Pruning Fig Tress for size and fruit! ✂️I like to prune my fig trees to 3-5 main leaders to keep the size down. You can choose to grow one main trunk like a normal tree and prune it to manage its structure. 🌳Removing a majority of the year old wood that’s coming out of the ground and heading off existing branches causes the new growth to form where fruit will grow. 🍈Unlike many other fruit trees, figs grow on 1st year wood and even a brand new tree can produce fruit in its first year! 🌱Fig tr