I'll give it a shot, since nobody else has answered. I'm sure someone will correct me if my ideas are completely off base. *6/11 - remove plant from pot, inspect roots, do light root trim, and place in same pot. Remove all residual potting soil from roots. Add new sprinkling of CRF to gritty mix (not sure if I should wait to do this, since I understand roots will grow quicker with low soil fertility) I'm not sure about the CRF. Foliage Pro is more complete than most kinds of CRF. But I use it every time I water, so I've never understood why you'd risk throwing off the nutrient balance by adding CRF. But that's just me...At any rate, Al has said to fertilize when you see new growth, but I've seen it go both ways. What do you mean by 'light root trim'? I'd follow the directions Al gave for root pruning, and if you'd like I can post more detailed root pruning instructions Al gave in another post (yes, I'm a nerd who saves quotes in my notes app). At any rate, keep a pail of water nearby so you could swish the roots around to help get all the soil out and to keep the roots moist, and use a chopstick or something like that to push the new mix into gaps. *6/12 -6/24 - give plant time to recover from de-potting and root work. Thinking more leaves (no pruning yet) will provide more energy for the tree to use to recover from root work. QUESTION: should I fertilize during watering w/FP following this work? Again, Al has said to start fertilizing when you see new growth, which indicates the plant/roots have recovered from repotting. *6/25 - prune right branch/longest leader back down to 2 or 3 leaves. QUESTION: since the lower 3 leaves face outwards, is it possible to get back budding at all 3 leaves, or is this too ambitious/greedy? I will attempt to root the cutting. QUESTION: should I remove the growing tip from the cutting? Will this change the growth hormones and encourage rooting? *7/9 - prune left branch down to 2 or 3 leaves. Again, if I trim down to 3 leaves, could I potentially get branching at all 3 stems? Ideally, I would want a branch at leaf #1 and leaf #3 (see photos below) since leaf #2 is below that branch. Again, the time to prune is after you see new growth on the plant. As far as I know, the exceptions would be after heavy root work, in which case you might want to reduce the plant mass at the same time to avoid too much stress on the plant, or if you're Al and doing radical work based on expert knowledge. Pruning and pinching encourage back budding in nodes on the branches by interrupting the downward flow from the growing tip of the inhibitory hormone (auxin?).I believe that the root system grows or shrinks in response to changes in the plant mass, (also when recovering from pruning, changes in growing conditions, die-off from over- or under-watering, etc., but that's another matter). Sorry I can't opine on the specifics about the pruning cuts. I just don't want my inexperience to lead you astray!!

Needs a dent-ist. Definitely a high light plant that can be acclimated to full outdoor sun if you wish. Water just before a "tell" shows dry at the bottom of the pot, and you should flush the soil when you water. Fertilize regularly. Not enough information to offer isolate what its limitations are. Al

you are on the verge of loving it to death.. just stop ... stop .. its stressed form moving from the growers perfect environment.. to the seller.. to your house .... just water it properly for the next month or two ... and let it settle down and adjust ... period.. and if its sopping wet.. that probably means.. dont water it at all ... do not cut roots off stressed plants... do not fert stressed plants ... and just dont do anything else until it de-stresses ... at most.. i might slip it out of the plastic pot.. and look at the roots .. just to see whats going on.. and then just slip it back into the pot ... the idea being.. that if i know whats there.. then in 30 to 60 days... i might have a plan to go from there ... in general... just dont ever root prune ... if there are too many roots.. repot it into a bigger pot .. root pruning is a big part of bonsai ... if that is your new hobby... then learn how to do it ... but its not really a houseplant thing... in general ... [yes i understand there are plants that need it after 3 to 5 years in a pot .. crikey.. this just came from the grower.. why should it need it ...] and just leave the babes alone for now... finally.. its a plant.. not a child ... it wont need much fert ... a little of this or that very diluted is ok ... but dont think it needs to be fed often.. frankly... when i get a plant directly from a grower.. i presume there is probably enough fert in the pot to choke a cow .... so dont get carried away with adding more too soon ... [and you dont need a special fert for every plant ... thats all marketing mumbo jumbo when you boil it all down ...] ken ps: did you really expect a bigboxstore warehouse to reply with plant answers .. lol ... even if they did ... i would not believe anything they said .. lol ... i tell you exactly.. imo .. what happened here .. some grower got a contract for ten thousand plants .. and his stock got too big.. so he or she just started jamming in whatever sized plant he had out in the greenhouse into the quart pots he had ... thats why it looks like a volcano .. thats why the roots are too large for the pot.. and those are the rather useless tags he had 10,000 of sitting around waiting on the contract performance ... and as long as it was a sans.. it was going out the door because he needed the money from the contract ...

its in a sunny spot but not direct sunlight ==>> what direction does the window face .. does sun hit it directly thru the window .. for how many hours of the day ... etc ... i highly doubt it etoliated in the 3 weeks youve had it ... so i wonder about how it was cared for prior to you getting it ... pull it out of the pot.. and snap us a pic of the roots ...and then put it back ... this will also tell us if it might need repotting in the next few months ... right now its stressed .. lets get over that.. before we do anything else to stress it.. like repotting ... one of my usual caveats is.. dont love your plants to death ... trying too many remedies without giving any of them time to take effect is too much love ... take a deep breath and try to leave it alone .. that said.. it never hurts to ask and learn about plant culture and watering ... knowledge is power... but just dont worry about it all ... its not a million dollar plant ... all said and done.. these are plants that do not like a lot of water.. and most die from overwatering ... so you are on the right track there ... on some level these plants survive on benign neglect.. rather than too much love ... one way to tell how much water is in a pot.. is how heavy it feels ... considering the plant you see.. does it seem too heavy for that plant.. or feather light???. its a clue to how much moisture is in the media ... also insert finger.. if you can.. and if not.. pull out of pot.. and look and feel the media.. and find out... with all that.. you ought to be able to tell if it needs some water ... good luck .. ken