I also tried to place a photo, I'll try again

Thanks for your reply, I didn't quite expect it to really grow much in height but I keep worrying that the fact that it does not grow new leaves points to me doing something wrong (because there was a tiny new leaf unfolding when I brought it home, and nothing since it has been in my home). I've looked for tips on how to care for the plant online, and people who get it to thrive often write about how their plant just keeps on growing new leafs so that got me worried. I'm just always scared that it'll die, I love it so much.. Haha.

And by love I mean being so emotionally attached to it that I would probably cry if it would die :P.

That is a very beautiful specimen.

From here your plant looks healthy, which means that whatever you're doing can't be too far outside the realm of reasonable. Tell us more .......... like where you live?, what you fertilize with - including the NPK %s?, what elevation is the window on (N, S, E, or W)?, how you water (are you flushing the soil when you water?, is the soil still moist when you water?), did you up-pot after you got it .... or repot? You're leaving out the important stuff.

It looks like your plant has been pruned hard - the change in caliper between the lower trunks and the branches is pretty dramatic - looks good.

Al

I live in the Netherlands, and I think my window is facing south. I fertilize with some kind of fluid fertilizer which says the following on the bottle: 1,2 % organic nitrogen, 0,1% phosphatehydride, 3,6% kaliumoxide, and 46% organic solid matter. No clue as to what it means btw. I usually water when the top layer of soil has completely dried out, so I don't wait till the soil has completely dried out (I just stick my finger in it to estimate). I just left it in the plastic pot with the holes in it after I bought it. it just about fits in the white pot in the picture. The lady in the store said it wouldn't be necessary to repot. And thanks for responding! I'm definitely not an expert on houseplants, so I hope I provided the right info :)

It does have a tiny single leaf growing at the bottom of the trunk though, it's been there for months. Just wanted to share because I think it's funny.

That leaf doesn't look Lyrata-ish at all, which leaves me to think the plant is comprised of lyrata scions grafted to understock of another Ficus species. The fact that there is a rapid change in branch diameter would seem to support that idea.

If your plant is healthy, be happy. Not everyone gets to enjoy that accomplishment. Your plant might also be growing in ways you can't see. Growth extension starts to slow on June 21st, until it becomes almost (but not quite) non-existent by winter. While extension is slowing, the plant is usually increasing the number of files of cells it is laying down in cambial tissues of roots and shoots. IOW, the plant is enlarging radially.

Plants that truly aren't growing (growth is measured by weight increase of the tree's dry mass) are in serious trouble because they are using more energy than they're making - IOW, they're dying. Plants in that state usually exhibit symptoms easy to spot, none of which are conspicuous in your plant.

If you love your plant, make sure you plan to learn how to take care of it and provide the cultural conditions that will help it realize as much of its genetic potential as possible. A soil you can water correctly and enough light to keep it happy are key issues. If you're interested, I can point you to information that should help you increase the amount of reward you get in return for your efforts?

Al

Thanks for posting the question. Great tips.

My Ficus is 20 years old and absolutely refuses to grow 😢

PT - If you haven't been fully repotting, which includes bare-rooting, root pruning, and a complete change of grow medium (so - much more involved than potting up), your plant has likely hit a wall that nothing but a repot will fully fix. Let me guess - the foliage is sparse and located primarily at the very ends of branches, extension of branches/stem is very slow to nonexistent, and, that the plant is struggling is conspicuous. You should also be able to look at the leaf and bundle scars where leaves were formerly attached and see the scars became closer and closer together as the stress of root congestion increased.

Al