Gladys,

I have no experience dressing figs: mine don't have their pants changed.

The portions that have roots, could simply be potted, in an appropriate size pot, and If desired, planted in the ground this Fall, or next Spring. If you want to purne them back, have at it as much as you want.

If you want to root the cuttings, send me an e-mail and I will send you some detailed instructions. For now, cut them to about 8" long and put them in a ziploc bag with s piece of damp paper towel.

Hi Gladys,

If you want to plan them in the ground, now is as good of a time as any. Plant as usual, stake the tree and water regularly until it establishes itself.

If you want to put the trees into containers, and the trees are happy in your mulch pile, you may want to leave them there until the summer heat has passed. If you can find a way to support them until then, that will help. After it goes dormant (say November/December time frame) you can bare-root and pot in your favorite growing mix at that time. I live in Clear Lake (but am often traveling), if you need help planting or potting the tree, let me know and I'll try to coordinate my schedule with yours.

I have had better success rooting dormant cuttings. However, September is a good time to air-layer some of the limbs. That is after the intensity of the summer heat has dissipated a bit, but early enough to where you can pot the layers up for a few months before they go dormant.

As Mountainman has stated may times, the Santa Leon/Santa Fe/ Friendswood area use to be home to a significant number of fig orchard acreages and two (if I remember correctly) fig processing plants. Looks like you may have saved a bit of history.

~james