La longevità del Ficus banyan, città di tronchi nata da un singolo essere vegetale
https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=44102

#piante #alberi #ficus #strangolatore #parassiti #crescita #vegetali #propagazione #chioma #tronchi #biologia #scienza #ecologia #ambiente #tradizioni #religione #induismo #buddhismo #simboli #india #asia #riproduzione #impollinazione #evoluzione #dalmondo

#Ficus experiment.

The tree is a Ficus Obliqua, one of a bunch I started from seed in 2022. It had eighteen siblings once, but the lankier or bigger leafed ones I gave away and I'm down to three now.

It was in a two gallon-ish flower pot until last month. Now that I find myself in a place with a large window and a balcony, it's been de-potted to give it room to grow.

The tray underneath is filled with expanded clay and baby watercress. The mound is seeded with mini-clover and alpine wild strawberries. I didn't have quite enough clover seed to get good coverage on the first pass, so had to give the bald spots a second rub-down once the first batch was established.

The mound consists of a base "pillow" of burlap stuffed and stitched with planting mix, a burlap pot containing the transplanted tree stitched tight to that, and then more soil mix and a wrap around all of that, stitched top and bottom to the other bags.

The mix is 50/50 orchid potting mix (bark, chunky perlite, some charcoal) and potting soil.

It looks like the clover will handle the vertical sides, and I'm sure the strawberries will if any are actually hiding in there somewhere.

As an unexpected (bonus?), it's now growing mushrooms. I *think* they're "Shaggy Ink Cap", and I'll take it as a sign that a healthy soil ecosystem is getting established in my little hill. Once the clover and (hopefully) strawberries are established enough, I won't need to keep the mound nearly as moist so the 'shrooms should calm down I expect.

My first time growing #watercress -- I'll be using more on the deck under plants so I won't be raining on the downstairs neighbor all summer.

#ficus #bonsai #houseplants

AND PLANTSさんからフィカス・ティネケをお迎えしました✨
斑入りの葉っぱがオシャレさんですね〜
まずは南の明るい窓際で様子見かな…

土ではなく育成用のスポンジに根がはっており、そのまま鉢に入れるとグラつくため
バフカルチップ（スポンジを細かくしたもの）を隙間と株元に詰めております。

#観葉植物 #フィカス #Ficus #ゴムの木 #マストドン園芸部 #fedibird

So sieht der Ficus Benjamini in Guanajuato auf dem Hauptplatz aus. Du kannst dir sicher vorstellen, wie dick die Stämme sind.

#ThickTrunkTuesday #Ficus #Guanajuato #Mexiko #Mexico #Zocalo #Musik #LiveMusik #Tanz

🌿 Join us to learn about the newly published “The diversity of Ficus” in @AnnBot by Simon Segar and co-authors. (1/10)

👉 https://doi.org/qkmt

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