PRUNING FIG TREES | Best Pruning Techniques for BIGGER FRUITS and BETTER CROPS

Pruning fig trees is essential to maintain balance and allow the tree to produce large crops of big fruits. Leaving a fig tree unpruned will result in lots of smaller figs that will stress the tree, drain its energy and might even make it drop their leaves and most of the fruits.
Table of contents:
0:00 - Intro
1. Reasons for Pruning Fig Trees - 0:38
2. Pruning Techniques - 02:52
3. Results - 07:14
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[@JSacadura]

Unpruned fig trees tend to produce lots of small figs and if stressed can even drop all their leaves and fruits. By pruning your fruit tree you can redirect most of its energy to produce bigger and tastier fruits. If you like my work, LIKE, Subscribe, Share the Video and leave a Comment to help me make more. I will try to answer as many comments as I can.

[@jeanmartox3570]

merci pour cette vidéo trés pédagogique!! hello to south of France!

[@larrytischler570]

We have so many birds that pruning fig trees is counterproductive. It just makes the fruit easier for the birds to get the figs first!

[@petrkolesnikov448]

Спасибо за познавательное видео. В интернете, очень мало толковых роликов о правильной обрезке инжира Вы очень помогли мне разобратся в правилах обрезки, благодарю, долгих лет Вам. Геленджик с. Пшада

[@shynibinu3901]

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[@jacktdelaney]

All I saw was hundreds and hundreds of cuttings to root. Thank you for all your videos! You have been an asset in my fig journey!

[@JSacadura]

I understand the feeling. If someone was pruning a variety I want and discarding the branches I also would look at all those wasted cuttings 😉. Thanks for the nice comment.

[@lsfg07]

That was exactly my thought as well l!!!! Hahaha!!!

[@peterwest323]

Love your videos. I have an old, and previously very neglected, mission fig tree - 55 inch main truck diameter - and have spent the better part of a decade getting it into shape. I'm amazed at how well it responds to aggressive pruning. And the wood is great for long slow smokes of pork shoulder and beef brisket.

[@rickbrettelle2333]

I would really like to se a picture of this tree

[@merani2011]

Спасибо за совет!🖐🇬🇪

[@ericwiltz6584]

How was the pork? I know a tree that requires significant pruning and I may take the job on if the wood is good for smoking!

[@peterwest323]

@@ericwiltz6584 Yes it's good for smoking. Fig tree wood is very soft and for me is the perfect choice for long smokes, i.e. longer than one hour, as it imparts a mildly smoky flavor without any of the harshness found in hard woods. I use it all the time for brisket and pork shoulders. I've seen some online blog posts about fig wood imparting a cinnamon like flavor, but I haven't noticed that at all. Interestingly, the fruit, if made into a jam, does have slight cinnamon notes to it. So I wonder if these posts are extrapolating from that without actually ever using fig wood.

[@Big-Char.]

Fig wood is what is used in all the fine restaurants

[@RadioRoxx.FM_90.1FM]

I have no proper words to describe how impressed I am of your video, the quality of instructions, the huge amount of knowledge You have, the generos action of teaching for free all those skills

[@JSacadura]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the nice comment.

[@NCMan]

I have been watching many videos about pruning fig trees and all I got was more confused. Your video was the best video of all and I now have a much better understanding of how to prune my fig tree. Thank you for your video.

[@paoemantega8793]

I appreciate your advice, thank you for your time on pruning fruit trees :)

[@danripley41]

Great work. I would love to see a video on alternate types of shaping fig trees vs only single stem. Some are very difficult to keep in a single stem if started from a cutting. It would make for a great series to us newer fig growers. Love your videos. Thank you

[@JSacadura]

Great suggestion! I will try to do a specific video about shaping fig trees (and I will cover bush shape as opposed to single stem). Meanwhile, you can check some of my pruning videos on shaping apples or pears. Some information will apply to fig trees namely, shaping your trees in Open Vase, for instance.

[@soniag4516]

I have managed to tame branches to grow hugging the fence and two strong branches away from the wall. This helped this older tree put out huge crop. It's about 35 yes old and a vigorous tree. This fall going to top it off.

[@tiredrabbit]

Excellent techniques! Please keep producing similar videos (specially with before and after images!)

[@jesussaves9886]

Those are beautiful figs, thank you for pruning techniques 👍🏼

[@ericwiltz6584]

Thank you sir for the wonderful video. Running fruit trees is just a wonderful thing, but so so neglected by the general population. This is an excellent video! thank you for your time.

[@mkb7997]

Well, I wish I saw your video a month ago before I over pruned my fig tree LOL! I will seek your channel for advice before pruning next time. Excellent video with well presented and concise info!

[@philipposkariolemos7049]

Thank you for your presious advise and for your beautiful work

[@jontedder5415]

Thank you! I have learned so much from your videos and used them to help prune my trees.

[@PS-wn7cw]

Excellent videos! Pruning figs to bush form would be a good video to make.

[@wurzelle1999]

Very good. Explained what to do in easy steps.

[@kristinaginorio1344]

I've watched so many fig tree videos. Yours is the BEST one so far.

[@palloslevente]

Good job. I've never understood why nobody shows a before / after shot of the tree. It is very helpful for assessing the extent of work to be done. I was glad to see you did it.

[@JSacadura]

You are quite right. I believe its quite important to compare before ad after so you have a sense of how much was removed. Thanks for the comment.

[@davidyoung3957]

@@JSacadura I also found your video incredibly helpful and the before / after shot really helped me understand the entirety of what you did and what I can do to my tree. So grateful!

[@jeanque04]

Thank you so much for the info. Greetings from Belgium

[@daphnepetrohilos4343]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ για τα ωραία μαθήματα.

[@gleniceparker7334]

Thank you for this explanation. I am growing my first fig tree and this was very helpful

[@JSacadura]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the comment.

[@GayaHouseplant]

Lovely video and tips. Since my figs don't grow properly, I will try and follow this tips. Thanks you for sharing 🙏☺️

[@spandir]

Thanks...just the video i was waiting for...gr8 info and thanks for the hard work.... I followed your recommendation on fig grafting by wip and tongue technique And it never failed me till date....

[@JSacadura]

Glad you find the videos useful! Whip and tongue in figs has a very high percentage of success. I use this technique quite often when grafting figs. Thanks for the comment.

[@constantinosconstantinou5284]

Very very useful indeed! I'm grateful and highly appreciative of your generous and detailed advice. I planted a fig tree 6 years ago (we call them Smyrneiko, ie from Smyrna, Turkey, don't know what the English name would be) and still waiting for it to bear fruit... It hasn't grown much but it is healthy and grows new leaves each year. Sometimes it produces very few small figs that never ripen and drop to the ground. Having seen your video, I strongly believe that it needs pruning in late winter, early spring perhaps as I live in a very hot Mediterranean island. I know that it also needs pollination by introducing wild figs in the area. Thanks again. I can't wait for next year to try your pruning techniques!!

[@scottyg.4199]

If it hasn't produced any thing in 6 years, I'd prune it with a shovel.

[@HVACRTECH-83]

Ya you should get fruit first year or second year at latest. I'm guessing it's not liking the soil or can't spread its roots enough. I would dig it up and inspect roots , especially for critter damage or nematodes even.

[@user-pi9yr4su2n]

Thank you for sharing!

[@LeverActionLarry]

Love these pruning videos. They are very informative and soothing to watcb

[@JSacadura]

Glad you like them! Thanks for the comment.

[@user-sn2jo7so6h]

очень нужное видео, особенно для начинающих,которые как и я в том числе, не умеют и не знают как правильно и что резать.супер видео.

[@davidrodda2108]

A great video on pruning a fig tree

[@billkats5432]

Thank you my good man.. i need to practice now

[@Musecrafter]

Excellent! This is exactly the information I was looking for.

[@JSacadura]

Glad it was helpful!

[@KeBuNTiNNairAINDONESIA]

Nice sharing sir. Beautiful figs

[@imblong2u2]

Awesome, thank you!!

[@georgevalenzuela2489]

Great tutorial! Thanks!

[@razvaniancu5123]

Very Knowledgeable !!! 👍

[@deanevangelista6359]

Thanks for this. It will be a great help with my trees. Does anyone else here have a bad reaction to coming in contact with fig leaves and sap? I get a reaction similar, often worse than that of poison Ivy. Whenever I work on my trees, I have to wear long sleeves and gloves.

[@Mirhuseynov]

Thank you very mach, Greetings from Azerbaijan

[@lawinvlog865]

Connecting and likes done brother keep on vloging always be sage

[@rattikabir2533]

Thank you for this very good idea

[@manzooryatooyatoo3570]

Absolutely great, be happy

[@jacksonedmonds1066]

Another great video. Thanks!

[@JSacadura]

Thanks for watching!

[@RobbieRothstein]

Fabulous. well done. Nothing like my old Brown turkey but it doesn't ripen figs anyway.But very nice to see how it should be done.

[@upupandaway5646]

A thousand thank you,s very informative 👏

[@JSacadura]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the comment.

[@tonanmaroc]

thank you very much I learned A lot Of New Information 👍👍👍🤝🤝🤝🙏😊

[@darlatidwell6255]

Pruning is not my favorite thing, but TY this helps.👍 🌱

[@JSacadura]

Hi, Darla. Thanks for the comment. I know that pruning is not a subject that interest everyone, but if you grow any fruit trees, is quite inevitable and we should all know the basics techniques so we can maintain our trees productive and in good health.

[@absolutezerocool]

Happy to see your new videos. I was hoping you were ok. I had messaged you on another forum but didn't hear back. I hope your growing season starts great!

[@JSacadura]

Sorry about that. I simply don't have the time to do it all, so I haven't been in the forums for a while. The season is starting great. Thank you.

[@absolutezerocool]

@@JSacadura I understand. Enjoy beautiful Portugal and eat a few pasteis de nata for me!

[@schweizer1940]

Thank you this is very helpful.

[@CAKMOJIB]

Wowww so amazing.. like your work bro

[@JSacadura]

Thanks.

[@thefatbaker]

Very useful advice thank you.

[@RajYadav-jv1nd]

Very nice information sir thanks.

[@jaredmccutcheon5496]

I have a huge fig tree that was at my house when we bought it. It puts thousands of figs on every year, a very heavy breba crop and then also later a main crop, in 6 years not a single fig has gotten ripe, so in addition to grafting several varieties that produce ripe fruit, I did a major pruning on it this winter. I’m hoping maybe it will finally ripen some figs with less branches and figs to support.

[@0warami_7oo]

Im sure it will. I pruned a neglected tree heavily last winter and this summer the fruit is twice as big as before.

[@JSacadura]

Hi, Jared. You probably will be pleased with your results just by pruning. If your original variety is not suited to your area and still doesn't produce any figs, grafting will solve the problem. Let us now how your fig tree is doing in the summer.

[@adanmccloskey3149]

Did you get any fig’s over last season?

[@cfaz6763]

Hey what happened?! Tge fig obsessed crowd would like to know! 😂😂 ty!

[@jaredmccutcheon5496]

@@cfaz6763 that tree didn’t produce any edible figs on its own branches even though it produces hundreds of them. All the grafts I put on it produced a bunch of really nice figs though.

[@antiLeixo]

Amazing video as always !

[@JSacadura]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the comment.

[@cicmarika1]

Nice tutorial, thank you.

[@eabr2881]

Thank you for the informative and excellent video

[@tadziomealha5988]

JSacadura Excelente vídeo, muito grato pela informação!!! Muito útil para a poda da época fria que se aproxima…! Tenho figueiras muito antigas a precisar! Fiquei curioso acerca de algumas variedades que vi em outros vídeos seus…existe alguma possibilidade de adquirir estacas ou plantas dessas variedades..? Quais são? Ou pode-me indicar onde procurar em Portugal..? Cumprimentos! Muito Obrigado!

[@weweelgo5477]

Твоя работа заслужить в млн лайк но не знаю людей забили что такой труд. 😔👍❤

[@spearageddon3279]

Very helpful, thank you sir. New sub. 👍👍

[@johnkacarab2661]

Thanks, learned a lot.

[@JSacadura]

Glad to hear it! Thanks for the comment.

[@Andover-wp8rk]

Great pruning techniques. I am new to growing figs, so your video was really helpful. Thank you

[@beggersu]

Very informative post many thanks

[@suzfly8373]

Hello, very useful video. But as the pruned fig starts to sprout new leaves/branches from the end of every remaining branch, I've been told there's another stage of pruning to be done, to control this growth. Any chance you could advise/produce video on second stage pruning? Thank you.

[@bernardvreulink2457]

Thanks!!

[@kervilou5905]

very good !!!

[@tvck3183]

Beutyful frend grafting

[@muma8207]

First time watcher. Appreciate your video here. I will move back to my farm permanently early spring 2023 and my fig trees will already have leaves. They have not been pruned for a few years. Do you recommend waiting until next winter to prune or can I prune small branches this spring and do larger ones next winter? Thank you.

[@HVACRTECH-83]

Try to prune them before buds swell and you'll be fine, just don't go too heavy all this upcoming season

[@janetihaka799]

Like this information very much

[@boidun7107]

Thank you sir 👏❤️

[@spmrosepi1]

Thank you

[@lovethegarden.kumariyeline4835]

Good information.

[@patrickfitchjr.6894]

Nice Job!

[@GraftingTactick]

Hey, great video. I'd like to know what type of organic fertiliser we can use on fig tree to get high yield 👌

[@gossipwithkashifjamshaidawan]

Beautiful work

[@JSacadura]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@beebob1279]

Mine is bushy. I want to cut it way back. Too many growing from the ground. I think I’ll root them and give as gifts

[@tarfap.kpamber9732]

Excellent as usual.

[@JSacadura]

So nice of you. Thanks for the comment.

[@Franco-1234]

Very good!

[@emmanuelnunez3165]

t would be very interesting to see grafting techniques in perennial fruit trees, such as mango

[@JSacadura]

I can't plant mango has its too cold over here in the winter, but you can check my loquat grafting video (its a perennial too) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYXCnnh3hbehbJI .

[@afernandesng]

Obrigado por mais este vídeo! Este ano fiz uma poda mais drástica nas figueiras pequenas, usando a mesma técnica que é usada em algumas produções comerciais. Cortei os novos ramos deixando apenas uns 3 anéis em cada. Vamos ver se vou ter figos 🙏. Já testou essa poda mais drástica nas figueiras?

[@JSacadura]

Vou precisamente testá-la nalgumas variedades, num pomar novo que plantei. Na minha zona tenho dúvidas que seja a melhor opção para todas as variedades de figueira, porque o período de crescimento é menor, comparativamente a zonas mais quentes, e pode não haver tempo suficiente para a figueira produzir novos ramos e amadurecer os figos antes da chegada do tempo mais frio. Em ambiente controlado (em estufas), em que este tipo de poda é muito usado pelos agricultores japoneses ou em zonas mais quentes resulta e é até bastante produtivo, mas as variedades utilizadas e o respetivo vigor têm um papel importante.

[@afernandesng]

@@JSacadura obrigado pelas informações. Eu sou da zona de Arouca e as variedades em que fiz esse tipo de poda dão-se bem por cá, mas depois digo-lhe como correu 😁

[@drisslaaroussi4911]

how to grow which variety will be successful in tropical area like central florida please. and how to make them successful? l love and enjoy all your videos. thanks

[@jontedder5415]

Thanks!

[@JSacadura]

Thank you very much! I appreciate your support.

[@AncientHippie]

Thank you for all this; is it best to prune as a tree or to form as a shrub (I have enough room for either)

[@user-gy9ql5oc8x]

your video thank you 👍

[@pittilinster7526]

excellent video as usual , what time are you pruning the figs and in which zone are you located ? many thx Pit

[@JSacadura]

I'm pruning them in early February (before they start to wake from dormancy). I'm located in the center of Portugal (zone 9a).

[@JP-nz4em]

Thank you so much for your video, it helps tremendously

[@own-videos-volg-222]

Sir you are great man ❤

[@harleytrumbo633]

How do I get my hands on the RONDE DE BORDEAUX? I have the other two varieties you mentioned.

[@meliponarioepitayasnunes2585]

Teus vídeos são muito bons parabéns,quero mais vídeos sobre poda da pêra 👍

[@JSacadura]

Obrigado pelo comentário. Estou precisamente a trabalhar em videos de poda de macieira e pereira. Serão publicados em breve.

[@meliponarioepitayasnunes2585]

Obrigado estou ansioso Deus abençoe.

[@user-dc8wm7gt5z]

Fantastic videos

[@JSacadura]

Glad you like them! Thanks for the comment.

[@ROBERTELECTRIC1]

Thank you for all hard work and excellent videos. I live in Los Angeles California . I want to do grafting on apricot tree in hot summer time. What technique is the best ?

[@PhilipThompsonCanada]

Very good lesson on fig pruning, which I will implement over the next couple of days. I have subscribed, and will look for more training, from this pruning meistro. One question: When is the best time of year to prune? Thank you 🙏

[@JSacadura]

Awesome, thank you! You can prune in the winter, if the winters are not too cold. I prefer to prune as the fig trees are a few weeks from leaving dormancy (so healing will be quicker) and I can use the cuttings immediately for propagation.

[@elifkalender8565]

En sevdigim meyve her turlusunu severim her çesidini.

[@frangekola2361]

💥

[@J3mdA]

Thanks so much for this video! I have a couple of mature figs trees that need to be pruned (we are buying a house & terrain) - I believe it's best to wait until January or February to prune? We are in the Ribatejo area. Obrigada!

[@JSacadura]

Its usually better to prune in late winter, so the pruned branches have less chance of suffering damage from frost. É melhor podar no final do inverno já que, se podar muito cedo, os ramos podados podem sofrer danos com dias mais frios.

[@J3mdA]

@@JSacadura thanks for the feedback! Obrigada!

[@matthewfarrell317]

Loved the video but have a question if I may. Back story, we moved into a house 10 years ago, had a fig tree that wasn't maintained, we left it to grow wild because I liked the look, neither I nor my gf eat figs. Fast forward 10 years and 2 of our 4 kids eat figs. So plan to cut it into shape really hard (needs to drop from nearly 6m high, plan to go to 3m). I don't mind going a year without figs. However it looks like 5 or so suckers have grown to become trunks, so it's a 6 trunk tree at this stage. Should I a) leave it like it is and just prune for shape, or b) do the unthinkable and cut down all but one of the trunks.

[@JSacadura]

With fig trees there is no need to prune for shape leaving just one trunk. Usually, provided they are pruned, the suckers will eventually produce figs with the same productivity and quality of the main tree, as they reach maturity and a good diameter. So, if you don't mind a fig tree that looks more like a large bush (and a bit more maintenance work - clearing weeds between trunks, etc..) there is no reason to leave only one trunk.

[@thesimplelifeofaafamily2507]

Need to try to pruning on our fig tree

[@arturomateo3920]

Please, make a video of the most relevant fig varieties and its atributes.

[@mchlbk]

Depends on your climate and your taste.

[@juleerowley9706]

❤

[@athomas897]

Thank you. Great info.

[@JSacadura]

My pleasure. Thanks for the comment.

[@threadbarerag336]

Take pruned newer growth, dip in a rooting hormone, and place in pots of good soil and you will have new trees to plant elsewhere or to give to friends.

[@johnnymarkovich1419]

Love figs

[@nonamedontcare9695]

I'm late.... can you do pruning video of orange and mango fruit tree.

[@bogdancretu9150]

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[@Domogled]

Hallo, thx for video. When is best to prune fig threes? În spring or in autumn?