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Posted 8 years 9 months ago #19824

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hello everyone, ive been reading up on ficus and find myself wanting one as my second serious tree, what are your opinions on this as something to work with?
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Posted 8 years 9 months ago #19825
That's a nought on the end too much, I would not have it as a gift
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Posted 8 years 9 months ago #19826
Really? Why exactly if you wouldn't mind elaborating?

I see good trunk thickness and a great starting point, maybe a trunk chop, do you like ficus?

This is the only good sized tree like retusa I can find online in the UK at a sensible price, the rest are all thin Cork screw types and massively more expensive...
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Posted 8 years 9 months ago #19829

m5eaygeoff wrote: That's a nought on the end too much, I would not have it as a gift


Would like to add I'm only 32 so have many many years to work with this.
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Posted 8 years 9 months ago #19833
it's better than most ficusses you see on these boards..

looks like a workable base.. but personally i'd only pay half of what they ask..
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Posted 8 years 9 months ago #19848
Hi Justin,

While I acknowledge the fact that this Ficus it is not at all a bad starting material, actually I think is much better than the ones we so frequently see in here, I still believe that 120 euros it is asking too much money for this tree in particular. As Cronic said, maybe the half of it would be more reasonable. For instance, in this thread I bought a very nice hawthorn for almost the same price (it was 5 euros cheaper actually):



Now, as far as rating a 名媛直播 due to its characteristics, this link might prove to be useful enough:



Also, David Benavente?s vision is an interesting starting point when buying or collecting new trees:



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Posted 8 years 9 months ago #19849
That's ?120 not euros!!! Ridiculous price for poor material
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Posted 8 years 9 months ago #19851

m5eaygeoff wrote: That's ?120 not euros!!!


Ha... Right, I overlooked completely the pound sign and then I did the conversion to euros... Approximately 162 euros... Again, far too much...

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Posted 8 years 9 months ago #19856
Not sure if you need more confirmation but yeah, that's too expensive.
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Posted 8 years 9 months ago #19858
it was sold anyway, they hadn't removed it from their website... the search continues.

well in my experience of the uk market so far (very new to this)that was a good price, I'm waiting on some that the same company are collecting in march from Germany.

maybe I'm looking in the wrong places? the uk does have a tendency to massively over price everything in comparison to the rest of the world...

if any of you can help me find a nice ficus for around that price then please do, I'm at a loss tbh. wondering whether to buy a load of low quality plants and attempt a trunk graft but even these are expensive here at 15 pounds a pop!
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