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hi

I have this ficus. I repotted it and pruned it. It had never been touched prior to this and as you can see the leaves went huge and unlike bonsai.

I want my bonsai to look like the picture that says bonsaiaim.jpg which is also a ficus.

how do I get it like that. How do I get smaller leaves. Also I pruned some brances all the way back on areas where are there no leaves but have knuckles on the branch etc. so im hoping they come out of there.

thanks in advance for tips.

THe plant you envision is a different species. The plant you have will not become like that. You unfortunately have bought a bonsai parody.

Hi

What do you mean bonsai parody. It said bonsai ficus on the plant when purchased and i linked a ficus.

Ive been reading more and it seems mine has a pot bellied trunk looking like a ginseng root. So is mine a ficus ginseng?

Thanks

Yes, your tree is a ficus ginseng.

Hi

thanks. no idea what leatherback is on about. so going back to my initial question. anyone please?

Rajsta wrote: Hi

thanks. no idea what leatherback is on about. so going back to my initial question. anyone please?

to answer your question ill quote leatherback as he is correct, you have a different species so will never achieve that goal. what you have is more of a house plant. although im sure the label said bonsai its just a ficus ginseng most likely grafted cant really tell from the photo and labeled as bonsai to sell. since doing this hobby i have never seen one of these look fairly decent (from my experience) and if you search this forum im sure you will find all of them posted look just like yours.

so its not a bonsai? the small bark trunk looks nice like a bonsai.

if I keep trimming leaves will to grow smaller leaves? it may not look like the one I want but will it grow more leaves so it is more bushy.

will it sill produce aerial roots?

what does grafted mean?

im new to the hobby. I have been reading some nice pages on this site.

will be purchasing more varieties.

Hey leatherback

thank you so much for the article. so helpful.

im a noob and obviously I made a noob purchase for my brother... maybe that's why he didn't want it.... lol

oh well. ill keep it .. it will still live and look nice.

I will start to buy real bonsai . I need one in each room/toilet

Rajsta wrote: I will start to buy real bonsai . I need one in each room/toilet

Then I’m afraid you’ll be very disappointed to learn that bonsai do not belong indoor... :dry: