I can't see much detail in the picture, and when I try to click on it, Photobucket just gives an error. It appears, from what I can see, that maybe only one central trunk split and the weight of that trunk's canopy is holding the rest of the tree down. Is that what's going on in the picture or is it worse than it appears? If only the one trunk has split, I would remove it ASAP and maybe temporarily tie the remaining trunks up until they would once again stand on their own.

I don't understand what you mean when you said you don't know how to reach the fruit on the ground.

Brandon- The sheer mass of branches on the ground makes it hard to reach any of the fruit, which I think has enough connection with the roots even with the trunk split to ripen. I hate to just clear it all off and lose all the fruit, but it would be better for the larger suckers you mention in the 1-2" diameter, 6+' long, that I could resurrect. There are a few very small suckers in the middle that are standing vertical now.

I certainly never foresaw such catastrope occurring. I already had to deal with my very large Blue Elderberry breaking off in huge pieces from snow load last winter.

I guess I want to harvest the fruit, which I can't see or reach, perhaps I can cut off some branches with no fruit to thin it out. It's a good point about rescuing the suckers, will they be harmed if left bent over for a while?

One thing you could do is prop the broken limbs back up and secure them temporarily. Then remove them after you harvest the fruit. Since the broken limbs will soon be removed anyway, it wouldn't matter how you tied or propped them up, as long as they weren't likely to collapse with expected windload.

I would not leave any viable limbs bent down to the ground. This could negatively affect them and the tree in a number of ways.

For now, buy two or three T-post fence posts and some ropes to get your tree back up and off the ground. After harvest, you can go in and manicure everything and resecure the remaining trunks properly as needed.

Thanks, Brandon. I will have to work on it. I picked some more figs today. Most of the bigger suckers were leaning out rather than up before the main one split. I'm wondering how they would do if cut off a few feet above the ground, if some new branches would form above the cut. I guess I could try it to see, since the growth is more sideways than straight up anyways, and they are too tall to really prop up, some are 10' tall, and top-heavy. The other fig I'm growing in this location is not going crazy like Negronne, but the figs are watery and not very flavorful. I have a couple more figs in a drier location that are more normal trees.