I have 2 figs that are in Pots.  I JUST brought them outside from the basement.
They have been leafing out in the basement... and have dropped some leaves probably due to not having a lot of light.

1. Now that I have them outside... I have a lot of green stems, but FEW leaves.  (since they dropped off)... will the fig tree leaf out again?

2.  My fig trees are VERY leggy. They have many shoots, but not a single leader... so the growth habit is extremely BUSHY and irregular..... as you can see from my picture.   What are some of my best options on how to deal with this....   I am thinking that this growth habit will not make for an attractive plant.

   

Wow, I've never seen such leggy growth.  I'll be honest and say I've never dealt with that extent of legginess.  Take this with a grain of salt, but I would prune the branches, even the hardened wood, all the way down to about 15" and start over.  The new growth will appear from the old nodes and they'll be nice and strong.  Wait for more comments though.

I'd prune at the red lines and hit it with a nitrogen heavy fertilizer.

 

I would take advantage of a strange situation ( your tree that is with spider legs. ) cut nothing and weave them together. They will look very cool then eventually grow as one trunk. Doesn't appear that it needs any fertilizer! !! Lol. May have to trim off some side branches if they get in your way. Now if it is,a rare fig you may not want to go this route. ;-))
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR TREE.
RICHIE
LOUISIANA

They were reaching for indirect light in the basement. Sometimes I get this problem as well. Those branches will not be strong enough to bare fruit this year. I agree with the first two responders - cut everything back. I would definitely even cut back the hard wood so that there are no branches thinner than a pencil in thickness. The tree will be better for it. When new green shoots appear again, they will be thicker and they will be stronger. Only let them get to be 6 inches long before you break them off. 

I agree that there was some reaching for light....

but also - if you look at the base - they had these 'shoots' coming out before I put them in the basement.

I would have to agree with Frank and Barnhardt. Do some severe pruning and cut them way back to good wood. If they were mine I think I would cut them to about 6-8 inches and let them regrow. All the leggy growth will be weak and unable to support any fruit. After you prune them keep them in good sunlight and the new growth will be thicker and stronger.

if they are realy good ones airlayer them.
if not cut them way back and start over

The way it looks, I doubt that you will see any fruit this year. It does need some serious pruning. I would do it now and with some heavy feeding, you might get lucky and see some fruit later this summer.

I'd leave that thing alone and let it adjust to the sunlight. Once it gets going again it should look unique. That growth would probably look really cool on a terrace or something once it put on more growth and filled out some.

I know very little about figs, but if it were an apple, I would cut it back to the lowest upward-facing bud.

Hi,
I doubt that this growth can be of any use. Usually, it gets sun burned and its lost.
I would go like Sas . Cut all those leggy shoots and a bit more - shape it, since you're cutting .
And hope for something at the end of the season.
Newt years, try to get her out before she breaks buds. That's what I do. I'd rather have some die back than have leggy growth - since I mainly rely on the breba crop.

That's right
I agree 100%

Cool looking...

I have never seen a Fig Tree that looked like this? I really don't think it will be any good. Why don't you just order a Fig Tree and plant it in a 5 gal bucket with holes punched in! That way you will possibly get some fruit this year. : )