Hi,

I'm starting some ficus tree's in containers. One i'm going to leave uncut and the others i'm going to trim to a single trunk. The one in the picture is the one i'm leaving as is. I was curious if it was one plant or three.. But I planted it last night and probably shouldn't dig it back up to look at the roots.

For the other two i'm going to plant that I cut to single trunks.. Is it safe to assume they are one plant? Or do they get sold with multiple plants in a small container.. I imagine if I cut two trunks that are actually individual plants and not just a trunk of the same tree, I would end up with mass of dead roots in my container which would be bad, yes?

This may be a silly question, but i'm new to container gardening and I just want to make sure i'm not setting my ficus up for failure.

Thanks for your help.