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I'm just going by my own experience here in the Pacific Northwest. I've never had any problems with tip prunning my Benjaminas year round although I grow mine under lights in the winter so I do get a fair amount of growth year round. In the winter with the 8 to 10 hours of sunshine (liquid or otherwise) we get, ficus tend to get quite leggy unless you tip prune. I think that if Happy can get the tree into a more manageable pot and get it under lights for the winter he'll see a vast improvement. Ross go to Home Depot and pick-up a couple of grow light stick, the ones that are pre wired all you have to do is plug them in, they're fairly cheap $10-15, last a couple of years and work wonders in the winter time.

Colin

28-Sep-2004	#28
CD one bonsaiTALK Craftsman Join Date: Jul-2004 Location: Parksville BC Country: Canada Posts: 69	I'm just going by my own experience here in the Pacific Northwest. I've never had any problems with tip prunning my Benjaminas year round although I grow mine under lights in the winter so I do get a fair amount of growth year round. In the winter with the 8 to 10 hours of sunshine (liquid or otherwise) we get, ficus tend to get quite leggy unless you tip prune. I think that if Happy can get the tree into a more manageable pot and get it under lights for the winter he'll see a vast improvement. Ross go to Home Depot and pick-up a couple of grow light stick, the ones that are pre wired all you have to do is plug them in, they're fairly cheap $10-15, last a couple of years and work wonders in the winter time. Colin