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I am beginner and got my first Ficus 10months ago. Today i changed to soil and re-potted it. I need some advice/suggestion on how should i go about pruning or shaping his tree. I cannot visualize what should be the front and which branches I need to get rid of. Any help would be much appreciated. And as spring is approaching I think this would be the best time to work on it.

Sorry, but it's very unique type of ficus, for some reason, people keep growing them, and people keep buying them.

You see, we are trying to grow little trees that sort of look like big old trees. Those just don't. They have just to big of roots and trunks. It's just so way out proportion.

Sorry again, just wondering, do they really call them bonsai when you boy them. Not to be sarcastic, and we're really not picky, but to be honest

Thanks for your input. Yes they sell them here as 名媛直播 and unfortunately i did not get a chance to choose it. It was gifted to me. But any how i was thinking to get some insight from experts as to how i can make most out of it.

I'm 100% a beginning beginner, but it doesn't seem like there is much there to prune or shape. If this were my plant I would do 1 or 2 experimental cuts to see how the plant reacts (and how that will affect ramification down the road). Otherwise I would focus on learning how to make the plant flourish for a year or 2 depending on growth rate and then worry about a major overhaul.

Just because the shape of the trunk doesn't follow traditional bonsai aesthetic doesn't mean that you cannot use bonsai techniques to train a plant to be more pleasing to the eye.


(I'm a succulent guy and I love caudiciforms so I am practically drooling looking at your plant. Do you know what Ficus species it is?)

Bunsen33 wrote: If this were my plant I would do 1 or 2 experimental cuts to see how the plant reacts (and how that will affect ramification down the road). Otherwise I would focus on learning how to make the plant flourish for a year or 2 depending on growth rate and then worry about a major overhaul.

I'd probably do that in reverse.

Other than Samantha, I think this isn't the worst 'Ginseng'. Usually, the roots look very much worse than the ones on this one.

(I'm a succulent guy

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I love caudiciforms so I am practically drooling looking at your plant. Do you know what Ficus species it is?)

The Ficus? That's a Ficus Microcarpa 'Ginseng'. That's not a Caudiciform is it?

take the 2nd picture..

wire the 2 side branches down as arms and take a center branch as head and you have a woman's torso.. you even have 2 cutting wounds as breasts

The Ficus? That's a Ficus Microcarpa 'Ginseng'. That's not a Caudiciform is it?

Sorry if what I wrote was confusing. I meant that it has the look of a caudiciform - a shape I find appealing. I would need to do some research to properly answer whether or not this type of Ficus stores water in its roots or trunk.

Yes i might try some experimental cuts. As far as I remember it had just 2 branches and others started growing out. And yes this is a Microcarpa Ficus.

I know as per Samantha this might not be the best looking tree but I would love to take that as a challenge and try to make most of it.

I think I like your idea better. I will wire it and I agree 2nd pic seem like an appealing front to me. Thanks

Guess the replies you got here were not sufficient for you...