Pruning My "Too Little Leaf" Ficus, The Bonsai Zone, Nov 2021
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- After a severe root pruning this summer it's time to tackle the top of the tree!
I'm trying to create the look of a giant tree from this small "Too Little Leaf" Ficus bonsai.
To see previous videos of this bonsai, click on the playlist here...
• My Too Little Leaf Ficus
#TheBonsaiZone
Aussie Dave here Nigel, after watching your video in July, I massively cut off my roots on my ficus in early spring,, it's just the beginning of summer here in Australia and my ficus is doing wonderful.. thanks for the video 🤗
Is it really summer where you are yet? We've finally got up to 30 after a wintery spell here in Vic 😅
Wonderful David!
I must say Nigel you have a special talent, a talent I wish I also had, but at 74 years old
My enjoyment, is following a few of what I consider, “The Bonsai Masters”, and you sir,
I rank in the top 5 on the internet, you always work wonders, always….
I really enjoy all your videos…. and thank you sir for all the videos and your time.
Bless you Nigel, may your hands and eyes keep on giving all of us your living art, the bonsai.
Many thanks lonnie!
🌴You are really pumping the videos out, thanks for the
effort.🌳
Thanks Kati, I have a lot of trees to get in shape after summer!
I have a 40 year old similar ficus. Tall and spindly. Split the roots with a dremel saw. They take a lot of rough treatment and keep going.
Nice Joe!!!
Hi Nigel, after seeing the original root-work video, I decided to investigate why my willow leaf was getting pushed up out of the pot. You gave my the confidence to do my own major root surgery. There was a horizontal potato root right below the trunk. I decided to plant it and just now have tiny leaves on a few 1/2 in stems growing from the cut point! Can’t believe it actually worked!
Amazing how this tree made it through your last root pruning... all these potato roots that were there... this tree is going to be a good long term study on how to deal with very difficult material.
Thanks Leszek, yes it just kept growing in the summer like nothing happened, amazing!! I think it will be a good looking tree some day, I hope!
That larch forest takes my breath away! ☺️
This tree reminds me when I was in the worst moment of my life and I dropped to my knees crying and put my hands up. God bless you Nigel I love this tree :)
Great video Nigel. I was wary about cutting large pieces of root away but after watching your video I've gone for it and I must say I've improved the look a great deal. I've just got to wait a while before tackling the top.
Cheers, Ron.
Even with its flaws, this is a nice little tree
Thanks Aija, yes, I'm sure I'll either embrace the flaws or correct them!
Ficus rapidly becoming major favorite- Bonsai pruning as chess game.
Thanks Sophia, yes definitely a game for patience!
Nice to see you returning to the "roots" of your channel where you have much tighter close-ups with the camera rather than just talking to it. It really helps to see you decision making process.
Thanks Don, more to come!
I always loved this tree Nigel. I know it is not your favorite but i think it is just so neat!
Thanks Connor, it's improved a lot over the last few years, hopefully it will become a favorite in the future!!!
What a transformation!
Thanks Marysol, I'm getting excited about this tree now!!!
Very nice ficus bonsai
The garden is beautiful in this time of year!!
Thanks Arnaldo!
I'm sure all these structural problems will get solved in a few years time.
I remember how your natal ficus looked like at first and it was so satisfying to see how well it looks already this year.
Thanks Stephan!
Long road ahead for this little one. I see a tree with lots of character and style eventually.
Thanks Elisabeth, yes, I can see some light at the end of the tunnel!!
Yeeaahh!!
A Foist for ITookYourBic!!!
@@TheBonsaiZone yes sir🤟
@@TheBonsaiZone do you own any boxwood/buxus bonsai?
I think you did a nice job on the pruning. It has a nice candelabra effect if you look at it. I like your background. Seems like it is easily cleaned after the splatter of the sap on it. Great video.
Thanks Tom, yes it cleaned up nicely!
Hey Nigel!! Can you make a video where it shows the different species of Ficus you have?? And how their identified. Please.
I will try and do a Ficus update and show all the different species!!
I have the same tree with the same problems. I will probably wait until spring to work on the roots. The canopy needs work as well. Thanks for the video Nigel!
I hope the videos help a bit!
It used to be that my weather kinda lined up with yours, now im in texas and its still green out! Waiting on winter down here
Texas has quite the weather, I've been to Houston twice, once in the summer where it was 104 F and really humid and once in spring where it was really rainy!
I think that curving branch needs to come off. Ficus have a nack of budding anywhere close to a cut, so you should be fine with replacing it with a nicer branch.
Amazing root work and pruning. Don’t let that thick branch on the right keep you up at night ;-) Thanks, keep growing
I'll try not to loose any sleep Matt, the tree has years of refinement ahead!
Love your new pruning studio. The Black background makes the vid really good. Nice pruning as well. Take care 😀👍
Thanks GMS!!!
Foist?
Great video Nigel! that tree looks great.
Thanks Stef! Another Ficus video coming tonight!
Hoping to get some ideas on how to take the top from my 6' Ficus, that I want to make into a bonsia, It has a trunk of about 3/4" diameter from where I wAnt to cut the new plant once it's cut.
I think it is plenty graceful. Has an aged look too.
Thanks T B!!!
Great video Nigel, i think the back looks good as a front too
I think so too!
Would those roots create new trees if planted?
They can generate branches, but it is much more difficult than top cuttings.
I think you done a great job and found a better basic shape to develop further.
These "too little leaf" ficus have a leaf shape I don't like with those almost curly and not flat type of leaves but as i said the tree looks promising now.
Yes, it's a bit of a strange leaf shape on them, almost like they are getting too much sun!
Fast pruning with the shears! I hope it back buds on old wood so you can do more with the branches!
Old wood less likely to back bud correct Xin?
@@mikegillespie5218 Less likely yes, but not impossible
I'll take good care of it and hopefully it will get a lot of new branches, more to work with!
Seeing the larch forest covered in snow is making me anxious 😳
The Larch can easily go down to -40 C!
@@TheBonsaiZone 😮
I have this tree but I had someone taking care of it for 8 months when I got back it was dying of root rot, do you have any cuttings of this you are selling?
Hi Nigel. Will the large roots you pruned off the ''Too Little Ficus'' grow a tree or die? Curious in Florida...
Hello Dale, I didn't plant the roots, but they can be grown into trees, but it is much more difficult then top cuttings!
@@TheBonsaiZone Thanks Nigel, the next root pruning I do on a Ficus I'll try to grow one...
Interesting analysis Nigel. I’m curious about two decisions you made. Bottom right you chose to eliminate all but one branch coming from the same spot, but bottom left you chose to leave two branches coming out of a stump. Any reason for the different approaches?
The place I left two branches has a short stump that they come out of, sort of a short mini branch.
It's much easier to see what you're doing in this video compared to some your others (where it looks lIke you're talking at the tree, and I have to guess at what you're really doing).
Thanks Debbie!
So good...nice Vidio friends
Thank you very much!
Hey Nigel what methods did you use to thicken the trunk on this tree?
I just let it grow each year and then prune it back, repetition will slowly build up the trunk diameter.
Sounds simple enough. I have one more question sensai. I know that this particular species of tree likes to be root bound. Would there be any adverse effects if I put it in a pot that is slightly bigger than the root mass? I have read that it is a method to thicken the trunk. What are your thoughts on that? Thanks for doing what you do Nigel. You have spread valuable knowledge to a great deal of people around the world, and I am thankful to soak up some of that knowledge!
Good job👍🤤
Thank you 😋
you reckon that maybe with these ficuses you could do a more regular pruning to keep everything at check instead of clip and grow? (maybe not in your case because you have so many trees)
That will come in the future as the tree gets more refined!
I have a little one too.
Great little trees for bonsai!
Hey Nigel, it's Alvarim from Winnipeg. Could you tell me your secret for such fantastic moss in all of your trees? I've been trying, but mine don't grow at all.
I collect moss that is growing in full sun, then you have to mist and water it regularly, like 3 to 4 times a day in the summer, plus misting!! If it dries out it will brown.
Is that the same as ginseng root in korean cooking? Can you eat it? 😃
No, these roots are inedible!
@@TheBonsaiZone ah darn it!
Sir tell me the species name of this ficus
Nigel Do you plant the root cuttings?
I don't, I do plant the top cuttings, they are easier to get going.
👍🍎
Thanks Bruce!
An i eat the potatoe roots on mine?
Don't eat your bonsai!