I had a F.Aurea root wrapped around a cedar stump. But it hasn't grown any leaves so I  dug it up to check the roots. It only had to new feeder roots so I just potted it without the stump to let it grow more .  My f aurea cutting needed a better place. Hey stump!

These F. Aurea root so easily I don't use rooting hormone.

No I didn't. It was in a pot with the ficus root  and in high humidity but I guess it doesn't rot easy. The little bit of bark that was on there was the only thing that rotted out.I only filled the stump with amaybe a cup of coarse sand and compost. And I used deer mass as a plug and it holds moisture and oxygen pretty good. I get good root ramification from the coarse builders sand.

I am going to try to keep an eye on it. It was in a wet pot for a year  , still l hope  It'll be ok . I shouldve treated it . It completely slipped my mind. I'm going to feed it heavily this year .  let's see what happens.lol

Hi everyone . I decided it wasn't a bad idea to transplant the cutting since I have touched it since I planted it . The cutting was kind of long since the mother plant was extremely long and leggy. So I pruned it as low as I could atm. I am bringing my ficus pre bonsai indoors and under CFL lights to get close internodes . The stump needs to be tilted to the left next repot.

I added some mosses from the Blue Ridge Mountains.

I wanted to placed the tree off to a side . But the hole in the top was better for the roots to grow naturally. I only added soil in the hole on top . The roots snaked down the stump. I am stumped on a future design for this cutting . I already have a few banyan style pre bonsai I am working  . So I want this one to be different . I would appreciate if you guys could give me ideas maybe a virtual . Thanks