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Hi all,?

Please see below?my Ficus Microcarpa Ginseng before and after pruning. I am aware it may look unusual and that is because I brought this one back to life as the main trunk had died?and as a result?all of these branches grew out of the side of the trunk (none were there before).?

As you can see it has grown pretty well over winter and I have pruned it back as it was getting a little overgrown and needed a bit of a haircut after a long winter. I was just wondering if anybody had any tips regarding pruning, i.e. are there any other points that you would recommend pruning or have I pruned enough for now?

Thank you in advance for any help!?

I do not think there are any microcarpa left on this tree. It seems like the graft was cut off.

In bonsai we try to create a vision of an old tree in nature. How to achive that with ginseng ficus beats me. They just do not look like a tree you would see in nature. Then I stumbled on nigel saunders project of carving the bulky root too look like nebari. Very advanced I would say, but it makes the tree look more like a tree every year. TBH I think starting with a pure microcarpa is easier and faster.

Thank you for the information, I thought that might be the case. That's okay, though,?I will definitely start again at some point with a new plant, probably a different type,?was just trying to get some advice on the pruning of this specific?tree.

The best you can to is to take it outdoors during summer and prune back to one or two set of leafs with a few weeks inbetween. This will not make it a bonsai or image of a tree in nature. But it will most definetely make you understand the effect of pruning and how taper and ramification is made.

As for styling, with the dead top there are no other shoice than broom ish style.