Mickey Mouse Topiary - 3 Months In - Creeping Fig Vine - July 2021
Earlier this Spring, we came home with a Standing Micky Mouse metal wire topiary frame from the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival and I went ahead figuring out how to acquire the material, stuff the thing, wire it up and plant it with a creeping Fig Vine. Here's that post from April that shows the steps I took to get it set up initially. Mickey Mouse topiary spent the first few months of its life on our counter top in the kitchen sitting in a bowl. I tried to keep it pretty wet and the vine grew just a little bit. Then, I had a setback with some dieback on the tips of the vine. I think I let it dry out too much. Around the beginning of June, I decided to try to move it outside on our back stoop and patio. After a few days of trying to harden the vine off (I put it out in the shade for a few hours, then brought it back in. Repeat that process over the course of a week or so, each day adding a little bit of time.), I decided to give it a little bit of assistance in terms of