Girdling Fig Trees for Bigger Fruits, More Fruits & Higher Brix
Channel: Ross Raddi
Date: 2020-06-26

I've been trying to look into girdling figs and what benefits there might be for my trees. I was originally searching for an answer to hormonal imbalance due to pruning too hard, but instead I found a study detailing how girdling fig trees can increase fruit size, quantity and allow them to have a higher sugar content. The reason being is that girdling removes the phloem. An important part of the tree that transports carbohydrates to different parts of the tree. By removing the phloem. Carbohydrates that are formed through photosynthesis get trapped and therefore do what the study mentions. You can read about it here: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2713/bc00de7ecf51cc2b74d4315d88e8151f2e28.pdf

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