root over rock ficus
by Paul
(Parramatta,NSW, Australia)
What's the best way to start a root over rock ficus from either seed or cutting?
Development of Root Over Rock Bonsai
Developing root-over-rock bonsai is a simple but time consuming technique.
Root over rock styles with lots of exposed rootage, and designs that emphasize aerial roots are also very suitable for this material.
Root-Over-Rock and Exposed Root Styles ...
Root Over Rock Style...
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(7)Once the pot is taken away, the soil is removed by scraping and then washing, to expose the rock and rootball.
Root over Rock Style (Sekijoju)
The tree is grows over a rock with the roots reaching down to the earth below in search of water. Much like a tree would do if it were grew from seed on top of a rocky out crop.
Root Over Rock Style:
roots are trained down over stone
roots trained into bed of soi
2 or more water drainage holes, 1 inch diameter ...
Remember that root over rock Elm. If not it is on the photo demo section of the site. This is how it looks at the moment. It has come into leaf very early and it would benefit from a little wiring.
Saramiki - (exposed trunk, the bark is MOSTLY stripped off) Sekijõju - (Root over Rock; the plant is grown over a rock and into the soil of a pot)
Ishitsuki - (planted in crevices in a rock) and
Neagari - (exposed root, like a mangrove) ...
Ishitsuki - a traditional Japanese bonsai style; also called root over rock. Where the tree has its roots arranged so they have grown over and in the crevices of a rock.
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As this tree is grown in the "root over rock" style, its nebari (i.e. root buttressing) is greatly exaggerated.
Some of the other styles that can be applied are twin trunk, root over rock, clasped to rock, group, broom, literati, windswept and exposed root.
The Ficus is suited for many different styles of Bonsai: broom, informal and formal upright, root over rock, forest, saikei and others. They are tropical, but a very tough species.
Moo the Dew! ...
Another feature of the Japanese maple bonsai that makes them ideal for bonsai artist is that they can be trained in almost any style of bonsai formation. From the informal moyogi (upright) to the more elaborate sekijoju (root over rock) style, ...
on its side and its branches are trained vertically and arranged in a group
formation.
Ishitsuki, Ishitzuki
A traditional Japanese bonsai style; also called root over rock. Where the ...
officinalis forms itself into a striking formal upright with minimum effort. The prostrate varieties can be formed into everything from informal upright cascade to windswept. The only style that the species does not lend itself to is root over rock.
Each limb had a root going down to the potting mix and in desperation I cut the limb off with roots attached and the first 8 separate trees were grown this way. This tree is one of the first started out in 1994-5 as root over rock.
 See also: Plant, Root, Bonsai, Tree, Style
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