Bonsai Ficus Pruning

Only trim the stems not the leaves of a ficus.

Bonsai ficus pruning. Shears come in varying sizes the size you. Ficus tree pruning needs to take place when the plant is no longer actively growing. Growing indoor bonsai has become very popular and for some people bonsai is just about indoor trees. In this video jason works on a chinese elm bonsai that he trunk chopped three years ago.

Ensure excellent drainage drainage layer made with clay pebbles or gravel drainage hole under the pot clean sand in the soil mix. Trimmed leaves take on an. Once a year is perfect and you can pair it with trimming defoliating and pruning to slowly create a majestic elegant bonsai. Ficus is a very fast grower.

Keep the new growth trimmed back during the growing season. Use small sharp scissors to prune bonsai. Once 6 8 leaves have grown on a branch prune 2. Ideally do the heavy pruning in the spring but it can be done year round.

Repotting your ficus microcarpa is essential every one to three years. Step 2 determine where to cut. Most plants are vegetatively active in spring and summer with growth dying down in fall. He goes over some basic pruning techniques and discusses things to keep in mind when ramifying the branches on your tree.

Place your bonsai on a flat surface at eye level. You will need shears and a concave cutter. Ficus trees take pruning very well. 6 steps to pruning your bonsai step 1 have your tools ready.

Analyse your bonsai tree to. Essentially there are two different techniques. Pruning off the leaves can also reduce the leaves size as well. Make a sketch of the desired.

Choose from approximately 10 styles of shaping including slanting and formal upright. Hosted by jason chan of eastern leaf. In fact it is necessary in order to maintain the shape of the tree. How to prune branches on a bonsai ficus 1.

Therefore winter is the best time for trimming ficus trees. Prune back to 2 4 leaves after 6 10 leaves have grown. Step 3 deadwood. Maintenance pruning to maintain and refine the existing shape of a bonsai and structural pruning which involves more rigorous pruning to give a tree its basic shape or style.

In this video i talk about the ficus retusa. So you should follow all step for your bonsai. Cutting branches to shape your tree. By winter the plant has gone into dormancy and is less susceptible to injury.

In this episode i discuss about how you care your ficus bonsai in monsoon season.