A year in the Life of My Ficus benjamina "Franken-Ficus", The Bonsai Zone, Aug 2024

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  • Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
  • I'm doing some late summer pruning after a year of major changes to my medium leaf size Ficus benjamina. I show a summary of the work done over the last 12 months as I restructure the tree.
    I also get a gift in the mail from Adam at Notion Bonsai!
    Check out Adam's UA-cam channel "Notion Bonsai" here....
    / @notionbonsai
    To see previous videos of my Ficus benjamina bonsai, click on the playlist here...
    • Aerial root Ficus Prog...
    #TheBonsaiZone

КОМЕНТАРІ • 32

  • @notionbonsai
    @notionbonsai 5 місяців тому +23

    I love videos like this where you show the progression of a tree over time! Thanks very much for the shoutout Nigel. I hope the cut putty works well for you and Jay! 🪴😊

  • @franksivilli6269
    @franksivilli6269 5 місяців тому +8

    The view of the tree at 7:02 is very graceful. It keeps looking better and better Nigel

  • @living_sculptures_za
    @living_sculptures_za 5 місяців тому

    Well done Nigel, your bold moves are certainly starting to materialise. @franksivilli6269 makes an interesting observation of the tree at 7:02 there's another interesting view almost at the back at 6:49. You've created great possibilities and I look forward to seeing the progress. Making this great progress is a compliment to the health and vigour you maintaining 👍

  • @AleksGenD
    @AleksGenD 5 місяців тому +6

    Really amazing transformation in just one year!

  • @lukasmihara
    @lukasmihara 23 дні тому

    It's great to see how much it filled out after it was basically back to stumps. Nice development!

  • @growclipbonsaiforseniors1951
    @growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 5 місяців тому

    Great work on this FBF. Looks great! Nice gift!!!

  • @jballenger9240
    @jballenger9240 5 місяців тому +2

    Good Morning. Nice shaping and pruning; looks good! Your Franken-Ficus is looking quite ready for Halloween today. I can imagine a skeleton coming out from in between its roots !👻👻 As they say, it’s Bootiful 👻👻 Thanks for🎃 the treat!!!

  • @Gadziller
    @Gadziller 5 місяців тому +4

    I found out my bird likes these videos

  • @FrostBiteBonsai
    @FrostBiteBonsai Місяць тому

    Wow! That tree is coming along so nice! Quite a transformation. It's like when teens go from that gangly look to looking like an adult.

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  Місяць тому +1

      It's growing really well in the plant room now!!

  • @iBEEMproject
    @iBEEMproject 3 місяці тому

    So gorgeous tree

  • @stingray6016
    @stingray6016 5 місяців тому +3

    Excellent!!

  • @DeciduousSnurb
    @DeciduousSnurb 5 місяців тому +1

    I knew your Ficus b. were vigorous but holy cow! You've been pruning that sucker multiple times this year. I'm impressed, my favorite tree of yours I think or close.

  • @souvickghosh9293
    @souvickghosh9293 5 місяців тому +3

    Hi nigel. Am glad to see the progress of ur fusion ficus. Few days back I too did an experiment of fusion ficus by taking inspiration from urs. I am basically trying to fuse ficus benghalensis on top of ficus religiosa. I am so happy to share my progress with u. Today I noticed my fusion experiment is going all good, it has started to develop new roots eventually anchoring the other ficus aswell. Am so happy to see the progress on both mine nd ur bonsai as well. Thanks for always inspiring newbie gardeners like us to try new experiments in bonsai hobby. Happy gardening Nigel! 😇 Love from India 🇮🇳

  • @LinusMuse
    @LinusMuse 5 місяців тому

    Nigel, this format with flashbacks is quite helpful, thanks. I'm much encouraged by your hard pruning of a Benjamina! Mine gets a first potting this morning (Thailand). Hoping for back budding 🤞

  • @snylilith
    @snylilith 5 місяців тому +1

    Ooooh, I definetly see the tree on the right path now!!! Also, I love how I understood how accents actually sound in English from You and the Notion Bonsai 😃 (I'm from Poland and what I mean to say is that I spend more time listening to the two of you than any other English speaking person 😅)

  • @allmetaliswelcome
    @allmetaliswelcome 5 місяців тому

    I feel like you've been a lot more bold this year, making a lot of big moves, and it's really paying off!

  • @ianrowe9337
    @ianrowe9337 5 місяців тому

    Love the Old Bike Nigel, it must be quite a site to see you on the Paper Round !!!

  • @DavesBonsai
    @DavesBonsai 5 місяців тому +1

    I love flashbacks and seeing the progress!!!

  • @dkstott29
    @dkstott29 5 місяців тому +2

    Wonderfulness..I really enjoy seeing the videos with the history of the tree...for some reason, my ficus benjamina will back bud nicely after pruning. But the too little ficus doesn't 🤔🤷‍♂️

  • @n8tyler
    @n8tyler 5 місяців тому

    Franken-Ficus has really come along Your "vision" is coming true...How do you do that? Its such a unique style and shows so much vigor...The areal roots are amazing...It's like looking at a jungle tree right in your front room...I'm now the proud owner of a pair of variegated Benjamini ficus(two from same pot) which I hope to grow using all this information from your videos...Great background music by the way...Thanks for sharing...

  • @ellencnixon
    @ellencnixon 5 місяців тому +1

    💜💜

  • @sigurdslettemarkhovden6976
    @sigurdslettemarkhovden6976 5 місяців тому

    One of my top 5 Nigel Trees

  • @МашаРусанова-п4х
    @МашаРусанова-п4х 5 місяців тому +1

    👍👍👍Супер!

  • @tkbonsai6084
    @tkbonsai6084 4 місяці тому

    Chú đã truyền cảm hứng bonsai yêu thiên nhiên rất nhẹ nhàng

  • @pennyduncan5980
    @pennyduncan5980 5 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤😊😊😊

  • @CoNkOrE
    @CoNkOrE 5 місяців тому

    I always thought it would be hard to get the graft point to blend in but my benjamina sprouted a ring of aerial roots about half way up the trunk and it’s slowly looking like it was grafted too so I guess it’s a pretty natural thing too. I’m just gonna leave it and see how it develops later on

  • @brucedeacon28
    @brucedeacon28 5 місяців тому

    👍👌👌

  • @emiliobandera1516
    @emiliobandera1516 5 місяців тому

    Increíble
    Ojalá algún día algunos de mis trabajos luzcan así
    Ojalá me puedas mandar un saludo en algún video
    Saludos desde mexico

    • @TheBonsaiZone
      @TheBonsaiZone  5 місяців тому

      Saludo amigo, creo que el árbol ahora tiene una buena base, lo siguiente es crecer en las ramas!! ¡El árbol está creciendo bien ahora y parece que estoy poniendo una rama justo donde la quiero!

  • @Merlin-wo1kj
    @Merlin-wo1kj 5 місяців тому +1

    Nigel , how many papers do you deliver on your route?

  • @Rhezoloution
    @Rhezoloution 5 місяців тому

    Wtf u do that for