FWIW, here's the forest from the Lewis workshop, after repotting.
We moved the two trees on the left towards the center about an inch, and, as I noted, removed the steel foundation grid.
The pot was (yet another) prize from the Green Island ficus contest, contributed by Reiner Goebel. I sold the original mica pot (a twin of Carl's) to the fellow working across the table from me.
