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My Ficus Ginseng got quite stressed when I brought her home. This combined with me not putting her in the best spot caused all her leaves to shed.
I moved her to a spot that a few of my other plants enjoy, and around 3 months later she started growing new leaves in a different area.
All the branches of the original leaves appear to be dead. (Pics included) they are very brittle. Should I remove them/trim them, or leave them in the vain hope they can be saved?

If you upload some pictures to the forum we can see what you are talking about. Dead branches can be removed. They will not start living again. But not all branches without leaves are dead..

Thanks - I put in an Imgur link, as it wouldn’t allow me to upload photos for some reason

leatherback wrote: But not all branches without leaves are dead..

True.
We didn't see any pictures, but I would wait before cutting them off.

I clicked that link. What has been seen, cannot be unseen...

Char_sw wrote: Thanks - I put in an Imgur link, as it wouldn’t allow me to upload photos for some reason

You have to make sure they are not too big, as specified in the upload section:

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leatherback wrote:

Char_sw wrote: Thanks - I put in an Imgur link, as it wouldn’t allow me to upload photos for some reason

You have to make sure they are not too big, as specified in the upload section:

Allowed file extensions : jpg, jpeg, gif, png, txt, rtf, pdf, zip, tar.gz, tgz, tar.bz2

Maximum File Size : 2 MB Maximum Image File Size : 1 MB

I'd rather he didn't.... ah well. Too late.

Upon looking at the pictures it looks like the branches are dead. It doesn’t hurt to leave them on until the end of growIng season and see if anything sprouts from them. If nothing does, cut them back and it will only add a little character to your tree in the future if styles correctly.

Looks like the microcarpa/retusa/other Ficus, what was grafted in the “rootstock” is dead and the plant (?) which used as rootstock still living.

cwillette1994 wrote: Upon looking at the pictures it looks like the branches are dead. It doesn’t hurt to leave them on until the end of growIng season and see if anything sprouts from them. If nothing does, cut them back and it will only add a little character to your tree in the future if styles correctly.

This will never be a bonsai.