Jow

thanks for the advice. I am not necessarily married to the idea of a benji, pretty much any non-expensive ficus will do. I'm just anxious to try some experimenting, and I don't won't to kill any of my other trees. I do have an indoor setup for my trees. Due to the fact that I am a city dweller all my trees have to be tropicals that can be grown indoors most of the time. I currently live in Philadelphia with a small north facing balcony but I am moving to Boston in July and who knows what that will be like. I find it easier to control the environment by simply keeping my trees indoors.