Morning Folks,
Nina,

under tropical conditions,you can encourage the ficus b.
[all I can say is it's the glossy leaf type seen as trees in the
mall/shopping centre.],to heal large wounds,even without
growing long branches.Just keep the leaf mass high.

If you need an image I can send one of a fairly small
airlayer that is about 10" [25+cm] with a well healed over
large wound on the upper part of the trunk.

This tree has never been allowed to extend branches and
leaf density has been kept high to encourage a large trunk
but small tree.
The pot has never been deeper than 2"[5cm] nor longer
than 10"[25+cm].

Aside,I only just realised that this ficus prefers,light shade
and lives on less than 1"[2.5cm]of soil,as long as it stays
moist [the soil that is].I even have aerial roots beginning to
descend.
Yes,folks I have an actual semi-successful,Ficus Bonsai.
Clap,clap,chuckle.

Hope this helps.
Khaimraj
[West Indies/Caribbean]

Wow it's 6.30 and now becoming light.


-----Original Message-----
From: Nina Shishkoff
To:
Date: 06 January 2004 6:46
Subject: [IBC] ligustrum [and extra added fig question]
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Here's my next question: Someone just bought a large fig with a "dead
area". He hopes he can encourage the cambium to heal over the dead area.
Now, we'll leave aside the troubling question of what killed the dead area.
I have no experience with large figs; my figs don't heal over cuts worth a
damn; is it likely this tree will?


Nina Shishkoff


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