Re: Ficus palmeri and a not so new intro :)
- Subject: Re: Ficus palmeri and a not so new intro :)
- From: D*
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:37:49 -0700 (PDT)
--- david feix <davidfeix@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Barry,
>
> I don't think this Ficus will be too happy outdoors
> in
> your climate, so cold and foggy most of the summer
> there in Seaside. It will probably be much happier
> if
> grown indoors in a greenhouse of sunny sunporch,
> where
> the ambient temps are more agreeable to it. It
> definitely prefers dry heat to cool damp fog.
Well, i'm keeping it in a pot, and in a very bright
room, so we'll see what happens. If it likes heat, i
suspect it will grow, albeit slowly. But, i'll keep it
watered in summer, and then dry the rest of the year.
Anyway, speaking of figs, there's a guy in Modesto who
has a Ficus macrophylla var. columnaris (Lord Howe
Island Fig I think) and the thing has already sent out
aerial roots from the lower part of the trunk. In 100
F. central valley dry heat.
You can see it here: http://www.cloudforest.com/cafe/forum/7016.html
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