Stuck on two ficus trees.

[19Mateo83]

I have come to the point I think I’m stuck on two of my ficus trees. The first one is a ficus benghalensis and the second one is a ficus ingens. I think part of the reason I’m stuck is lack of knowledge on how these take to things like heavy chops, defoliation and challenges of getting them to back bud. I just repotted them into better soil, they have gotten quite leggy in their winter grow tent. Does anyone have any experience with these species? Any ideas on methods that these trees take to well?

The benghalensis

The ingens