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["Bassem Samaan" <bassem@gardener.com>]

Alan,
I respect your opinion, but based on my experience with leaving branches unpruned after the roots had penetrated I got trees that became very weak. I had die back, fruitlessness,  and in some cases the trees died.
What happens is the fine roots are now on the outside of the pot. When these are cut the branches demand nutrients that the thick roots inside the pot are not able to supply.

Bassem Samaan
zone 6, Pa
www.angelfire.com/pa5/bass

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Haigh"
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] root pruning mistake
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:30:33 -0400

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. 
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