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Please help with ficus bonsai under training 8 years 6 months ago #16885

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I am trying to train my ficus religiosa plants as bonsai. I will transplant it in bonsai pot when styling done.



Here are few photos of it. As you can see branches seems good but they a starting from too high which is making it look unbalanced.

Please help me to find the solution. I tried to do grafting to induce lower branch but unsuccessful.

What should I do now. I am thinking to let it grow higher so that it can look balanced. But it will make it look thin. I was also thinking about any trick to hide some part trunk?

Any ideas please. I am open to any option like changing its style. Please help.

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Please help with ficus bonsai under training 8 years 6 months ago #16894

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The trick is to let the trunk grow fat. Currently it is way to thin for the foliage (Leaves too big). THat is what makes it look odd.
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Please help with ficus bonsai under training 8 years 6 months ago #16901

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Thanks for reply, I have tried reducing the leaves. I wanted to first style the branches.

I have one more ficus religiosa bonsai and its leaves reduce pretty well (1-1.5) cm.

I want to make it bonsai fast because I have so make trees but none of them finished and trunk thickening will take lot more time. I thought to do it while training branches.

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There are good bonsai, and there are fast-created bonsai. The two don't combine. Bonsai is a marathon sport, not a sprint. If you are unwilling to wait for nature to take it course, maybe Bonsai is not for you, or you have to accept that you will not grow good bonsai..

Consider buying one or two good trunks, which you can use to build your first bonsai, while these fatten up. Tree heigh css trunk thickness (diameter) should be in the order of 6:1 to 12:1, to give you and idea.

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Please help with ficus bonsai under training 8 years 6 months ago #16908

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Total height of tree is 20 inch and diameter is 1.2 inch.

Beaches are beginning from 8 inch high. So according to bonsai rule its total should be 24 inch and diameter 2 inch.

Are there calculations right.

I will let a sacrifice branch grow to make trunk thick.

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So according to bonsai rule its total should be 24 inch and diameter 2 inch.

Are there calculations right.


I think that should be 12/2 inch (or 24/4)

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