Hello, everyone!  Searched around for answers to these questions but can't seem to find what I'm looking for.  Sorry if this is redundant for some.

I received this Jolly Tiger earlier this year.  It is in a 20 gal black nursery container.  It use to be big and very beautiful.  It was damaged from the winter and cut back by the previous owner.  It is coming back nicely now.  :)



I know that this whole branch has to be pruned off.  It is green and there is no variegation.

 

Should this branch be pruned off?  All the leaves are pale yellow with no variegation.  There are 2 other branches just like this.

 

How about this branch?  All the leaves are pale yellow except one has a tiny bit of variegation at the end of one lobe.

  

Danny, I am no fig expert but I do grow a lot of verigated plants and I have found that the pale green stems do not do well and the solid green will take over. I would remove all of the green back to the first verigated leaf and remove some of the pale green stems. Some have tried to grow the pale green ones out but they fail due to a lack of chlorophyll.

Thanks Hershell.  So, would I remove the growth up to the variegated leaf, leaving the node, or remove the node with the variegated leaf too?

Hi nycfig,
I would remove the dark green and light green and try to root them, to see if they get back to variegated ... but you need space for that .
For the light green, it might have been lack of light or lack of nutrients, so those are the ones I would focus on for rooting .
You should leave the nodes linked to correct typed leaves, as the node should behave as the leaf did.

Thanks jds.  You're right, I definitely need more space.  It's hard to control myself especially when there's so many more varieties that I'd like to add.

I'll do what you said; trash the dark green branches and put the light green ones in some water.  Additionally, I'll cut back the branch with that little dot of variegation and leave the node.

Thanks again!

I wonder how an air layer would do instead of taking cuttings?

Because the plant is coming back nicely from injury, I don't want to do anything except prune.  Hopefully I'll be able to AL next year.