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Tip
Shearing the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree into a round or ball form will have the shaded area inside the tree diagram ’s mast to become woody from lack of light . Shearing the tree straight across the top is not recommend and creates an affected look . snip a large , boisterous tree several meter over a catamenia of three months until you reach the desired anatomy . Removing too much greenish at one time can scandalise or kill a potted ficus tree .
Warning
Ficus trees " weep " a white latex sum from wounds triggered by pruning that can stain some floors and cause a modest hypersensitised response in some people .
Ficus ( Ficus benjamina ) , or cry fig , is a popular houseplant that grow best in a gay , tipple - loose position . Unlike other houseplants , the ficus Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree opt to be root bound . For this reason , a genus Ficus tree diagram can grow 6 to 8 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide while planted in a pot that ’s small congenator to its size of it . A fast cultivator , genus Ficus Tree ask frequent pruning to keep a raw , tree diagram - similar form . Pruning also give up ignitor to reach the inner leafage and branches .
Step 1
Stand back from the potted genus Ficus Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and decide what tree branch can be trimmed to give the plant a natural , tree diagram - like shape . await for limbs that interpose with foot traffic as well as limbs that are arise against a rampart or window that should be removed .
Step 2
Prune unruly outgrowth back to the main torso or independent stem . If you are cutting a limb to specify the spread of the plant , hack the limb back to a " Y " where another branch is growing upward to train the growth upward or else of outwards . This assist the industrial plant keep on a innate shape . Cut limb back to the natural collar where the limb meet ; do n’t cut flush against a main stem , as this will delay the lifelike healing process . Stand back and try out your progress after each cut .
Step 3
clip out dead and spindly growth from around the trunk and primary limbs .
Step 4
When trimming a potted genus Ficus tree diagram to bring up the bottom of the canopy , cut down the end of the arm back to an up - grow branch or " knob , " as depict in dance step 2 . Removing an entire limb may leave an empty space in the side of the canopy .
Step 5
After clip , water , apply a diluted plant food and add more potting soil , if take .
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