Bonsai Fig Tree Pruning

Growing indoor bonsai has become very popular and for some people bonsai is just about indoor trees.

Bonsai fig tree pruning. It is important to prune these growth areas regularly in order to encourage growth closer to the inner parts of the tree. The best time for pruning fig trees is after fruit has ripened usually in mid summer. Ficus trees take pruning very well. So you should follow all step for your bonsai.

In fact it is necessary in order to maintain the shape of the tree. Weeping fig ficus benjamina often develops aerial roots. In this episode i discuss about how you care your ficus bonsai in monsoon season. To thicken the tree s trunk grow the trunk freely for a year or two.

As explained above trees will concentrate most growth on the top and outer parts of the tree. Fruit is born on the previous season s growth so avoid removing those terminal branches. This allows time to harden off the fresh growth that is stimulated by cutting. Pinching back thin leggy branches helps ficus varieties maintain a fuller shape.

A weeping style bonsai of brya ebenus. Once 6 8 leaves have grown on a branch prune 2. Bonsai maintenance pruning the goal of maintenance pruning is to maintain and refine the shape of a tree. Young trees respond well to light pruning that creates an even scaffold of strong branches.

Take your time when pruning a ficus bonsai for the best shaping results. Pruning off the leaves can also reduce the leaves size as well.