I’ve
let my small trees grow and now it’s time to do a little leaf
pruning. The purpose behind leaf pruning is to encourage ramification
which is the increase in branching. Another desired effect is growing
smaller leaves. With an increase in the number of branches, more
leaves mean smaller leaves. I’ve only done partial defoliation on
two Green Island Ficus trees by pruning off the largest leaves and
that has worked pretty well in reducing leaf size.
I
hadn't done any pruning on the cuttings from the Dwarf African
Strangler but now they've grown enough to take off a few leaves. In
the Spring I'm planning to try a root over rock style with one of
these and probably re-potting the other two out of their training
pots.
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| Before Pruning |
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| After Pruning |
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