Pruning Fig Trees - Why, When and How

[@joelkamm1589]

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

[@jesen84]

Thank you for the kind words. It means a lot to me.

[@aegeanorganicslemnos8311]

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

[@jesen84]

I'm so glad it was helpful. Thank you for the feedback!

[@michaelmezs6117]

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.

[@jesen84]

No need to worry - these trees are very resilient. Good luck!

[@eliev7844]

Clear and concise. Thank you

[@jesen84]

Thank you very much. The positive feedback means a lot to me.

[@joanrossington6932]

Excellent thank you

[@jesen84]

Thank you for taking the time to comment. I love the positive feedback.

[@ricosaurus]

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.

[@jesen84]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing!

[@roberhatube2366]

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 !)

[@jesen84]

Hi! I did the same pattern - the first year trees got snipped into a single trunk about waist high and the older trees had their scaffolds cut to encourage going wider. I like 15 gallon pots for my figs. It's a good compromise between having enough room to grow and being able to lift them. You can check out my "How fast do figs grow" video.

[@roberhatube2366]

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

[@jesen84]

Cutting at an angle is done to prevent water pooling. That's generally not something I struggle with in AZ :)

[@pridefu1seven]

just subbed

[@jesen84]

Thank you!

[@ibrahimeryuzlu283]

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

[@jesen84]

I like the way single trunks look and it’s easier to protect against ants. I’ll have better sound in future videos. Turning on closed captions may also help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2i6ZWSMgt2sh6csi=GQiZzcFjFY46nUda