Comments on: How to Overwinter Fig Trees in Cold Climates (Without Losing Your Mind or Your Tree) https://figfreak.com/how-to-overwinter-fig-trees-in-cold-climates/ Fig Trees Directly To Your Door Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:12:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Fig Freak https://figfreak.com/how-to-overwinter-fig-trees-in-cold-climates/#comment-2637 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:12:25 +0000 https://figfreak.com/?p=205#comment-2637 In reply to Jim.

Do you know what variety it is?

Lots of different possibilities. If it was a wild seed grown fig It could be a male fig.

You could try pruning so it only grows one main stalk. Then once it’s about 6′ tall pinch the apical bud so it focuses it’s energy on ripening the figs.

Last option would be to replace it with an earlier ripening fig like Celeste.

]]> By: Jim https://figfreak.com/how-to-overwinter-fig-trees-in-cold-climates/#comment-2585 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:49:28 +0000 https://figfreak.com/?p=205#comment-2585 My fig has died back multiple years now. Each spring it comes back and makes multiple shoots up to 9 feet high. 6 to 10 shoots each year. But, though it makes lots of figs, few mature. Do I need to cut all but a few of the shoots in the spring? The largest shoots are about 1.25 inches in diameter. I give it 10-10-10 fertilizer each spring (otherwise I get no figs at all). Recommendations?? Tulsa, OK

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