Pruning Fig Trees - Why, When and How 

I am planning to prune my tree to move to a single trunk so this was helpful! Still nervous to make the cut but I will share how it goes.

Thank you very much for all these information. It really helped me.

Clear and concise. Thank you

I'm learning about another reason to prune ground trees in cold climates (eg 7 or colder). In order to keep the tree alive and above ground, and secure a harvest, fig trees are kept as small shrubs that can be staked to the ground and covered with mulch or leaves. Rule of thumb is to leave no more trunks than the age of the tree, up to about 5, and keep only those that are young and flexible enough to be bent to the ground. It's worked for one year for me so far. Apparently successful in Poland in zone 5.

I’m very curious about what you did with the other trees in this line up. Also please address pot size. I’m moving some of my 1yr old trees in smaller pots to larger pots. ( some had roots that escaped and were growing in the dirt below !)

Great. Some of your cuts were horizontal to ground. Can this be a problem?

Excellent thank you

My hearing is not the best, I could not hear you well. Why single trunk, could you write me a line please. I live in Canada so I take my tree in the garage in winters. Thank you

Thanks for posting this. Your explanations are very clear - very helpful to a first-time fig grower.

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