Alaskanrocket
Yamadori
Im sure everyone is excited to read, yet another, new guy ficus question so apologies in advance. I have had this Benjamina for about a year and didn't really have a well thought out direction. Its currently an inside tree until summer comes, its pretty healthy, never have had an issue with it growing back in regards to minor cutbacks and defoliation. This started life as someone else's houseplant and basically was left to its own devices until i got it. Admittedly, I realize that I have continuously trimmed it back and should have just left it go until a I made a decision on the direction I wanted to go. I digress, Im wanting to chop it back and use its "natural flow" (as I see it) to train in a broom style direction. I think for now, unless instructed differently, hard chop the current branch structure, let it go for a year and go from there? The pictures should explain better what Im thinking. Ive done a bunch of research on when to chop back but considering I live in Alaska and this tree is forced to spend 3/4 of the year inside, Im kind of tripped up on when its ok and not ok to make drastic chops and Ive become very attached to this scraggly little thing. As a newb, Im completely open to suggestions, opinions, criticisms. Thanks for reading all this!