Okay I will seperate them how do you feel about the dieing one should I attempt to save it? Also my training pots are 12x8x3 made of wood the soil I'm to use is made for bonsai and is well draining I'm hoping the fertilizer is okay I've been advised to half the dosage for bonsai related trees. The only screen I currently have is screen for my windows which is not made of metal but it has smaller holes I know water will drain through fine but I'm not sure about use on the bottom of my pots

Training pots are more suitable for larger, outdoor trees, not little tropicals inside - not needed really. Don't halve the dose of fertilizer if it's well balanced, only be sure it's for houseplants, not big garden trees, etc! Don't put crocks or pebbles in the pot bottoms - not useful and could be counter productive.

Sounds good thank you as for the dieing tree and the rustproof window screen for covering the holes, what are your thoughts?

BTW I'm in zone 5a

This is the pot I'm thinking of using for the benjamina do you think it would be okay for now in this one

First thing - Ficus don't like swimming in pots any bigger than necessary... even a bit tight is good, so you'll have to wait and see what the rootball looks like before pot choosing :). Second, pots glazed inside are not recommended for any plants to be honest, the roots tend to slide around instead of staying put while getting established, and water can have a harder time draining. But that one actually isn't glazed all the way down, is it, so may be ok. The best 'screen' is what's called plastic canvas from any craft place (W-M sells it in their knitting, fabric, whatever dept too). Some of it has teeny holes - not always a good thing depending on soil mix (clotting up), and slightly larger ones... so just choose something or other (comes in 1' sq. sheets) and don't fuss too much. And ditch that rock :) unless you love it.

Well I've transplanted them, there were a total of 4 trees in that pot the one I believed to be dieing may have just been deprived of light since it was directly underneath the canopy of the others it seemed to have healthy roots could have been other problems also sence the ginsengs roots took up most of that pot, that could have been stopping it from getting any of the good stuff it was looking for, they all have there own pots now and hopefully will survive the repot, I'm wondering when should I fertilize, I don't want to cause any further harm currently

Best to wait at least a couple of wks as newly sold plants usually have been fertilized just prior to shipping... you might (the one time) use a diluted amount, but otherwise it's not necessary to dilute.

Sounds good, thank you so much for all your help

All trees that need to put on some size appreciate large pots, but no trees appreciate a combination of large pots and a poor soil. If you use a soil that doesn't hold perched water, you could plant your new charges in a 10 gallon nursery can if you like - you'll get great growth and vitality. Hoffman's Bonsai Soil has too many fines and holds too much water to use for small plants in large pots - so don't be tempted - and who can afford it? ;-)

Do you know of any plants that use nutrients (NPK) in a 1:1:1 ratio? Me either. I know a whole bunch of plants (almost ALL) that use NPK in a 3:1:2 ratio, though. Ratios are different than NPK %s, and a much more important consideration. Plants use about 6X as much N as P, and about 3/5 as much K as N. After the calculations are done for how P and K are reported on the fertilizer box, 3:1:2 ratio fertilizers supply nutrients at almost exactly that 10:1.5:6 ratio that plants actually USE. Also, your 10-10-10 fertilizer gets its N from urea, which tends to make plants leggy. Foliage-Pro 9-3-6 is a 3:1:2 ratio fertilizer that supplies most of its N in nitrate form (helps keep plants compact). It has ALL the essential nutrients plants take from the soil (including Ca & Mg, usually missing from soluble fertilizers), including all the micronutrients, and supplies nutrients in the right ratio - hard to improve on that.

Al

Thanks for the advice al I've ordered some foliage pro from an online dealer, I'm thinking of mixing 80% pumice to 20% pine bark both sifted to between 1/4" and 1/8" and ditching the premade bagged stuff, I've seen the gritty mix and many other recipes out there, I'm going to start with this one, and see how it does then improve as needed. Any tips/info is much appreciated.

I think you're on the right track (with the soil).

If your intent is anything other than a broom style tree, you'll need to remove all but 2 branches that are all occurring from the trunk within a very short vertical span. If you don't, you'll end up with a very large swelling that will draw your eye like a magnet.

Have fun!

Al