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I gotta agree with g_b, those stumps will put out a bunch of new branches in the spring and need to be removed or you'll end up with a big mess of little branches there. In my growing zone I loose most of my above ground branches every winter but the base puts out new branches every spring with many figs. I don't try to train for a central leader but a ground hugging clump. Also removing all the apical buds will increase fruiting. I had 2 new identical Malta Black cuttings right next to each other which got hit by a late frost and were slow to put out buds. Thinking to stimulate growth I removed all the apical buds from one. I month later they were the same size but the one with apical buds removed put out 6 figs and the other put out none. I had people say this was due to a reduction in fig mite pressure but I have a 60x scope and I've never seen fig mites on my trees, and I've seen russet mites on other plants before. I think removing the buds causes a hormonal change which stimulates fig production.
Great trees you have there. I recommend leaving no stumps when pruning. Especially those big ones at the base. If no stumps left the tree will heal nicely.
@lindasaroucos5718 How old is the tree? If it's young it may just not be ready to fruit. Otherwise I have had years where there was little fruiting. Just remember that figs predominantly fruit on new wood
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I gotta agree with g_b, those stumps will put out a bunch of new branches in the spring and need to be removed or you'll end up with a big mess of little branches there. In my growing zone I loose most of my above ground branches every winter but the base puts out new branches every spring with many figs. I don't try to train for a central leader but a ground hugging clump. Also removing all the apical buds will increase fruiting. I had 2 new identical Malta Black cuttings right next to each other which got hit by a late frost and were slow to put out buds. Thinking to stimulate growth I removed all the apical buds from one. I month later they were the same size but the one with apical buds removed put out 6 figs and the other put out none. I had people say this was due to a reduction in fig mite pressure but I have a 60x scope and I've never seen fig mites on my trees, and I've seen russet mites on other plants before. I think removing the buds causes a hormonal change which stimulates fig production.
Great trees you have there. I recommend leaving no stumps when pruning. Especially those big ones at the base.
If no stumps left the tree will heal nicely.
@g_b thank you! I will remember that for next year
I had lots of little buds at the end of each branch this year but hardly any figs !!! 😢
@lindasaroucos5718 How old is the tree? If it's young it may just not be ready to fruit. Otherwise I have had years where there was little fruiting. Just remember that figs predominantly fruit on new wood
@@observationistdave it's 30-40 years old
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