Funny you ask,it is just something new i am doing to deter deer. Sofar it worked.I did a lot of persimmon and paw paw grafting a couple of weeks ago and i hang red tape by the graft area.You know, anything that moves they keep a distand.
If i could grow figs in a zone that is safe from winters i would grow all my figs that way. When i was in Spain and Italy they seem to grow all their figs that way. So i am doing the best i could with my zone 7a. Some of my figtree's are bigger than the one in the picture and i have 9 big ones the rest smaller, two and 3 years old.