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	Weeping Fig - Plant of the Week
		The weeping fig, known to most of the 70's vintage houseplant enthusiasts as "ficus," was in the right place at the right time to sweep across the U.S. and move into most of our homes.
		This fig is native of southeastern Asia and the Malayan peninsula and is a member of the mulberry family.
		The weeping fig is usually grown as a single stem tree, often with dangling aerial roots that strive to reach the ground like its cousin the banyan of India.
	www.arhomeandgarden.org /plantoftheweek/articles/Weeping_Fig.htm (644 words)

	Q&A With Sandy Feather: Weeping fig plants are sensitive to any change in position (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Weeping figs (Ficus benjamina) are famous for dropping leaves when moved from one location to another.
		Weeping figs are very sensitive to changing light levels, and respond with a dramatic loss of leaves.
		Weeping trees are usually grafted, and the straight growth is coming from the rootstock rather than the scion, or the desirable weeping portion.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/07027/757178-47.stm (564 words)

	Penn State News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Weeping fig is well-known for its durability and can be seen in many malls and office settings where conditions vary.
		Weeping fig can be located 6 to 8 feet from a bright window and still put on steady growth.
		Weeping fig is very tolerant of temperature and adapts well between 60 and 90 degrees F, but can survive lower temperatures without damage.
	www.psu.edu /ur/2000/weepfig.html (633 words)

	Weeping Fig Toxicity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Introduction: Weeping fig (Ficus benjamina), a common indoor tree, is considered a non toxic plant to humans.
		Discussion: Any bird suspected of ingesting an irritant plant such as weeping fig, should be given an antacid preparation by dropper or oral syringe to alleviate oral irritation, then taken into the bathroom and allowed to inhale steam for 15 to 20 minutes.
		Weeping fig should be considered potentially toxic to birds.
	www.exoticbird.com /gillian/fig.html (237 words)

	Weeping Fig
		Weeping figs (Ficus benjamina) are popular as houseplants, in offices and interior landscaping.
		Weeping figs are usually sold as 3-to 6-feet potted trees or bushes.
		Weeping figs are grown for their attractive form and foliage.
	hgic.clemson.edu /factsheets/HGIC1514.htm (847 words)

	Weeping fig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Weeping fig is the most common indoor tree used in homes, and is available in green or variegated forms.
		Weeping figs generally prefer moderate to warm temperatures in the home, and tolerate medium to very high-light situations.
		Spider mites, mealy bugs and scale insects are occasional pests on weeping figs, which are relatively disease free.
	www.ext.colostate.edu /ptlk/1330.html (244 words)

	Effects of Moisture Stress During Simulated Shipping on Quality of Dracaena 'Massangeana', Dwarf Schefflera and Weeping ...
		Quality of weeping fig immediately after storage was better in both experiments when plants were watered on the day of simulated shipping, or 1 day prior, compared to plants watered farther from the beginning of simulated shipping.
		For weeping fig watered the day simulated shipping began, or 1 or 4 days before beginning shipping, weight lost from the growing medium and plant tissues during simulated shipping decreased as time of last watering prior to simulated shipping increased (Table 2).
		As a survival mechanism, moisture stressed weeping figs formed an abscission layer of cells at the point of petiole attachment on some leaves, shedding foliage to decrease plant water requirements.
	www.mrec.ifas.ufl.edu /Foliage/Resrpts/rh_94_3.htm (1665 words)

	Ficus for Indoors Weeping, Creeping, Rubber and Fiddleleaf
		Tree form weeping figs are often available with interesting braided trunks.
		Weeping figs, fiddleleaf figs and rubber plants all like to be slightly crowded in their container.
		Weeping and creeping figs are propagated by rooted cuttings.
	www.bachmans.com /retail/tipsheets/indoor_plants/FicusforIndoors.cfm (967 words)

	IS1457 Fruit and Nut Review: Figs
		The caprifig has male and female flowers within the same fig, and the fig wasp transfers pollen to figs with only female flowers that must be pollinated for the fruit to develop.
		Relatives of the fig (plant family Moraceae) include the mulberry; osage orange, which we know as bowdock and horse apple; all the ornamental figs, such as weeping fig (Ficus benjamina); the hops used in making beer; jakfruit (a large tropical edible fruit); and the "fl sheep" of the family, Cannabis sativa, commonly known as marijuana.
		Figs grow well on a wide range of soil if the soil is well drained, reasonably fertile, and there is plenty of moisture available.
	msucares.com /pubs/infosheets/is1457.htm (979 words)

	Figs Under Lights
		The most commonly encountered bonsai fig is probably Ficus benjamina, the weeping fig, but there are many other suitable figs, and some even more suitable to bonsai cultivation.
		Fig leaves can be restrained somewhat by growing the figs under very bright light, pot culture, and with good bonsai care.
		Figs have two styles which are almost uniquely their own: the banyan style and the epiphyte style.
	www.bonsaihunk.us /Figsindoors.html (2586 words)

	Weeping fig, Ficus Benjamina, Variegata - Plantas de casa - Moraceae
		El Weeping fig es de la talla medio, y puede alcanzar los 10 m de grandeza; in invierno toma una coloración verdeblanco.
		El Weeping fig tiene el desarrolle derecho y con el pasar de los año, se vuelve un árbol.
		Durante los meses del verano, se aconseja de continuar con abonos periódicos; intervenimos cada 15-20 días, añadiendo al agua del riego abono para plantas verdes o para plantas de flores.
	es.gardening.eu /private/lingua.asp?lingua=spagnolo&url=&urles=/plantas/Plantas-de-casa/Ficus-Benjamina/174/&richiesta=Y (367 words)

	Garden Data Sheets
		While the weeping fig is relatively easy to grow in and around the home, the plant is better off grown with minimal care, not given an over-abundance of attention.
		Because weeping figs perform best when the roots are pot-bound, you seldom have to repot the plant.
		Weeping fig can’t be moved from one place to another if it’s going to receive less light than it had before.
	www.jackeden.com /cgi-bin/sheets/viewdata.cgi?id=996890843 (1296 words)

	Ficus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There is typically only one species of wasp capable of fertilizing the flowers of each species of fig, and therefore plantings of fig species outside of their native range results in effectively sterile individuals.
		The figs were grown some 11,400 years ago, and because they were of a mutation which could not reproduce normally, it is proposed that they may have been planted and cultivated intentionally, one thousand years before the next crops domesticated (wheat and rye).
		Figs and other dried fruit were measured for their antioxidant content.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fig (808 words)

	How to Grow Figs - Learn the basic of Growing Figs
		Because different fig species bear fruit at different times of the year, the fig is considered a “keystone” fruit of the rainforest.
		The fig is a synconium, or a gourd like receptacle that is flower and fruit gardening guides home and hiding place to its flowers and filled with the edible seeds that give dried figs their nutty flavor.
		Although many domestically cultivated figs have been hybridized to be self-pollinating, in its natural state, a tiny wasp that enters the synconium through an ostiole, or opening, opposite the stem end, pollinates the Common Fig.
	www.gardening-guides.com /article-pages/how-to/how_to_grow_figs.htm (617 words)

	Ficus benjamina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is a tree reaching 30 m tall in natural conditions, with gracefully drooping branchlets and glossy leaves 6-13 cm long, oval with an acuminate tip.
		In tropical latitudes, the Weeping Fig makes a very large and stately tree for parks and other urban situations, such as wide roads.
		Weeping Fig has been shown by NASA to effectively filter indoor air toxins.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Weeping_Fig (347 words)

	Weeping Fig
		Weeping fig is one of the finest indoor trees.
		It's branches weep slightly and are covered with shiny, small leaves.
		Expect some leaves to yellow and drop from weeping fig after any move and in winter.
	www.bhg.com /bhg/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/bhg/story/data/weepingfig_hp_01062002.xml&catref=cat40055 (125 words)

	Ficus benjamina: Weeping Fig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The dense, rounded canopy and gracefully drooping branches of Weeping Fig made it quite popular as a landscape tree until recently.
		Able to tolerate severe pruning, Weeping Fig can also be successfully used as a clipped hedge or screen and is probably best used in this fashion, or can be trained into an espalier or topiary.
		Weeping Fig may be infected by scales, but is resistant to leaf thrips which will distort new leaves on some other figs.
	edis.ifas.ufl.edu /BODY_ST251 (661 words)

	GH Gardening - Houseplants - Weeping Fig
		The weeping fig has an upright trunk with a delicately branching, open crown.
		Pot your weeping fig in a good quality indoor potting soil, and keep it evenly moist, but never soggy.
		It is best not to move a happily growing weeping fig, as this can cause it to drop leaves.
	www.thegardenhouse.com /meadow/gardening/houseplants/fig.html (277 words)

	Weeping Fig, Ficus benjamina
		Weeping fig, Ficus benjamina, is very popular houseplant with elegant glossy green leaves, graceful arching branches and smooth, light gray bark.
		The trunks of young fig trees are very flexible and tolerate this handling with no ill effect.
		The most common problem with fig trees is leaf drop, which is their normal response to almost any type of stress, including overwatering, underwatering, moving, drafts, and low light.
	hortparadise.unl.edu /Newsrelease/News/Ficus.htm (537 words)

	Fig. DermNet NZ
		The fig is believed to be indigenous to western Asia and to have been distributed by man throughout the Mediterranean area.
		Fig leaves are bright green, single, alternate and large (to 25cm length).
		The second crop is borne in the fall on the new growth and is known as the main crop.
	www.dermnetnz.org /dermatitis/plants/fig.html (517 words)

	Landscaping Indoors
		Sadly, figs with kindling-dry twigs and snapping branches are candidates for the compost pile, wood chipper, or Department of Sanitation.
		The key to growing figs successfully is to allow them to dry out almost completely (especially in apartments with chilly hibernal temperatures) before saturating them.
		Benjamin Fig, Weeping Fig Ficus benjamina—Weeping fig is one of the most popular houseplants in the U.S. It has a graceful, open, slightly weeping form as well as thinly leathery, symmetric, ovate-elliptic (oval to egg-shaped) 3- to 5-inch leaves.
	www.bbg.org /gar2/topics/indoor/handbooks/landscaping/ficus.html (1780 words)

	Plant Disease Note 2004 \| Tumorigenic Agrobacterium sp. Isolated from Weeping Fig in Spain
		After colony purification and tomato and weeping fig plant inoculations, one nonpathogenic and five Agrobacterium isolates that were tumorigenic in both plant species were characterized.
		Nopaline was the unique opine found in galls induced in weeping fig plants inoculated with the pathogenic isolates.
		Later, tumorigenic agrobacteria from weeping fig galls were isolated in Italy and the Netherlands (4).
	www.apsnet.org /pd/searchnotes/2004/0209-01N.asp (370 words)

	Plant List 9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Santa Barbara has a Moreton Bay Fig which was planted in 1877 that has a spread of over 150 ft. This is the species that Disney Land calls the Swiss Family Robinson Tree.
		Underside of leaf has a rusty pubescence and is 4 to 6 inches in length.
		This is probably the darkest green of all the figs that we studied.
	www.csupomona.edu /~froth/hor231/plantlist9.html (961 words)

	Moraceae or Fig Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		MORACEAE FIG FAMILY INTRODUCTION: Houseplants in the fig family consist of vines, shrubs and trees that are native to the tropics and subtropics.
		Ficus benjamina, the weeping fig, is the most common plant in this genus.
		The creeping fig, Ficus pumila, is a popular vine and is commonly used for topiary.
	aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu /syllabi/302/fig/fig.htm (301 words)

	Candy's Plant Guide - Ficus, Fig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Figs are native to tropical and subtropical regions all over the world...
		Creeping fig (Ficus pumila) - This plant is good for a hanging basket or for topiaries....
		Weeping Fig (Ficus benjamina) - The weeping fig is one of the most commong and beloved houseplants and will grow large under average conditions...
	www.always-online.com /owens/plant/ficus.htm (295 words)

	Questions On Fig
		A: Your sister-in-law has a fig tree that is infested with scale and spider mites.
		I don’t know the cause of the gall on your fig tree, but it is usually a mite or psyllid that has “stung” the vascular tissue and laid eggs.
		However, based on what you have told me and knowing what typical care is given houseplants, I suspect that the fig is being infected with one of the water molds, either Pythium or Phytophthora.
	www.ext.nodak.edu /extnews/hortiscope/tree/fig.htm (1680 words)

	Weeping fig tree problems
		Although a weeping fig can grow in relatively low light, relative to corn or tomatoes that is, it still needs several hours of light of an intensity that would be found under a shade tree that is not too dense.
		Whichever you choose, read the label before purchasing it to be sure it will kill scale and is labeled for use on the weeping fig, Ficus benjamina, or at least labeled for use on indoor ornamental plants.
		Follow directions carefully, and if you are especially concerned, apply the product outside on a warm day and wait for the insecticide to dry before bringing the weeping fig and other plants back indoors.
	www.cahe.nmsu.edu /CES/yard/1998/011298.html (643 words)

	PlantFiles: Detailed information on Weeping Fig Ficus benjamina
		We don´t have the wasps that promote the fertilization of its figs, so it never came to be a problem for public buildings (like bridges, highways, sidewalks) like other big fig trees, like F. microcarpa, although it may force everything around while it grows.
		The Weeping Fig grows beautifully in the extreme temperatures of the San Joaquin Valley, California, in a container.
		Like all the figs, the F. benjamina will weep a milky sap when the branch is cut, but there is no major harm to the plant from an occasional pruning.
	davesgarden.com /pf/go/719 (2006 words)

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