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Hi kay, Maples and Black pines are not good material for beginners like us. Junipers, olives, ficus, and bougainvilleas are more suited for people just getting into bonsai. Try to avoid over watering wither automatic or by hand as its a common rookie mistake. No one will tell you where to get...

Heres a pick of a ficus I angled cut near the new growth this past October. The caliber of the trunk is about 2 1/2 inches. I used non conifer cut past and you can see it is already forming a callous at the top. I am in a very dry environment though so all of my trunk chops don't have much die...

It does bud back well but their is always some die back. Benjamina drops its leaves with cold weather, I don't think it needs to be in a marijuana tent, just bring it inside til it gets warm. The humidity might cause you to have a problem with fungus. What I do with mine is just cut it back to...

thanks for the link, that cut paste looks good. I've chopped it down to the live wood already and Ill take it down to its final height in the summer. For now I'm going to apply copper antifungals to the trunk. I do wish though there was a systemic antifungal I could give. I suspect the fungus...

This kind of fungus is known to kill the entire tree, also Ive never had a benjamina die back more than 2 inches and this is the first time Ive had this problem. I hope your right though, the base of the tree is very nice. BTW, the area you outlined has been cut off, that part of the trunk was...

Ive had this benjamina for a year and a half. It was cut down from an 18 foot tree to about 5 feet. I had the guy cut it, he used a saw. I put it into a 20 inch bowel this summer and left the top so the tree can re-cooperate. Everything was going good until this winter when noticed bracket fungi...

If you do choose to make it into a semi cascade, it will have a box like look to it. Most people would try and avoid right angles and things that are vertical or horizontal to the pot. But if you want to try just plant it in a deep pot and try to fit the roots. No reason to airlayer it unless...

Looks like one a got last winter. I would not do a semi-cascade. I would put it back to the original orientation before you saved it and grow it out. I'm going to attach pix of a similar ficus i picked up for 5 dollars. I just potted it up a year ago. When I first got it, it had a total of 3...

I would put at least a 45 degree lean and move it towards the front right corner. If you did that, the first branch would become your apex. Alternatively, you can straighten the first curve then bend it severely at your current apex. I would also move it into a much larger container but...