Hello all,
I'm am new to bonsai and am seeking some advice regarding a variegated ficus tree I bought at a nursery.
The tree is 17" tall and i'm happy with the trunk width, but I am wanting to make it much smaller by doing a trunk chop. Shown on the diagram on the red line is where I want to make the chop.
Can anyone give me some advice redarding this procedure? as I wouldn't have a clue!
I was thinking of bringing branch 'A' up to be the leader, but I figure there's no point as a new branch would probably grow there anyway??
If all goes well hopefully a branch will grow back where I lost one at point 'B'
I live in Australia and we're just heading into Fall, when would the best time to do this be?
Thanks for any help!!
- Rich
