Ive never worked with ficus, but couldn't you do a thread graft? A HREF="http://www.riverbendgardens.com/Japanese%20Maples.htm"Japanese
Maples/A, that is a link. the name is misleading, it is actually all about
thread grafting but on Japanese Maples. it should still be accurate when
used on ficus. Could this help?

Sam

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