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    ok, what am i doing here.... i need some direction with my ficus b. (w/pic)

    ok, i really dont know what im trying to do here. what i do know is that im going about it ALL WRONG! it started out as 3 roughly 2 foot tall trees, now its down to about 9" at the tallest point. every time it grows a new shoot down lower, i trim it above that spot. im also trying to fuse the...
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    do fabians make good bonsais?

    I bought a Fabian plant/tree type thing. I don't know much about it, but I've read they grow slowly, so I thought it might make a good bonsai because it won't outgrow the pot too quickly. Anyone ever grown a Fabian as a bonsai???
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    am i pruning my ficus benjimina correctly?

    I bought it as 3 scronny 2' tall trunks on one plant. I have wrapped the first 3" or so of the trunks with green garden ribbon to fuse them together. BUT, here's my question...... I want to make it significantly shorter. Every time I get a new sprout lower on one of the trunks, I cut it just...
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    Keeping moss alive?

    Hi, i just went on my roof the other day and found that i have virtually an endless supply of gorgeous moss growing up there. So i brought some down (almost fell out of the tree while climbing down with one hand full of moss lol). Anyway, i put it around the base of my bonsai, theres 2 kinds...
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    braided ficus benjamina?

    Ok, so im a noob to bonsai. I have a 3 trunk ficus. I dont like the forest look. What do u think about a braided trunk ficus? It is young and the trunks are still very pliable. And after i did the braided trunk, what else could i do? Windswept? Is that too much going on in one tree? Comments?
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    New ficus too big for window, can i prune now?

    Just bought a multi trunk ficus benjamina for my bay window off craigslist for $20. I think ill bonsai it in the future. It was just too good of a deal to pass up (considering i just bought a small one at the hardware store for $25 :rolleyes: ). Problem is, i planned to put it in my bay window...
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    Hi, got my first bonsai (a boxwood) need some advice pls

    Hi everyone. I just bought my first bonsai on ebay because theres no where i can buy one local. Its a boxwood (common boxwood i believe). I researched different kinds of bonsai, and boxwood seemed to be the best canidate, although dwarf pomegranete was tempting me quite a bit, just because of...
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