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title: "Does anyone know when I should do defoliation or if I should do it at…"
description: "Does anyone know when I should do defoliation or if I should do it at all this year?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/l4j1yQp57rFFqzQYSXo5Ya"
community: "Bonsai Matters"
author: "Carter Altman"
published: "2026-04-02T11:01:11.263439Z"
language: "en"
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# Does anyone know when I should do defoliation or if I should do it at…

_Posted by Carter Altman on 2026-04-02_

Does anyone know when I should do defoliation or if I should do it at all this year?

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## 2 comments

### 9s commented on 2026-04-02

Looks like a ginseng ficus, which does not experience winter dormancy like other deciduous plants. They do experience winter stress inside where they drop a bunch of leaves from lack of sunlight in the winter but it is not dormancy (they’re tropicals)

### Pepparonny commented on 2026-04-02

I don’t know if you need to worry about defoliation on this

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