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jrice Registered: 1193613249 Posts: 61	1275962147 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
pitangadiego Registered: 1188871011 Posts: 5,447	1275970587 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".
paully22 Registered: 1195324538 Posts: 2,719	1275973244 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
OttawanZ5 Registered: 1192897779 Posts: 2,551	1276040023 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?
GeorgiaFig Registered: 1272917158 Posts: 584	1276044142 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
jrice Registered: 1193613249 Posts: 61	1276047972 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
pitangadiego Registered: 1188871011 Posts: 5,447	1276057529 Ottawan, That would be my assumption, but haven't tried it as decent brebas here are a rarity.
nelson20vt Registered: 1259864353 Posts: 1,847	1276080798 Hmm in that case im pinching the top of my Desert King this weekend for it to start branching out.
pitangadiego Registered: 1188871011 Posts: 5,447	1276091556 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.