Pruning - 2024

[bushdoctor82]

I moved my entire potted fig tree collection (3) from the backyard to the driveway in preparation of pruning and storing away for the winter.

Adriatic JH - 2 yr old in a 20 gallon pot. No pruning to be done this year - let it ride.



Molise Red - 2 yr old in a 15 gallon pot. Only going to prune where the green survey flagging is in an effort to grow secondary branching and fill in that quadrant.



Figo Preto - 3 yr old in a 12.5 gallon pot. Reshaping this tree to a single trunk tree as can be seen where the green survey flagging is. Will have to root prune and tilt it when repotting to achieve a semi-straight trunk.


Either Molise Red or Figo Preto will be planted inground come Spring.

 

[ktrain]

Those are all really nice lookin trees, I too am a fan of single trunk trees.
All though, the HC I put in ground I am sort of letting it do what ever.

Does your Figo Preto produce enough to warrant a spot in ground?

 

[bushdoctor82]

Those are all really nice lookin trees, I too am a fan of single trunk trees.
All though, the HC I put in ground I am sort of letting it do what ever.

Does your Figo Preto produce enough to warrant a spot in ground?

Both Figo Preto and Molise Red produced well this year in pots - the issue on both was splitting. I’m hoping planting either inground will at least reduce the amount of splitting in future years. I already have a spot dug out and pot inserted for one of them in an area

Those are all really nice lookin trees, I too am a fan of single trunk trees.
All though, the HC I put in ground I am sort of letting it do what ever.

Does your Figo Preto produce enough to warrant a spot in ground?

All of my inground trees started as single trunk and now 4 of them have turned into a bush form due to winter damage. I’m in no hurry to reshape them, just letting them do their thing as you mention.

 

[TorontoJoe]

What!?!? Those are about the most perfectly pruned trees I've ever seen! so nice! Well done!

With trees like that, and the Eagles winning by 17 .... a good day?

 

[bushdoctor82]

What!?!? Those are about the most perfectly pruned trees I've ever seen! so nice! Well done!

With trees like that, and the Eagles winning by 17 .... a good day?

Thanks. Good day for sure - too bad the Flyers lost a tough one last night, although Michkov scored a non power play goal. Thankfully I don’t like basketball - the Sixers are atrocious!

It looks like I’ll be wrapping a few of the ingrounds this weekend in preparation of early December cold.