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This may be a Ficus Tree? 5 years 9 months ago #42664

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I bought this really cool bonsai at a general store.
They had a few and they all looked in pretty bad shape, so I decided to get this baby.
I pruned some bad leaves this morning and removed some branches.
This is my first bonsai.
I think it is some sort of Ficus Tree but I am not sure

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This may be a Ficus Tree? 5 years 9 months ago #42665

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Ficus, yes. Bonsai... not really.
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This may be a Ficus Tree? 5 years 9 months ago #42667

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Thank you. And yes, those leaves are huge.
But I think there there is hope...somehow.
Got to do some reading.

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This may be a Ficus Tree? 5 years 9 months ago #42795

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New soil, fertilized and secured.
It came with a few broken and rotten roots and not very strong.
Just going to let it sit and get stronger.
Lets see what happens now.

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This may be a Ficus Tree? 5 years 9 months ago #42796

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Is the new soil a mix of...?
I would take the stone out of the pot, the roundness of the roots turned into trunks is more than enough, in my humble opinion.
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This may be a Ficus Tree? 5 years 9 months ago #42797

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The soil is an all purpose Bonsai mixed mix of 100% organic double-sifted compost mulch, calcined clay, vermiculite and Frit.
The rock is a concession to my nine year old who got really excited with the little tree.
Its our first bonsai try, so we kinda worked together :)

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