Bonsai Ficus Pruning

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

Bonsai ficus pruning. How to prune branches on a bonsai ficus 1. Once a year is perfect and you can pair it with trimming defoliating and pruning to slowly create a majestic elegant bonsai. Ficus trees take pruning very well. Pruning off the leaves can also reduce the leaves size as well.

Keep the new growth trimmed back during the growing season. Ficus tree pruning needs to take place when the plant is no longer actively growing. Most plants are vegetatively active in spring and summer with growth dying down in fall. 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.

A weeping style bonsai of brya ebenus. Prune back to 2 4 leaves after 6 10 leaves have grown. Trimmed leaves take on an. Essentially there are two different techniques.

Ficus is a very fast grower. Ideally do the heavy pruning in the spring but it can be done year round. Only trim the stems not the leaves of a ficus. So you should follow all step for your bonsai.

Growing indoor bonsai has become very popular and for some people bonsai is just about indoor trees. Repotting your ficus microcarpa is essential every one to three years. In this video jason works on a chinese elm bonsai that he trunk chopped three years ago. Cutting branches to shape your tree.

Ensure excellent drainage drainage layer made with clay pebbles or gravel drainage hole under the pot clean sand in the soil mix. Make a sketch of the desired. One of most successful indoor bonsai trees is the. Without doubt the most important way to train a bonsai is to prune it on a regular basis.

You will need shears and a concave cutter. By winter the plant has gone into dormancy and is less susceptible to injury. Shears come in varying sizes the size you. Choose from approximately 10 styles of shaping including slanting and formal upright.

Therefore winter is the best time for trimming ficus trees. 6 steps to pruning your bonsai step 1 have your tools ready. He goes over some basic pruning techniques and discusses things to keep in mind when ramifying the branches on your tree. In this video i talk about the ficus retusa.

Hosted by jason chan of eastern leaf. Analyse your bonsai tree to. Once 6 8 leaves have grown on a branch prune 2. In fact it is necessary in order to maintain the shape of the tree.

Use small sharp scissors to prune bonsai.