I just bought a 6 feet "Atreano Gold" and from all the AG trees , this looked the best,so I took it , but there is some holes (1/4"- 1/2"deep)on some branches when they were broken off , will that will be a problem later on?
Do I need to seal them with something?














This branch looks half dead , but at the top it looks healthy,what should I do with it?

The first thing I would do is get advice from someone who has more experience than I with figs, but that being said, here's my $0.02...

All of the pics of the holes I saw look old and well healed (if that's considered healing!) at this point.  The branches in the last two pics basically look like dead wood - or "almost dead" albeit still able to transport nutrients to the top.  And, the last three pics all look relatively high up on the tree, so, I'd probably cut them back and hope to replace it with some healthier growth that would better be able to transport the nutrients to the top when the tree is in full bloom.

In the second pic (first close-up), the hole appears to be very low on the tree, so I'm not sure you want to cut it back that far, but if you did, I'm confident it would recover fine, since figs are pretty sturdy.  If you were to not cut it back that far, it may make sense to seal the hole with some filler just to make sure it didn't cause rot from water building up in there.

Again, I'd definately encourage you to NOT take my advice until you get some other responses, but that is my best take on it! ;)

 

The holes in the branches in pictures 2-4 are nothing to worry about. The holes represents where pith was located before the twig was cut. The tree will grow over the pruning cut over time.

The last photo looks like some dead wood and I wood prune to good wood below the damage.

Looks liks some life exists on the other side of the dead branch, after cutting, inspect for life  if so, you may be able to root it.

Pictures 2,3,4 look like branches where cuttings were taken by previous owners(I have it on many of my trees)...picture 5 looks like sun burn damage, which is quite common when a certain side of a tree is constantly exposed to the rays of the sun...the usual solution for this is to white wash the branches that are most exposed, or in the case of a potted tree, to keep rotating the plant...nice looking tree by the way.

Almost every fig tree that I have seen has these hollow holes in branches, etc.  Fig branches are really tubes filled with pith.  The pith rots away and leaves behind a hollow section of the branches.  As your tree grows and puts out new wood, I would prune/trim away all those old dead sections back to the nearest live wood.  This new fig tree of yours will look completely different within a few years, and you will be surprised at how much new wood will be growing from the original branch structure, and main stem.  Let the tree grow out after eliminating any wood that is obviously dead.   Try not to be concerned.  You will learn how and where to prune your tree branches to avoid this kind of thing.

Look at your first photo showing the whole tree.  See that large, low-growing main branch?  If it were me, I'd air-layer that section, and eliminate the possibility of that second leader, splitting away from the main trunk in the future.  If you air-layer that low, side branch, you will then have two trees.  Growing on its own roots, that side branch will probably give you figs next season.

Hope you replant this tree into a larger container, or plant it in the ground.  Now, is the time to do this.

Nice tree.  You'll have figs to eat this summer.  Good luck, and happy growing.

Frank

Congrats on the nice tree!  Sounds like you'll be ok with those areas of concern.

1. I would root that branch above the split in the last photo and cut off the dead wood in the 4th photo and I agree with everything Frank said.

2. where'd you get it?

3. Good luck and enjoy all the figs!