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snorch
Jul 27, 2009
I've got a fresh little Ficus Microcarpa that looks like it would be a great bonsai candidate. It's been getting a lot of new growth lately, but I'm unsure what to prune away. How am I supposed to go about this? What am I trying to achieve by pruning?

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snorch
Jul 27, 2009
In a similar vein, I have a Ficus Microcarpa that I would like to grow for bonsai, but frankly I have no idea how to get started.

Ideally I would like to go from this:


to this:


I realize that this would be a very slow process, but once I know what steps I have to take to push the tree in that direction I think I can handle it, it's just that I'm completely clueless right now.

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