I think it's time to chop my fiddle leaf and would love some advice on where I should cut. After cutting, will it get bushier? Will it still grow tall or not as much? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Additional info: I bought this fiddle about 4 years ago when it was 3.5' tall. It's now about 9' tall. It has 3 main branches and 4 small shoots off the main branches. It sits in front of south facing windows in climate zone 10 getting sun all day. It's currently pushing out some huge leaves on the right branch. The middle and left branch have lost a couple leaves and don't seem to have any new leaves coming in currently.
by Jtalk7
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On the smaller branches I would leave them alone for now, but on the three main, I would chop as low as you can go and preserve a pair of leaves on the branch. You can rot the branches is you want. Then it will begin sending out new growth, likely all along the remaining branches. Let it, and once it has some good growth, pinch off any new leaves for a season, so it will be encouraged to branch/leaf out lower on the plant.
It looks like a circle of roots in that planter? If that is true, once you chop it, repot it in fresh soil. Don’t see a drainage tray, which means it probably isn’t getting LOTS of water when you water it?