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If I took one or more cuttings from the tree would it be possible to make it into a multi trunk style?

Also in the picture you can see a branch coming from below the S shape. It just doesn't look right there. I have read that will a bit of pressure over time branches can fuse. If I tied that branch to the trunk would that be enough to fuse the 2 or am I totally wrong?

tommyboy26 wrote: If I took one or more cuttings from the tree would it be possible to make it into a multi trunk style?

If you take one cutting you can make one multi-trunk style tree. If you take many cuttings, you can make a forest. However, it will take many years.

Also in the picture you can see a branch coming from below the S shape. It just doesn't look right there. I have read that will a bit of pressure over time branches can fuse. If I tied that branch to the trunk would that be enough to fuse the 2 or am I totally wrong?

You are totally wrong but you're right that it doesn't look good there.

You could let it grow as a sacrifice branch.

When you say take one cutting to make one multi trunk tree do you mean separately to the tree I already have or use the cutting with the tree I have?

Can you explain the term sacrifice branch?


Sorry if these questions are silly

tommyboy26 wrote: Can you explain the term sacrifice branch?

If Auk doesn't mind, I'd like to take a stab at answering the question with a helpful link.

In short, a sacrifice branch is a branch that you grow out to encourage the trunk below that branch to thicken. When the trunk has reached the desired thickness, you cut the branch off. If you're a hoarder like me, you might try air layering the branch and/or getting it to root as a cutting rather than just discarding it, but no promises that'll work.

I had considered using it as a cutting. Have read up on what to do. Just need to get wound paste before I do it.

On a side note. The how to section on this site says to just plant cuttings in soil. But I have also seen online some people suggest putting cuttings in water to encourage roots to grow. Could you please tell me which is better to do and why?

I've seen mentioned that water + Ficus latex = fungus food, so you may want to avoid that - or at the least, let the cutting sit for 24 hours to air dry before sticking it in the water.
Really, the only advantage to using water is you get to see the roots grow. I've done it with some pepper plants that some asshole delivering the phone book thought needed busting up (broke the stem in three places, but joke's on him; I wound up with three pepper plants because they're just that hard to kill). It may seem like it's harder to let the cutting desiccate, but I've found the opposite to be true - it's very, very easy to forget to top off the water for a couple of days in the summer and come back to discover your little plant's baby roots have dried. I've lost more than a couple that way, including some promising roses that my wife was rather unhappy to see go.
My preference is thus to use a seed starting soil and/or something like coconut fiber, but really regular potting soil should do the trick. The important part is to make sure your plant doesn't dry out before it grows roots, which necessitates some form of containment. I like to drape plastic wrap (you know, a film like Saran Wrap or something similar) fairly loosely over the cutting. That helps hold moisture, but not to the point that the air stagnates and fungi start growing. I've also seen people using plastic bottles with the bottoms cut off for mini greenhouses.

Thank you for your reply. It is very informative I think I well avoid the water method!

Hi Tommyboy, here is what I did with such a "bonsai" if you are looking for some ideas.

That was very helpful. I really like them on the slab. It gives me hope for mine. I like the forest style I might plan that for the future!

At the time I did that I took a number of cuttings as well, 10 of them rooted and are alive and well with heights ranging from 10 to 20cm now.
So I got 13 plants out of one in a relatively short amount of time and just for 9 euros