ficus- new question

[amazonida]

Hello mates!

While i was defoliating this well know ficus, i discoverd the possibilite of a new front, can you folks help me choose the new one?
about the pot, i could not find a new one to give it a shine~!!
Cheers

[craigw60]

I don't know about the new front but the tree is crying out to be wired from top to bottom especially those branches in the crown which will thicken and set very quickly.
Craig

[kcpoole]

I like the the first photo as the front as the runk has the best line there I think, but Like craig says it needs to be wired and I would reduce the length of branches to bring it all closer to the trunk

Ken

[yadibrar]

hello frnd,
i think you shd go with round pot .....it has many fronts......[:)].....

[amazonida]

about wiring, shd i bend all? reduce all the branches closer to the trunk to it seems more compact?

[craigw60]

Yes compact is good, its very easy to grow long branches but much more difficult to keep them short. The length of your branches should be dictated by the trunk thickness. Thick trunk=long branches, thin trunk=short branches.
Craig

[amazonida]

i got the ideia. is it good now? or do i have to reduce it even more?

[kcpoole]

Much better

No i will be letting the branches grow to about 4- 6 leaves then cut back to the first pair, Let grow again till anopt lot them repeat
This will build the terminal branch structure and ramification.

Ken

[craigw60]

Looking good there, K.C has the right idea now, grow and cut grow and cut for the rest of your life
Craig

[kvan64]

Maybe it's just me but I would lose that top left bar branch. I like the aerial roots.
Cheers,
DK

[Loretta]

I don't know if anyone has noticed, no one has mentioned it, but in photos 1 and 3 there is a definate little "tree man" dancing in that tree..kicking his leg up and throwing his arms about. It's like something out of a scary fairy tale

Loretta