Ficus benjamina bonsai post summer haircut. Ready to grow wild and do it all over again.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.poundncashdown.com/post/90603

This is a follow up to my previous post linked here.

I’m trying to encourage the trunk to thicken while slowly figuring out which branches to make the main ones and how to balance the overall shape.

I try to let this tree grow out thick and dense with little to no trimming, then chop it back to a state that will let light through to the lower foliage while building the shape. That usually means clipping off upward growing new shoots to push growth into lateral or more downward growing shoots. Rinse and repeat that a couple times a year and we’re here.

I usually propagate most of the cuttings by throwing them in water under a grow light elsewhere.

I'm still lacking some solid, low growing, main branches. Stay tuned for more shenanigans.