Hi guys,

I'm new to bonsai and I would like a bit of advice. I attached a photo of a ficus benjamina, it's my colleague's tree and it looks like it has never received any kind of care or basic treatment although the overall look is not bad.

Come spring time I'm planning on repotting the tree using a slightly larger bonsai pot, leaving at least 60% of the original soil, maybe adding a bit of sphagnum moss, hard pruning and fertilizing.

And my question is: Would you be ok doing all of these things at once to a tree which has never been repotted or fertilized? I don't want to cause a major shock to the tree and kill it.

Thank you very much

I would say that this tree is a decade or so from beeing a bonsai. Right now all it needs is growth. Treat it as any other house plant.