Originally Posted by treebeard55

Looks to me like a tree that could become a good bonsai, but will need some time and work.

The biggest issue I see is lack of trunk taper. Unless you want to make a bunjin out of it -- and Ficus grow too fast to make good bunjin, IMO -- you need to correct that. Best ways I know are, 1) encourage low sacrifice branches, and 2) put it in a larger pot for a couple of years and feed it well.

On your side is the fact that figs are fast growers.

"Hand-grafted" apparently means the trunk was grafted onto a rootstock of another species. But that surprises me. To my knowledge, grafting isn't used much with Ficus; much more common with pines, for example. But I could be wrong. Anyone else more familiar with grafting of Ficus?