What does everyone do with trees that have grown well and need to be trimmed, but haven't fruited yet? What I mean is, what do you do with the cuttings - or how do you prioritize starting them, if at all - for trees that haven't produced yet?

For example, I have a Negretta that has grown well and I hope it produces this year - but I don't know. And I need to prune it a bit, not much, but it's never fruited. In this instance, do you start growing cuttings (just because you have them) instead of chucking them, in the hopes that this is the year?

Obviously, physical space comes into play, but just curious on other people's philosophy. Age of the tree is another factor - in the case of my Negretta, this will be its 3rd year.

Thanks!

You can sell them as long as you're up front with people that they haven't fruited yet.  Give them the info and let them decide.  Also inform them up front what happens if they're not.  Or sell the plants after the mother tree is fruited or give away or trade the cuttings.

My thinking was along the lines of your last point - giving many of them away locally. I need to convert friends and neighbors into more serious gardeners. But you're right - I could give them away for just the shipping fee or sell them with full disclosure.

Depending on local conditions and handling, many varieties may take several years in order to fruit and some are more suitable for container growing than others.
My philosophy is that unless I really want to propagate those cuttings for myself, most of the time they get destroyed and should I decide to give any away, the recipient must know that they have not fruited for me yet.

I was given trees before from other members that they said haven't fruited for them...... and you know what happens to a tree you give away that hasnt bare fruit..... IT FRUITS FOR THE PERSON YOU GIVE IT TO. ...... !!!!!!!

That's also a valid point, Sas - determining how long to keep a tree that is either meagerly producing/growing or not at all. Last year I culled some of the stock. But I literally just took your advice - always the hardest for people who grow things - went to the fridge and removed the cuttings I "would not propagate for myself."

Well yea but sometimes comon types can be tricky

I am wondering that is it potted fig tree, Potted fig tree fruited earlier, In ground fig tree take longer to bear figs.
ALso, Is It under full Sun?, Half shaded fig tree growing faster but it is much harder to bear figs in our area.

They're potted. I have no problem believing I've made a mistake, but I also think I still need to give a couple of these trees anywhere from 1 to 2 years. I've had some potted figs fruit in the first year, some never (after several years). They are full sun, but I need to break apart where I place my figs this year for better results. For example, I have a BM that needs maximum heat, if it is to succeed at all. I have a feeling that's one I may find a home for instead of torturing myself with it for a few more years.

Arne... I bought BM knowing full well that in upstate NY, I would have to give it special treatment to get a ripe fig out of it, including starting it early and extending the season as well as all the other considerations... At the end of the season, all I want is ONE representative BM fig to savour... Sure I want more ... but I am perfectly willing and prepared to propagate my BM's such that if I get one great BM fig from each for each season... I will be eating and happy... If they each give me that one good fig, I will do the dance to keep them happy..... I have other figs to fill the gaps but... 

I'd recommend grafting onto the poor producer. It already has an established root system and
is showing signs of healthy growth.
I grafted a 3" Lattarula scion onto an in ground
slow producing mother tree and 18-months later picked 4-nice figs.

If they are potted fig trees, Do you fertilizer them? Last year, I had 10+ potted fig trees/cuttings, I gave them slightly higher dose of Fertilizer, and they like it and all bearing figs but not able to ripen them in time.
This year, I get some high power LED light, I will early start them 1 month indoor and give them fertilizer as well hoping that I can taste its ripen figs.