Fig tree question?

7 yr old tree, leafs and furit on the ends of the branches. It use to be full of leaves and fruit. We live in San Diego, any suggestions for a fuller tree with more fruit? It produces a green fig, gets water 3 x per week is about 12 feet tall, do you prune these trees? Thanks for your help!

Fig tree question?
fig trees form their fruit buds and leaf buds at the end of their branches, so as the years go on, they get more and more spindley looking. I would assume this is where you are at.





Most people who want a busher looking fig, start pruning when it is young and do maintenance each year to maintain it. If you haven't pruned at all, the I would say you would need to do a drastic prune in order to get it back. Prune when dormant only! You may not get any fruit back the first year, but the subsequent year should be great. The result will be a busher, fuller looking plant with lots of fruit. Consult your local nursery if you are not sure how to prune. Even though it is easy, there is an art to it.
Reply:In fact, fig trees don't bear too much water(watered 3 times a week! that's too much,once every ten days is more than enough.).Dig the earth aroud its trunc alittle,and put some mane there(animal waste).Good luck.