In a message dated 2/10/2003 1:47:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:

I just purchased a 4" pot with about 10 stems in it -- miniature Ficus.
I'm brand new to this, so please be patient! I think I'd like to do
a grove with them.

These are barely rooted cuttings but why not, just be sure that you
realize the F. benjamina family for die back if all the foliage is removed.
Billy on the Florida Space Coast

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(Billy M. Rhodes) wrote in message ...
In a message dated 2/10/2003 1:47:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:

I just purchased a 4" pot with about 10 stems in it -- miniature Ficus.
I'm brand new to this, so please be patient! I think I'd like to do
a grove with them.

These are barely rooted cuttings but why not, just be sure that you
realize the F. benjamina family for die back if all the foliage is removed.
Billy on the Florida Space Coast

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Not suer what you mean, Billy? Do you mean that my plants might lose
all their leaves and then make new ones? What is 'die back' ?

writes:
I just purchased a 4" pot with about 10 stems in it -- miniature Ficus.
I'm brand new to this, so please be patient! I think I'd like to do
a grove with them.


I replied
These are barely rooted cuttings but why not, just be sure that you
realize the F. benjamina family for die back if all the foliage is
removed.

You wrote again
Not suer what you mean, Billy? Do you mean that my plants might lose
all their leaves and then make new ones? What is 'die back' ?

No, if you remove all of the leaves from a stem or branch during
styling and potting, theat stem(branch) might die. You have very young,
newly rotted cuttings.
Billy on the Florida Space Coast

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You have very young, newly rotted cuttings.


I HOPE Billy means "rooted". ;-)

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - "People,
when Columbus discovered this country, it was plum full of nuts
and berries. And I'm right here to tell you the berries are just
about all gone." -- Uncle Dave Macon, old-time musician

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(Jim Lewis) wrote in message news:002401c2d227$a4de8840$ed102cc7@pavilion...
You have very young, newly rotted cuttings.


I HOPE Billy means "rooted". ;-)

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - "People,
when Columbus discovered this country, it was plum full of nuts
and berries. And I'm right here to tell you the berries are just
about all gone." -- Uncle Dave Macon, old-time musician

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So, do you recommend that i put them in a larger pot and give them a
season or two to grow before pruning and repotting them in a bonsai
arrangement? Should i maybe top them to encourage bushing ?