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["Alan Haigh" <alandhaigh@gmail.com>]

I just read a posting I made in early a.m. and there were sure a lot of errors, how embarrassing (hopefully no one read it).  At the end I suggested leaving the roots unpruned of a fig tree that has been allowed to root out from its container into surrounding soil.  I meant to suggest that after pruning the roots while digging the tree out in the fall you should try leaving the branches alone and not to cut them back.  I suspect you will find that there will be no die-back of branches as a result of a reduced root structure.