AusBonsai

This is one of my favourite trees.

I will defoliate the tree shortly before spring to wire and shape!

Let me know what you think.

awesome!! not sure if that'd be the best time to defol... maybe wait a little longer? depends on where you are i guess. A local fella with a tonne of figs says that since he was a kid he and his dad would do all fig defols on boxing day...

If it were mine I'd get that little fatty into a 12 inch pot, pic a new leader and remove almost everything else. Could be a great little tree in a couple of seasons

ViBeS wrote:If it were mine I'd get that little fatty into a 12 inch pot, pic a new leader and remove almost everything else. Could be a great little tree in a couple of seasons

It already is a great little tree and it is 'broom'-style like a fig.

Ash

Just watch that all those branches at the top don't swell too much... Reverse taper? Maybe reduce a few and wire some movement into the ones you keep.... Looking good though

That's a little chubba Tim, I like the pot too

ViBeS wrote:If it were mine I'd get that little fatty into a 12 inch pot, pic a new leader and remove almost everything else. Could be a great little tree in a couple of seasons

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