I purchased a Black Jack fig last season. Thought it was dead this spring.
As I'm getting ready to dig it out, I noticed some small leaves!

So today I'm mowing my lawn.....

Obviously not paying enough attention, and this is what I did to it:


I think it's dead for sure, now.

Anybody have and black jack cuttings?-(

Well, I have to admit I never envisioned pruning my figs with a lawnmower. I do prune them short, but not that short.

However, since is had leaves sprouting from it, there must be some viable roots, etc below the surface, so I wouldn't give up on it just yet. Be nice to it, but don't overwater, and see what happens. If it doesn't resprout by Fall, then maybe it would be time to write it off.

Sans,
 
Join MY mow over the ()*^%%* fig tree club :((
 
I thought one of my Celeste trees froze to death, so I mowed right over it
in the spring of 07, so far we have gotten about a hundred figs from that 5' tree this year, think of the bright side, if it comes back you can trade that Ole push mower off & get one of them John Deere riding mowers & start your own pruning Co.

PS, I pruned mine with a Husqvarna rider, not a JD
 
 
If it was me, I would wait & see.
 

 
Cecil

Sandsquid,

Don't give up hope! The roots are alive and they will throw more branches. Just mark it so you know where NOT to mow in the future, maybe put an inverted pot over it to help with humidity and let it go for a few months. It will come back.

Sue

I usually use a "push mower"... You know the old style that has horizontal  blades that roll when you push the mower? but every once in a while, I borrow my neighbors power mower, Like when I skip a week and the lawn gets too deep for me to use the push mower)

My daughter helped me dig it up and we replaced it with what we think is a Desert King (several plants got "mixed up" during a marathon re-potting session a few months ago.)

I followed my usual protocol of placing a wire cage around it... and then just to make sure I don't mow it over again, I mounded up a pile of sand/gravel around the cage.



It should take some doing to mow it over, now.


The butchered Black Jack went into a superoots Air-pot with a plastic dome on top for some "TLC"

Hey sans,
 
Don't beat yourself up too bad about mower pruning that fig tree OK.
 
31 yrs ago when I was 40, I too was reckless with a lawnmower ! ;-)
 
Cecil