Was preparing to starting putting away some of the trees for the winter,
been fairly mild in NYC and some of the branches have not completely hardened off.

 I let the trees have free reign this past season,
no pruning on my part, figured if the Mayans were right,
I would save myself some work  :-)

 Was only able to prune two yesterday,
Belleclare Kronos Sika/Syka and Belleclare Sicilian Turbinado
These cuttings are from those two mother trees



Ran out of time to continue with more pruning,
so I thought I would take a few pics of some mature Belleclare momma's
Sun angle, cluttered background, etc  all conspired against me.
Pictures don't due these trees justice or show proper scale.
All are 7 feet in size or taller with very large caliper.
Will try again in the spring when leafed out.

Belleclare San Piero
A beautiful specimen tree when leafed out, truly classical look to it.
Over 20 years old.


BC Atreano, mother tree, 25+ years old
In the background  BC International Braided tree, 3 varieties.



Closeup of the braided trunks fused together

Sorry the pictures are not that good.
I have a major root pruning and up potting project this spring
for all my trees, everything will end up in either 60 or 75 gal containers.
Have over 50 trees to do, in three different locations
so when I'm working on them,
I will take photos of each against a white background,
assuming the repotting doesn't kill me ;)

Beautiful trees.

Love the pictures!  Fig trees look so nice when they've aged.

Them fig pics look good enough for me...
Where is the lime?

Wow

Very Impressive, they look like they have been spoiled a bit.

Very nice

HungryJack i love to see what others do in pictures and you really came thru !
I look forward to more from you and others as well.
Thanks for taking the time to post them. ; )

I am truly sorry I recently questioned your motives Hungryjack. This removes any doubt about why you are here from my mind. Thank you for sharing the pictures and please accept my apology.

Wow Jack the trees are beautiful !  Thanks for posting the pictures .

The braided trees....that is beautiful.  Makes me want to try that....after I get brave enough.  Right now I'm just tickled to get a cutting to produce a root...lol

Jack (aka., hungry[fig/fish]jack) is a very, very genuine fig man....
[Yesterday; I just happened to talk to a non-member fig-person that knows him very well]

If anyone is interested in the Tree Braiding, this is not a bad video of a nursery doing a Hibiscus.

Very nice photos, and especially nice to see the old Belleclare trees alive and well grown.  The braided tree is something to be treasured.

Anyone attempting to braid fig trees should do it when the new wood is green and bendable.  Once the wood starts to lignify, it becomes too stiff to braid, and will crack.  Keep braiding as the stems grow longer and tie off the braided sections.  Encourage as much growth as possible.  The extra leaves, etc; encourages the stems to thicken, and extra growth can always be trimmed away at a later time.  This will be a work in progress, and will take a few years, but you will have a unique fig tree in the end.

Good luck.

Frank

very nice..thanks for sharing!

Wow!!

great  looking trees

good luck

You can tell they were taken care of. Nice trees!

Very nice pics

HungryJack, I hope you enjoy the fruits of your labour from these trees for a long long time. They look good even in winter.
 
What are the pot sizes you have used for these old trees. It is better to know even though it is getting difficult to deal with 10 and 7-gallon pots when there are a number of such pots to take care of.

I was taught not to put new lime on top of old lime,
so I left what was there for 2012.
Heavy lime has pros and cons,
one of the cons is soil compaction.
If you are following a regular root pruning and re-potting
schedule, this is not that much of a factor,
if you want to extend the intervals between re-potting,
heavy lime could become an issue, IMO.

I gave all my trees a break this year,
let them do their own thing
with minimal input from me other than water.
They did fine.

But vacation time is over for them,
this year I crack the whip !  :-)

I am simply the current caretaker of these beautiful trees.

When leafed out, the San Piero is one of the nicest/prettiest/classical fig trees
I have ever seen, others who have seen it say the same.

On one of the pictures, it appears that the pot is sitting on a round concrete pad.
Do you place something under your pots to keep the roots from growing into the ground?

The trees are beautiful. I would enjoy seeing pictures of them when they have leafed out.

I must have missed some good posts or thread,
never saw your comments :-)

I did learn something,
not to discuss naming, lol
Sorry if I offended anybody.

Let the fig naming continue with a religious fervor :-)

With figs, you want to put some spacers between
the braids when they are young.