Bonsai 'Too Little' Weeping Fig in Windowsill Pot, Ficus benjaminia 'Too Little'

Description: 'Too Little' Weeping Fig Windowsill forest Bonsai, about 18" tall with 10 live trees with dwarf leaves; ~4 years in training. Great decorative houseplant for an ordinary windowsill. Windowsill forests are cute (at least) and unusual because pots that will actually fit on a windowsill are difficult to find, like gold hen's teeth. They can't have drainage holes or they'd be difficult to water. There are small imperfections in this pot, as pictured, which I tolerate because it is so hard to find replacements for skinny pots. One side of the forest needs to be essentially flat to not touch the window, but the side presented to the viewer needs to be full to be attractive. In this case it took ~4 years to get to this presentable stage. Figs are particularly easy plants to have as houseplants and make great bonsai, too. Figs can be tinkered with all winter while hardy bonsai are outside buried in snow and ice; and Figs are easy to keep alive, too. They are ideal beginner's trees and old hands enjoy them for their responsiveness to standard clip & grow training and minor wiring. May not be shipped to Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Puerto Rico or Hawaii. Shipping Only to other Continental USA states.Set plant near good window; Southwest facing best, or south, west, or east. Most north widows are too dim in winter unless large and unobstructed. Water every 5, 6, 7, or 8 calendar days (easiest to remember; for example on the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th & 30th) (with the plastic cup sized for this plant included). Rotate plant every 6 months or so to maintain reasonable growth on both sides, and/or to maximize growth/health keep outdoors in summer (when nights are over 50°F) in bright, indirect sun. If in direct sun outdoors, a conditioning period of 2 weeks or so of mostly shade is necessary to adjust to indoor light conditions before bringing back indoors in autumn. Leaves are not forever; lasting more than a year but less in some conditions. Losing some interior (older) leaves in autumn and throughout winter is normal. Feed with any commercial liquid or Milorganite granules, only when signs of new growth appear in spring (~March) until autumn (~October) to maintain good growing. Feeding when sun conditions are waning encourages leggy growth, counter-productive to bonsai compactness. To maintain the canopy size/shape nip buds appearing on petiole below terminal leaf at the end of twigs any growth that exceeds your imaginary canopy shape; allow growth on any twig that you want to be longer. To reduce a twig to the length you want to keep the canopy prune back to a leaf below the surface to allow the twig to grow to the size/length you desire, at which time you nips buds after that. Repot every 3rd spring when plants are actively growing; (never in autumn); with good garden soil. AVOID so-called commercial "potting mix" which has too much ground up paper and too little actual mineral soil, if any,* and gets soggy because it drains poorly. Rough materials underneath the soil in pots does not aid draining. Adding about 50% "Pine Bark Soil Conditioner" or "Orchid Mix" or chopped leaves to mineral soil increases humus to better levels extends the useable lifespan of the soil. . (A CD with 7 files on the growth and styling of bonsai will be included with the tree) Ficus trees are the source of latex; hence some people are sensitive.

Price: 125 USD

Location: Harrison Township, Michigan

End Time: 2024-12-09T00:25:58.000Z

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