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Reducing an office Ficus for bonsai

forbey
15 years ago

I was given a nice 6-foot Ficus, in a pot. I am looking at shortening the branches ans air-layering the top part of the tree for the purpose of: 1. turning the top of the tree into a bonsai, 2. attempting to jumpstart the trunk to end up with more bonsai.

When and how hard should I reduce the length of the branches and what is the likelyhood of rescuing the trunk to propagate additional trees from it.

Should I wait until the "head" reduction begins to show new growth before I start the air-layering or do them both at the same time?

The tree can be seen in my Webshote album at:

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2905564840012575884iOJiWq

Thanks,

forbey

Here is a link that might be useful: Office Ficus

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