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Pruning Fig

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    If the pot has not been moved, you might find that the sudden growth was because the roots have gone through the bottom of the pot. I have one in the greenhouse in a 15 inch pot. It has not been moved in years. I have not watered it in years.It thrives on wilful neglect.  I suspect the roots probably go through the bottom of the pot and under the greenhouse foundations to find water. I have hacked it back to a stump and it regrows.   Last winter I didn't remove the larger figs, they carried on growing and ripened early this year. I suppose that was because we had a very mild winter here, and a baking summer last year.  All the prunings shred nicely and go to making compost.
  • jtwyfordjtwyford Posts: 7
    Dovefromabove said:
    Mine is exactly the same this year ... quite unusual ... a tree full of half sized fruit and virtually no little ones. 🤞 
    Interesting - I imagine that the rather odd weather this year is probably the explanation.
    Dovefromabove said:
    As it is I think it’s too late for that to happen now so I might just leave the fruit on the tree and see what happens ... in these days of climate change there might just be a silver lining 🤞 
    Yes, I might do the same.

    From what everyone has said, it seems that I probably ought to leave the pruning until spring - and hope that a gale doesn't destroy it in the meantime!

    Thanks for your assistance.

    Kind Regards, John
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    When the leaves have dropped off, perhaps you could give it a nudge and see if it has escaped out the bottom of the pot.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • jtwyfordjtwyford Posts: 7
    fidgetbones said:
    If the pot has not been moved, you might find that the sudden growth was because the roots have gone through the bottom of the pot. 
    I thought of that last year, and did check, and the roots were not then significantly through the bottom of the pot - but that may, of course, have changed. As B3 has suggested, I'll check again when the leaves are off - although discovering the answer will not, in itself, help me to decide what to do!
    fidgetbones said:
    ...Last winter I didn't remove the larger figs, they carried on growing and ripened early this year. I suppose that was because we had a very mild winter here, and a baking summer last year. 
    As I said, I think I may try that this year, particularly given that 'larger' ones are all I seem to have this year!

    Kind Regards,  John
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