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Fig trees are a hit in Louisiana. Here's how to get in on the growing trend.

If you would like to add spring-flowering trees to your landscape, January and February are excellent months to plant them.
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Fig trees offer juicy, sweet summer fruit

You may train your fig into a large bush-like shape with several trunks, or into a more typical tree shape with a single trunk. Pruning established figs is best done by late February. Pruning helps to ...
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How to Prune a Fig Tree for an Abundant Harvest, According to Horticulturists

Fig trees (Ficus carica) thrive in USDA hardiness zones 8 through 10, though they can also grow in colder areas with proper protection. In addition to providing shade and beauty to your yard—not to ...
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Pruning fig trees – The simple healthy cuts that bring years of bountiful harvests

The secret to the perfect fig is in your shears. A few strategic cuts turn a tangled thicket into a high-yielding masterpiece ...
Times Colonist

Helen Chesnut: Small fig tree might be at an 'in-training' stage

Dear Helen: I have two fig trees. One, a Desert King, yields a big first crop. The other, smaller fig tree (unknown variety) does not get a first crop that ripens. The first crop figs do not develop ...