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Per Khaimraj Seepersad's (iBonsai) kind suggestion and wonderful sketch below I have slanted and repotted my bonsai in a shallower pot... the left oversized exposed root has been removed and I have also began a gradual limb pull down via a guide-wire.

Thank you. I feed it a lot of Vitamin B-1 + Hormone root shock stimulant when it was young and after each and every repotting. I slowly began to expose the nebari and lower trunk by raising the tree up at every re-potting. The exposed roots seem to like to swell up on ficus here in humid...

No worries Dorothy as I know that poor little tree has been through a whole of changes!

Pardon my ignorance but are you suggesting "air layering" more for the top portion of my tree or to restart/correct growth from the existing trunk and exposed roots?

Dorothy that is the same tree as in the other thread you suggested that I "air layer".

Thanks Dorothy. Any training suggestions? What do you think about the exposed jinned root on the right of the tree (your left)? Appreciate any/all feedback. Have a wonderful day.

Not cut back in so much as just angled more to help it blend in with the rest of the trunk taper.

A few more pics of the trunk and roots fro your kind review. It has been advised to cut off the exposed jinned root (as it is too big for the tree) and to angle the left side root cut even further for an improved taper. Below are the suggested cuts and repairs in red:

I concur with Dorothy. There are two varieties and the second one is known as a Green Island Mound... it has a pointed leaf with a rougher bark texture and produces no figs. It grows much faster than the rounded Green Island ficus and has more unruly aerial roots.

Nice bonsai. I am planning to repot my Green Island Ficus after the New Year into a shallower but slightly wider grayish brown oval pot.

April 2013 October 2013 Front October 2013 Left Side October 2013 Back October 2013 Right Side Well there it is... mistakes and all! Really hard sometimes to make a cut but it is coming along nicely... falling into the form I envision it to be in another 5 to 6 years. The tree is...

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