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Pruning breba only types

I have maintained my breba only figs for many years by the following

technique and it has been very satisfactory. Most brebas ripen here around
mid June and as soon as the crop is finished, I prune the tree back very
heavy. This allows time for new growth for next years crop and also keeps
the tree small with a good frame work. 

An interesting note. Some of you may recall that I had my property torn apart
by tornadoes last year. One of my Kings was destroyed except a few stubs. I
cleaned it up and allowed 6 new shoots to grow to about 6 ft. tall. It is now
loaded from the ground to the tips with a heavy set of brebas.

This technique will not be for every one but for some of you, it will produce
very good brebas.

Jack
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It is interesting. Some varieties seem to only have 2-3 brebas at the tips, so more tips means larger crop, and this seems to help with the size control issue when you need to keep tips for brebas but you need to prune for size.

I have other varieties, such as Danny's Delite, this year which have clusters of brebas even after pruning back 90%.

I guess we'll need a list of varieties by breba "style".
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JRice --- did you try it on Grantham's. Impressive size breba on my small(2ft)tree. Also, in your opinion
would you say that D.King taste better than Grantham's.

Paully
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Jon
Does it mean it will be better to manage Desert King with as many small branches as one can manage so a breba or two (or three) on a branch will make a good fruit load of brebas?
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Sorry to hear about the storm jrice, but hope everything is recovering.

And as always, thank you so much for the very helpful information Jon.

Best wishes to all.

John
North Georgia Piedmont
Zone 7b
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Paully,


Yes, I prune the Grantham's Royal the same way. Both King and GR are good
tasting figs and it would be hard to say which is best.

Jack
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Ottawan, That would be my assumption, but haven't tried it as decent brebas here are a rarity.
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Hmm in that case im pinching the top of my Desert King this weekend for it to start branching out.
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Nelson, I am thinking that it is a worthwhile experiment. I understand the other technique is to prune half the branches each season, doing size control on half, and fruiting on the other half.
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