Hi all ,
Just wanted to share some pics of a fig tree  I uprooted and potted in the fall of 2010 . it must be around 10 years old and was burried every winter but the new owner was going to let it die . ( This is one of 3 I rescued that year ).





Some breba . June 1 2012


Thanks for looking ..... John

beautiful tree looks great!

Woww great rescue enjoy.Marseilles are a great tasting fig and heavy producer especially in our colder climate.

Thanks for sharing your picture and hope to see more this season.  ; )

Thanks for the photos, that is a very nice looking tree. What also got my attention was the size of the trunk.

 Pete

Excellent tree

Thanks all,

I am ashamed to post a pic of the original tree which i found on my phone . You can see where the cuts were made (the 2 main lower branches ). But it ended up rejuvinating the tree because you can see how few leaves and figs were on the tree around the same time of year , in fact mid June .




John

No shame there, John. You done good.

The end point is more important than the starting point. Nice tree.

beautiful tree................

Great looking tree. Truly an outstanding save. I hope it brings you many tasty figs.

John no shame its a before and after picture and shows the beauty of fig trees as they can be abused and still come back proud.
Again thanks for sharing your pictures and keep them coming, course some dark types would be nice also.  ; )

Figos for a job well done.  :)

John....

Vivian took the words right out of my mouth.  The yard looks silent, peaceful, and secluded...like your private little oasis.

Tree looks so lush and healthy.  Thanks for the photos.  Can you give me just a few approximate measurement?

Trunk diameter at base.
Height to first, major branches.
Overall height/width of tree.

Also, when the time comes, will you re-pot this tree into a larger pot, or just root-prune and re-pot into new mix, back into the same pot?  Do you plan on cutting back any of the branches?

I grow in large containers, and I'm always interested in learning about the growing strategies of others.  What ever you're doing, seems to be working very well.

Frank

Thanks for your comments all .

Noss, that was the perfect spring day sunny , dry , and warm . It came through in the photos , just as it was .

Martin , actually I removed 2 other trees from the same property the largest being the same as the one above ( if I had known I would not have removed it , took 4 of us to lift it and rootball into van ) . But the 3rd tree it so happens , is a dark variety which I posted about last year under the title " my best fig yet" . It is so much better than all my other varieties , and according to Herman it may be its own cultivar ( not exactly sure what that means). I gave Nelson a fig and plant and he said it was in the top 2 figs he tried that year , and he tried many . That fig developed during rains in the fall .

Frank

I try to keep pots to a manageable size so I will root prune when needed . Marseilles is a slow growing variety with about an inch between nodes on an old tree like this so not much cutting back should be needed. I just pinch every 6th leaf creating branching .

Height - 7 feet
Width - 5 feet
Height to 1st major branches - 20 inches
Trunk diameter - 4 inches

John

John...

Thank-you for the added information, and the dimensions of you beautiful tree.  It's easier to get the scale of this fair-sized tree when I read the dimensions.  Just a beautiful example of a perfectly grown, containerized fig tree.

Love the photos, and hope you post many more of your trees.

Frank

John - great pictures and nice tree work.  helps me learn how to trim my tree.  i'd also be interested in the names of trees that grow well in our area, as i want to expand the number of plants i have.

John...

If you will allow just one critical comment....
Please be careful  with the amount of weight placed on that sling-shot crotch, formed where the two main branches leave the short trunk.  It will not take too much stress on either of those branches to split that tree down the center.

Frank