The Wiring of Ficus Robusta

Eventually, our Ficus robusta grows and even if the pruning may seem both to continue to maintain the ornamental wanted to continue with pre-set size, the fact is that the plant continues to grow and we must use technology as a wiring guide. Thereafter, we will explain some aspects of the wiring Ficus robusta.

These wiring techniques vary significantly depending on the type of plant. Ficus robusta for we must know that it is a tree which in its early stage we will use as an ornamental indoor and came to adulthood as a garden plant or of outside.


As an ornamental plant for inside, at the outset, when we buy a Ficus robusta has already guardian bamboo. Therefore, we will continue to look to the same reed or if we decide to change, we must distribute the attachment areas strategically throughout its main branch.



For against, when we change the garden or larger pots on the outside, we need the first two or three years guardians much larger and more rigid. We fix as close as possible to the main trunk, to avoid possible damage to its roots. In the same way, we will fasteners distributed throughout the guardian between the tutor and even the main trunk of Ficus robusta.

In the latter case, as the Ficus robusta is outside, we must pay greater attention both to the choice of the guardian as to material of attachment. Both must be not only aesthetically acceptable, but sufisemment strength to resist strong wind avatars.


We can change all the guardian one and two years until he is no longer necessary to use it. And it will always choose the most aesthetically integrated at all possible.

As for material of attachment 'or guide, there's something for all tastes (wire, raffia, etc..), Although they have changed much in recent years. While that was used before any material at hand as the son of iron with aluminum or copper, today we have the products of "new generation" in the market, specially designed for this purpose and which do not damage the branches, allowing the opening and closing thousands of times without deterioration, are resilient to climate change, easy to handle, fully adjustable and fit more in harmony with the plant.

As plants, we can use materials with small dimensions. For against, in the garden, the material must be wider so that the strength of fixation is better distributed and to avoid damage to bark by possible friction by the movement of the plant due to the wind. Similarly, as the diameter of the trunk increases, we will change the magnitude of the base so as to avoid undesirable bottlenecks in the trunk or branches of Ficus robusta.