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Let it grow or prune it?

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Posted 5 years 6 months ago #58032
I just got this ficus bonsai today at Walmart. I am not sure if I should prune it because it looks quite young.
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Posted 5 years 6 months ago #58033

X_Bravo_Six_X wrote: I just got this ficus [strike]bonsai[/strike] today at Walmart. I am not sure if I should prune it because it looks quite young.


It is young. Not sure why you want to prune it? It's not a bonsai, and pruning it won't make it a bonsai.
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Posted 5 years 6 months ago #58034
How is it not a bonsai tree? It's literally listed on this website.
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Posted 5 years 6 months ago #58035

X_Bravo_Six_X wrote: How is it not a bonsai tree? It's literally listed on this website.


I know! Confusing right?

Maybe this helps you (Yeah, this questions comes up so often I decided to write out the thinking behind it!):
www.growingbonsai.net/why-is-my-tree-not-a-bonsai/
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Posted 5 years 6 months ago #58039

X_Bravo_Six_X wrote: How is it not a bonsai tree? It's literally listed on this website.


Elms and maples are listed too. Doesn't mean that every elm or maple is a bonsai.

This is just a young ficus, not shaped, in a pot with a rock and some dead moss. It's not even a mallsai.
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