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. But we will see. it's about 2.5 ft for now.
I don't think it will grow to it's max height of 10ft within the first year.
And I don't know if I really mind an overgrown bush-tree in my living room.
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Oh, I support thee 100%. I have a tree growing in my living room by our sliding glass doors that lead to the backyard. Don't ask how its growing there, because we don't know either, and its 3 feet tall lol. Its behind the TV and is growing between the door, the crack where it arose from, and behind the TV. Its constantly in the sun tht shines through our back sliding glass door so we wana see how big it gets before we spray/cut it out. Ill take pics this week and post it lol, its so dam random. I could send you pics of the ficus bushes were growing on the side of our house too, yet atm half of them are losing leaves like mad because of the 'moth fly', but they still look ok XP
Might I suggest, once it starts growing mad leaves, that every week you trim it so that it looks like a tree, otherwise itll just grow into a bush. I believe you can trim off the SMALL branches that stem near the middle/bottom of the main trunk. If you don't keep up with the trimming, I know the top will only sprout leaves at the very tippidy top, and it won't look full like the top of a tree should. I believe.. if you constnantly keep it trimmed, the top branches will sprout more branches and leaves that will give it the full look.
See here:
That one is the best one I could find, yet it has been modified with the three trunks as you can see, which is why it looks.. really full, prob because technically its 3 trees. You get the idea. It looks like a tree, not a bush. If you wana keep this puppy, and not plant it outside at some point, id consider looking up how to grow 3, and bend the trunks as to look like the picture I've shown above. Might be fun to do too!! Id throw some spanish moss on it after 4-5 months.
Look up spanish moss. Many of the cypress tress and oak trees down here have LOADS of spanish moss. The contrast of its color is what makes the cypress/oak trees uniquely awesome to stare at because their trunks are roughly the same stale looking, brown color, as the moss. It doesn't grow down here in South Florida as much as it does in middle/central florida where its more dry, but it's still common to the floridian eye no matter where you live. The cool thing with moss is, it won't kill a tree, like your ficus tree, but youll need even MORE sun on the ficus because spanish moss, or any moss rather, will absorb the sunlight if ur not controlling where the moss is growing. You obviously do not want the moss to cover the top or side of the ficus where its getting sunlight. You'll want to trim/pull/take out moss thats affecting main areas where the tree is getting sunlight ok?
Spanish moss is generally super dry, so its easy to pull off/take out/ and easy to manage. However.. once you start growing it theres no stopping it lol
I've seen people grow it and within a year, its COMPLETELY engulfed the tree and it hangs down by the feet. As kids we would pull it off trees and use it to start fires because its naturally very dry. Im not sure as to its water intake.. but naturally you would spray mist on the moss, and pour water in the pot for the actual tree.
Google spanish moss, youll see what it looks like. I've seen it grow on a handful of ficuses down here when maintained. Otherwise, it will die on a ficus because the way the leaves are, they cover alot of surface area and grow OUT, Not permitting sunlight to hit the moss, which is why itll grow easily on cypress and oak trees because the leaves on them are smaller than my finger nails.
*Note- you dont have to pull up the moss to replant. The moss im talking about grows on the tree, not under. Im not talking about the green moss that you see growing in dirt, this moss specifically grows on branches of trees and usually droop down to get more sunlight.
Heres a picture of spanish moss thats slightly thriving on a cypress tree.
This is a green version of spanish moss, and usually what I'll see when people personally grow it on their trees for asthetics, on trees neither oak nor cypress nor maple. Green moss might actually look pretty awesome on ur ficus Tree, if you can control it to hang down from the middle/bottom branches of the upper area of ur tree. If you dont spray or let it dry out, itll get that light brownish color, like im acustomed too.
