• Friday, January 21st, 2005
This tree has come a long way in only one year. However the clip and grow method doesn’t always make it look that way. Many of the new branches were growing either too straight or upward and were un usable. So I removed many and shortened the rest. Most importantly is that I was able to get it into this beautiful Japanese pot. Just look how much bigger the trunk looks in a smaller pot. January 2005
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• Wednesday, April 21st, 2004
Spring has come and the ficus has defoliated so that the new leaves can grow. It is a good chance to actually look at the branches and trunk line. I removed a few branches and wire more out. There was a bald area that I was able to cover by moving branches. April 2004.
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• Thursday, August 21st, 2003
By The winter of 2002 the tree was strong enough to move into a training pot. I had only wired out about 3 branches at this point. The tree was trimmed through out the year to promote branches to bud out. This was taken August 2003.
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• Tuesday, January 21st, 2003
Second repotting to straighten surface roots and lower tree into pot. Also rewired tree. Notice the additional branches and branch development compared to the picture above. January 2003
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