Hey all, I would like some advice on this young tigerbark ficus. I haven't had it all that long and it was repotted right before I got it a couple months ago so I haven't seen the root system.
I'm not crazy about the s-curve of the trunk, and there is definately a lack of lower branches. Some of the upper branches are quite disproportionally thick. There is a scar on the back side of the trunk where it was cut. It was not made flush and died back a little.
I was considering a trunk chop maybe after the roots grow in better. I guess I would like general advice on what kind of style would work for this tree and where I could safely reduce to in order to get it moving in that direction. Maybe future lower branches would bud up if I hard pruned back some of the growth but I'd also consider just chopping the darn thing down to work toward a better tree in the future. Tks!!
Cheers
Mike
I'm not crazy about the s-curve of the trunk, and there is definately a lack of lower branches. Some of the upper branches are quite disproportionally thick. There is a scar on the back side of the trunk where it was cut. It was not made flush and died back a little.
I was considering a trunk chop maybe after the roots grow in better. I guess I would like general advice on what kind of style would work for this tree and where I could safely reduce to in order to get it moving in that direction. Maybe future lower branches would bud up if I hard pruned back some of the growth but I'd also consider just chopping the darn thing down to work toward a better tree in the future. Tks!!
Cheers
Mike