The gardening helpers dug out the HUGE Agave (Century Plant) that is now dead after giving us a 22' tall bloom spike this spring/summer, thus leaving a huge hole. One does not pass up a pre-dug large hole lightly.... and I didn't. I had two large, potted, Petite Negra figs that I had them put together in the one hole.

There was some loss of root system because the figs had sent roots into the ground thru the drainage holes. Do I prune them back now to accommodate for the root-loss, or do I just leave them and see what happens? One gardener thought that if I cut them back now they will die, but should wait until they lose their leaves for winter. Does any one out there know for sure what I should do?