atleast 3 more on the way. This is Nice to watch while I wait ^^

[@Mels-world]

Hey wish we could have done the workshop! I was realty looking forward to it! Great video!

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

I was thinking of starting a wobbly wednesday because Tuesday evening I like a wee drink :)

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Lol, wobbly trees might be the result too!!

[@PlantObsessed]

Sweet!! Succulent Sunday!! Will this be on Monday then? Lol 😆

[@jaybolinger2865]

I was happy to see your too little leaf ficus. Hadn't seen it for a while. Looks to be growing very well.

[@kayakkevin]

FICUS FRIDAY

[@BigTimeWrestling88]

Nice work

[@troyarthur6329]

All your trees look fantastic sir....really appreciate all the updates.....wanted to know what you fertilize your trees with and how often. Thank you.

[@lessvegetables2532]

i am convinced soap companies invented scale insects

[@marysoldeeley2218]

What a cool tree, love all the areal roots! I probably say that every video. LOL Sorry...

[@mirandusings]

Succulent Sunday, woohoo!

[@MukeshMPillai]

Beautiful

[@bonsaibythesea]

You da ficus man

[@veziovignanelli2926]

Nigel che fine anno fatto i gattini ti prego fammi sapere ciao

[@thetruthchannel7073]

Can any one advise me please..I have a ficus retuse tree...I need to know how long in cm ect do I let the leaders grow to create a new leader..thanks...

[@jamesn7156]

Is it ok to defoliate ficuses every year, maybe even twice? I feel like it might make sense, if my ficuses are vigorous, to just prune off the indoor leaves before I put them out in the spring, and outdoor leaves before I bring them in for the winter… Or is that too much stress on the trees?

[@Yurup]

Only way to tell is by looking at your tree. How healthy is it? But the real question you should be asking is: Why would you? What purpose would it serve to defoiliate that much?

[@jamesn7156]

@@Yurup Mostly ficus macrocarpas and they are always very vigorous. My intention would be to get rid of indoor leaves to avoid burn in the spring and get rid of beat-up outdoor leaves in the fall when they come inside. I’ve only defoliated a few times and usually when they get a hard prune.

[@nrponugoti]

Hi

[@124ziggy]

ALWAYS Turn the tree Counter Clockwise!

[@perlakuanbahanbonsai3530]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌🍎🙂

[@thomasgordon4435]

I’m sure the answer is out there somewhere… This isn’t a green island microcarpa is it? Leaves look thinner.

[@dk2614]

Green Island is a cultivar that grows as a uniform shrub roughly 3-4' tall and round at full maturity. It's a true Ficus microcarpa which means small body( referring to the size of the fruit). But Green Island is a dwarf among giants. As a drawf it's leaves are smaller only 3/4-1" long and thinner. The leaves also grow very densely along the stems. There is no mistaking Green Island ficus with the straight species. Also the growth even in optimal conditions is slow I only get about 2-3" of growth a year. In the ground in the tropics it might get to 6" or more per year. I hope I wasn't rude in my reply. My apologies if I was. I'm a bit of a tree nerd that relishes the trivia....

[@thomasgordon4435]

@@dk2614 thanks for the reply! So what variety would this one be?

[@dk2614]

@@thomasgordon4435 so in the practice of keeping plants a variety is a broad term that can mean different things in different context. However more specifically a cultivar or cultivated-variety means something more specific. Especially in the case of trees a cultivar is a tree that is cultivated or propagated or cloned for the purpose of multiplying the tree usually for commercial purposes. Since this tree of Nigel's was grown from a seed by himself it is a unique genetic individual that he has called Ficus fancy. Now officially if he were to try to market that try or it's clones he would be best served to register the name of that tree or patent it. But since Nigel has grown this from seed and named it Ficus fancy that is indeed the cultivated variety name. Pretty cool right?! You discover a tree you get to name it!

[@thomasgordon4435]

@@dk2614 ahh that makes sense. Thanks for the info 👍🏼

[@MrEieio44]

Could you put some soap in mister mister?

[@Yurup]

The soap will have to be rinsed off because its not good for the leaves. So thats a bad idea.