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BooksandPlants

I got my first bonsai yesterday and am unsure of what to do with it. I plan on moving it closer to my window but I am unsure of the species it is and what would be the best way to get it to grow. Any tips are welcome!

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  1. nick

    Ginseng ficus I have one at work its in a west facing window

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  2. BooksandPlants

    Thank you

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  3. FayteLumos

    This looks like a grafted ficus ginseng/banyan, I forget the species name. But the trunk is one species of ficus, and the branches are another. I have one, and I managed to get lucky that the bottom part also has branches. If you're looking to take care of this thing for a long, long time, you may look into getting it to produce aeroroots. This is usually done by keeping it in a very humid environment (some people basically set up small tents) and misting the heck out of it. You can do this to give the tree a really awesome mangrove look by training the aeroroots into trunk-looking stuff, but it'll take years. Otherwise, this plant generally loves light, I hear (I apparently don't keep mine bright enough, but when I put it outside, it got a sunburn 😭).

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  4. Waspinator

    These are super easy. Care is average for most tropical indoor plants (bright indirect light. Water somewhere between once a week and once every other week.) Ficus grows pretty fast for a tree, and will get to full tree size if you allow it, so prune it regularly to maintain its size (I trim mine about once or twice a year.) Because it's a tropical, you can prune at any time and it doesn't need any special winter care. Its sap is milky white and can irritate skin in some people; avoid touching it and wash hands after pruning.

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    • Waspinator

      For bonsai development: ficus is very versatile and can do any bonsai style, but it naturally tends towards banyan style because it does aerial roots easily (to get those, keep air humidity high. They're delicate when they're young but can thicken to be like more trunk.) If you like the trunk how it is, keep it in a shallow bonsai style pot. If you want more girth, give it a bigger pot and it'll bulk up faster. About every other year, you'll need to trim the roots to help keep it small. For branch pruning you can do almost anything, but to be gentle to the plant, don't remove more than 1/3rd of its leaves at once. It's also easy to pinch-prune new buds on these. When cutting a branch, cut shortly above any leaf. New growth will always come in the same direction as the last leaf you keep. These also drop leaves regularly as they replace old ones with new; don't worry about it unless it suddenly drops /a lot/ of leaves at once

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