Matt:
You did not say in what zone/city you live in. Are you training this
Ficus indoors or out? What kind of Ficus do you have?

Ficus, in genera, l like to have their soil almost dry before
watering.... I will be glad to send you short paragraphs on watering and
the use of the Persian Pick to help in learning how to water.

Best regards, and welcome to the addiction.

Carl L. Rosner - near Atlantic City zone 6/7
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Matt Koppenheffer wrote:

Hello List...

I am a brand new student of the bonsai art, and I just wanted to find out if
anyone has had experience w/ Ficus bonsai, and could give me some species
specific pointers.

I also wanted to find out the basics of pruning... I'm letting the tree get
acclimated to it's new home and I understand that you shouldn't prune during
the spring, but I'd like to use the "clip and grow" technique that I read
about on the list. When's the best time to start this? What are some good
books on the subject?


Thanks!

Matt





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At 07:52 PM 5/9/2003 +0000, you wrote:

I also wanted to find out the basics of pruning... I'm letting the tree get
acclimated to it's new home and I understand that you shouldn't prune during
the spring, but I'd like to use the "clip and grow" technique that I read
about on the list. When's the best time to start this? What are some good
books on the subject?


Who told you you couldn't prune in the spring? Many bonsai ought to be
pruned in the spring. Ficus can be pruned pretty much any time.

You could buy the Sunset "Bonsai" book, which is good and inexpensive, and,
if you're going to do indoor bonsai, Paul Lesneiwitz's (spelling
approximate; help, somebody)) "Indoor bonsai".



Thanks!

Matt

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Who told you you couldn't prune in the spring? Many bonsai ought to be
pruned in the spring. Ficus can be pruned pretty much any time.

You could buy the Sunset "Bonsai" book, which is good and inexpensive,
and,
if you're going to do indoor bonsai, Paul Lesneiwitz's (spelling
approximate; help, somebody)) "Indoor bonsai".


Nina,
that would be Lesniewicz.

Ulli Bauer
South Germany, zone 7b

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The link below will take you to an auction for the book, "Indoor Bonsai"
that they are talking about below. I've got a copy, it's a good one.

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Jeff Isom
Cleveland, OH / Sunset Zone 39

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Who told you you couldn't prune in the spring? Many bonsai ought to be
pruned in the spring. Ficus can be pruned pretty much any time.

You could buy the Sunset "Bonsai" book, which is good and inexpensive,
and,
if you're going to do indoor bonsai, Paul Lesneiwitz's (spelling
approximate; help, somebody)) "Indoor bonsai".


Nina,
that would be Lesniewicz.

Ulli Bauer
South Germany, zone 7b

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The link below will take you to an auction for the book,
"Indoor Bonsai"
that they are talking about below. I've got a copy, it's a
good one.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=11 112



Ohferpetesssake! The book is inexpensive to start with, even
new. You're likely to pay more at an auction site than the books
cost new. Go to www.abebooks.com and search for "indoor bonsai"
and you'll probably find a used copy for $5.00. And it will get
to you MUCH faster. You can get it in English or German (and
probably other languages, too).

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is
frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry
David Thoreau - Walden

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