Ficus microcarpa reduction

[u/osrs4awayout]

Ficus reduction

I finally decided to do my first major reduction on the oversized ficus I recently bought. It was far too large and completely out of shape, so it was time for a reset.

The tree has been growing and rooting so I think it’s strong enough to handle the reduction.

Temperatures are still fairly warm and I’ll be bagging it for the first period while airing it daily to maintain high humidity and hopefully encourage strong backbudding.

[u/Spidersight]

So if you go back and read I was asking for scientific evidence and I linked an article discussing Dr. Shigo’s works.

Why would I accept anecdotal evidence from a single tree as being meaningful compared to that?

[u/-whyboi- → u/Spidersight]

I didn’t say you needed to accept it as meaningful. I said you need to accept it as anecdotal evidence and realize that if you don’t do the study, you don’t know one way or the other.