Is it because i didnt cut the top leafs off? Not really. I think the best way to put it is, it's desirable to leave as much foliage on as possible, as long as the plant can supply it with water. The problem is, if you leave too much foliage on the plant, ALL the leaves could fall if the plant can't move enough water to keep them hydrated. You'll have a much higher failure rate of cuttings taken in the winter unless you're growing under lights, live in the deep south, or otherwise have the ability to keep the plant's metabolism humming.
Plants weakened by a few months of less than ideal winter conditions are reluctant to strike, and if they do, can be counted on to take much longer. BTW - you should resist checking the cuttings or tugging at them to see if they've rooted.
The practice easily breaks any fine roots that might be getting established and sets the plant back considerable. Getting cuttings to root is a race against the fungaluglies - to see whether the plant can get the plumbing connection established between roots and shoots before it's plugged. I recently picked up a cutting from a Ficus Bonsai that was given to me from a nursery while the store clerk was trimming it. I took some rocks from my driveway, cleaned them off with hot water and lined the bottom of a small 6" pot with them.
I then took some store bought top soil fresh out of the bag that I had left over and layered that on top of the rocks. I put more rocks above the soil and stuck the cutting into the rocks only. The cutting had about 5 - 6 leaves sticking off which the store clerk snipped into halves. I've been watering the ficus about twice a day as the water drains into the saucer beneath the pot. I let the saucer stay full of water as it eventually either evaporates or gets soaked up.
I leave the ficus by a window facing south-west although I live in Western New York and it is winter time so the sun is scarce. All of the leaves have since fallen off over the past 2 -3 days. It has been about a week since i potted the ficus. I am wondering am I on the right track or are the leaves falling off a sign that the ficus is on its was out. How long does it typically take to see signs that the ficus is at least alive and on its way to rooting?
It should root very soon. Don't let it sit in water. Spraying the top will do until new growth shows up. If you have a clear plastic bottle, cut it in half and put over the pot as a little greenhouse. Ficuses like high humidity. This is not the best time for rooting so it may die on you. If it does, try again in late Spring. I followed your example and I took a cutting a while back and potted it once I had a decent root system established.
It looks healthy and has new leaves. It is very small, only about inches in height, and has bifurcated about half way up into two even, healthy, little branches with leaves.
I've been keeping the soil moist, giving it a little drink every other day, and it sits near my East window and gets a decent amount of light supplemented with a growing light because I started this in the late fall and it is now winter. I want to keep this Ficus benjamina indoors. I'm just a little curious about a couple things:. The plant has a Y shape, should I trim one of the branches to promote the other branch to grow as the primary trunk?
Any soil or drainage advice as it grows larger? The first order generation of leaves to emerge after a cutting is stuck isn't a clear indication the plant has rooted, though it would be listed as a good sign.
Buds already existing at the time you stick the cutting have a deposit of starch at the base of the bud that has enough energy to provide what the plant needs to to open the bud. The plant only needs a water source for metabolize the starch so the leaf can emerge.
The other should be pruned back or removed to eliminate their current codominant relationship. This is great. I need help with a ficus tree that I kept alive for 11 years but moved in winter and it got shocked from the cold. I believe it is still viable, but need ANY and all suggestions on how to revive it. Thanks in advance. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention you would have been better served to ask for advice before you took such a radical route. Take cuttings from your ficus mother plant Cut the new branches, the woody part that are growing or are having new leaf growth In a small bottle or pot place the branches together with water..
Submerge atleast 3 nodes in water In a span of days u can see roots developing I wouldn't recommend starting Ficus cuttings in water, even though it might SEEM easier than starting them in a solid medium. Roots formed in water are physiologically VERY different from roots formed in a solid medium, and they don't transition well from water to soil. Anything else us container growing Ficus lovers should be taking in?
Jerry's book is good. He's a formerly active member of the Ann Arbor Bonsai Society and now an honorary member. I have a signed copy I think 23 of the book. Wilson's book is very informing insofar as how trees grow. It describes in detail how additive and multiplicative growth work to add to the tree's biomass.
Make sure you have a clear understanding of the first three before you consider purchasing the last three - they're tough sledding if you don't have a solid foundational understanding of plant physiology.
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Fill a shallow pot tray with the mix, which will help retain water. Break off healthy, older leaves where they attach to the trunk. Taking stem cuttings is the common method to propagate the vine and shrub varieties.
Cuttings with green growth at the tips and woody bases are used. Small plants are grown from the cuttings, each with a new root system. Place the cuttings into good-draining potting soil and cover with clear plastic, which creates a greenhouse. Ficus stem cuttings can also grow roots in a vase of water.
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