I purchased a ficus at a grocery store recently. It was about 5 foot tall
and made up of about a dozen separate trunks about 1" think (or less). I've
cut the tree down to about 1 1/2 feet. I would like to see if I can fuse
the separate trunks into one or two thicker trunks by wrapping them tightly
with cable ties.

Has anyone else had luck with this? Will the separate trunks fuse together?