Re: Ficus Melany

Rusty_Hinge <rusty.hinge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
The message <jaycee.4525ea7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
from jaycee <jaycee.4525ea7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> contains these words:

Hi, I'm looking for a Ficus Melany to buy - can anyone help? I've
Googled it but all I get are office decor sites or scientific pages. I
already have one (bought from a garden centre years ago and it's now
looking rather tatty - I've asked them and they say it must have been a
one-off), and I'm nervous of taking cuttings because I dont have a
propagator, and you can't really depend on British summers to be
warm!!

Is there a low enough branch to peg the tip down, or at least, some part
near the tip?

Ficus usually layers enthusiastically.

Cut a peg from any old shrub

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Make a shallow trough and pin a bit of ficus into it.

Cover with soil and keep well watered.

Otherwise, cut a bit off and poke it into the ground in a shady place,
and keep it well-watered.

Or air layer it, ie damage the bark a little on the underside of a branch, wrap some moist fibrous compost around it, wrap the compost in cling film to keep it moist and secure it to the branch. When you can see good strong roots trying to burst through the cling film, you can cut the cutting off and pot it up. If it doesn't work, just remove cling film and compost and your plant is still as it was before you started.
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Kay
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