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Posted 8 years 3 months ago #18326
Hi everybody, I need some advice on how to style my tree
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Posted 8 years 3 months ago #18329
Same as the other photos... I'm not sure what I'm looking at.

Can you post a better photo, with clear contrast, a better background, and without all the lines you drew on it?
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Posted 8 years 3 months ago #18337
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Posted 8 years 3 months ago #18341
The design you made will not work; the trunk is too thin, relative to the mass of foliage you have in mind.
Question is what direction you want to go. This tree currently isn't very interesting, but this can be improved.

If you want to go for the size you have now, you will need to let it grow. I'd remove that left top. Move the plant to a biger, but shallower pot, and just let it grow. You're going to need more branches lower on the trunk.

Alternatively, you could consider making a much smaller tree and cut it off, at about 1/4 of it's current height.

Leatherback has experience with Ficus, I don't, so I hope he'll give some advice.
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Posted 8 years 3 months ago #18348
Thanx
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Posted 8 years 2 months ago #18898
I did a trunk chop
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Posted 8 years 2 months ago #18900
Never saw this before.

How low did you go? Back to the first 1/4 of the plant? :woohoo:
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Posted 8 years 2 months ago #19302
Jip;)
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