This query is directed primarily at those with great experience and have developed old looking figs for many years.
My problem is, that I want to grow my PJ's and MB's to look like the big old figs similar to the ones you see in botanical gardens that are enormous and broom style equivalent.
The end result I would like is something large about 1 metre in height.
My confusion, is in the branch placement. I have noticed that looking at these large specimens in the park, there is a lot of reverse taper because the first branches all start out from the same height, and all grow out radially, for example it is quite common to see 5 or 6 or 7 thick branches all starting out from the same point, and so on and so on going up the trunk. Now, if I copy this form in bonsai form to my figs, am I going to get ridiculous boulging?
For example the first branches I have, start about 12cm high and I have about 3 or 4 starting here, then the next lot is about 5 cm above that, and there are about 5 branches that come off from there and so on. Is it going to look odd as it gets older, or should I continue with this?
Obviously you can see large moreton bay fig specimens in parks where there is just a shemozzle of branches going out in every direction and it looks good, and it appears to have reverse taper simply because of the huge number of branches that start low, but you don't notice this at all.
I only have young Moreton Bay Figs about 4 or 5 years old so far, but recently purchased older Port Jackson figs which I have not really grown before up until now, so I don't have experience with them yet.
This is 2 pictures of the first fig I am confused about:
