Root Over Rock Bonsai Progression - Part 3

Tree Species : Ficus Religiosa (Peepal tree)
 
This is a 4 month progression of my root over rock mini bonsai project using 1 year old cuttings of ficus religiosa / peepal tree.

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Emergency Root Rescue On My Mini Slab Bonsai

Tree Species : Ficus Religiosa (Peepal tree)
 
My mini slab bonsai had 2 setbacks sometime ago and now a 3rd one ! So, this time I dived right in, for a heroic rescue :-) Enough is enough !

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Root Over Rock Bonsai Progression - Part 2

Tree Species : Ficus Religiosa (Peepal tree)
 
This is a 3 month progression of my root over rock mini bonsai project using 1 year old cuttings of ficus religiosa / peepal tree. Fantastic trunk thickening happened due to regular feeding of liquid NPK and the wires brutally cut into the trunk. So I removed the wiring, did some pruning of roots & leaves, got rid of insects & their eggs. They should be fine in another 3 months.

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Penjing Bonsai - Root Over Rock Style

Tree Species : Ficus Religiosa (Peepal tree)

Part 1 video features a hybrid-ponic setup (roots in soil & water) , while part 2 features hydroponic setup.

Part 1 - Dec 2016

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Part 2 - Nov 2017

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Root Over Rock Bonsai - Hybridponic Ficus Religiosa / Peepal Tree

Tree Species : Ficus Religiosa (Peepal tree)
Cutting Taken In : May 2016

This is a 1 year progression of my Root Over Rock Mini Bonsai, started from water rooted cuttings. It also covers the making of the rock formation, my hybrid-ponic setup (roots in sand & water), trunk thickening, pruning, moss revival & self watering benefits. My hybrid-ponic setup is an adaptation of Kratky Hydroponics technique.

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Root Escape Technique For Mini Bonsai Of Ficus Religiosa Cuttings

Tree Species : Ficus Religiosa (Peepal tree)
 
One easy way to grow mini bonsai in tiny containers is to allow the roots to escape from the main pot to another bigger pot or ground or water. The roots outside the main pot are sacrificial and need periodic pruning.

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This video shows how I developed 3 ficus specimens, pruned their roots & trunk, created a root-over-rock setup, wired the trunks and planted into a bigger container.

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Rooting cuttings in water - Ficus Religiosa / Peepal tree - Part 3

Tree Species : Ficus Religiosa (Peepal tree)
Collected On : April 23, 2016

Part 3 

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Root on rock - After getting a bunch of dense & shallow water roots, I planted the ficus cutting no. 6 on a rock cavity, covered it with moss & put it back in water, allowing the roots to grow down from the rock in to the water. 

Part 1 & 2