Mrs M
Guru
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
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Mrs M
Guru
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Also got a healthy wee dianthus for £3 and a garden sign for 13p!
My two Bonsai Ficus Religiosa.
The one in the large tray I had grown from seed seven years ago and the smaller one was grown from seed two years ago. I used to keep a ficus on my computer desk in a large pot but was forever having to cut it back to keep it under control so I decided to have a go at bonsai my two other specimens. This is my first go at it, in February I knocked them out of their pots and literally cut 99% of all the roots away leaving maybe a couple of inches of fibrous root. I then pinned them down in the correct growing medium with wires and gave them a hair cut. I have defoliated them once to try and reduce the leaf size. I am still learning but quite happy I can keep such a beautiful tree as this on my desk.
I give them a water every day in this heat, mist them twice a day and a bonsai feed once a week.
The one in the large tray I had grown from seed seven years ago and the smaller one was grown from seed two years ago. I used to keep a ficus on my computer desk in a large pot but was forever having to cut it back to keep it under control so I decided to have a go at bonsai my two other specimens. This is my first go at it, in February I knocked them out of their pots and literally cut 99% of all the roots away leaving maybe a couple of inches of fibrous root. I then pinned them down in the correct growing medium with wires and gave them a hair cut. I have defoliated them once to try and reduce the leaf size. I am still learning but quite happy I can keep such a beautiful tree as this on my desk.
I give them a water every day in this heat, mist them twice a day and a bonsai feed once a week.
keithmac
Guru
I've had to reclaim some of my front garden from the hedge which involved a heavy pruning (1 1/2 foot off the thickness).
Do I need to do anything to help in not die?, it's survived probably 70 years sp far so I'd rather not kill it off!.
Looks a bit of a sorry state, to be fair I pulled a fair bit of dead wood out of the middle.
On a more positive note planters are looking nice!.
Do I need to do anything to help in not die?, it's survived probably 70 years sp far so I'd rather not kill it off!.
Looks a bit of a sorry state, to be fair I pulled a fair bit of dead wood out of the middle.
On a more positive note planters are looking nice!.
keithmac
Guru
Good idea with the cuttings but it all went to the tip yesterday!.
Mrs M
Guru
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Levo-Lon
Guru
[QUOTE 5308541, member: 259"]It should be fine. You can give it a real whack in the late autumn, cutting in a \ shape and giving it a bit of blood, fish and bone. The only thing that kills privet off is honey fungus.[/QUOTE]
Quite common around here is Honey Fungus.
Killed a few trees at work, or rather sealed their fate, so they were cut down,big buggers too
Quite common around here is Honey Fungus.
Killed a few trees at work, or rather sealed their fate, so they were cut down,big buggers too
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
@tinpot make sure you dead head and pick the sweet peas regularly, or they'll stop flowering. Don't let them dry out either!
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OP
Tin Pot
Guru
Just had a look at hem - didn’t realise that actual pea pods grew out of the flowers! Thought it was just a name...
I’m away for seven days next week and there is zero chance my wife will do anything whatsoever to help while I am away, so I might try the upside down fizzy bottle thing for a water source.
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Pick ALL the flowers and buds off before you go away
Stephenite
Membå
- Location
- OslO
The garden of our summer cottage (euphemistically called thus) could be relied upon for raspberries, bilberries, cherries and some gooseberries. They'll be nowt this year. The berries and most of the leaves are frazzled. When I'm in I water the little cherry tree with the kids buckets. The rest will have to fend for itself. A lot of the small self-seeded birches, rowans, pines (and, perhaps, aspens) that I'd thought to transplant to make a rough hedge have also frazzled. So that project has been put off. I can say, though, the war on the lupins has swung in my favour.
