Esmeralda,

You have a lot of new green growth starting on your parent fig tree. This is good.

Prune back all the dead stems on it to its crown.

Don't mess with any of the new shoots at this time.

Picture #1. Pot up that severed, separate stem you show, and see if it takes. Don't bury the green growth....plant the stem with them just poking up from the soil surface. Water sparingly, but no drying out, please. Push a thin stake into the soil, right next to the stem. Tie the stem to it in two places to keep the stem stable, not wobbling in place.

When all the green shoots of the parent fig tree are new, green stems, and they are about 10" tall, choose the best, straightest 6 of them, spaced evenly apart. These are your new multi trunks of your rejuvenated fig tree. Remove the rest.

Don't worry about all the gnarly crown wood left. Let it alone. It's not hurting the tree what so ever. Just continue to remove any additional fresh green growth that comes from it after you select the 6 new trunks. You will see new green shoots emerge from that crown for years. Keep removing them when they first emerge. They will get fewer and fewer in number in time. Keep after them.

Moses

Congrats Esmeralda!! Did they just start popping up? You must be so happy they're still alive. I'm still waiting on mine to come back from the dead but I don't want to dig it up incase I mess something up

Esmeralda,

I just wanted to tell you that under your care, your fig will prosper. Do not be surprised if you find little fig plants emerging from the ground where you dug out your dad's fig tree.

Fig trees will send out sucker type shoots near their crowns, and sometimes a little distance out from it. Those out a distance from the crown were severed when you dug it out, and they will frequently sprout. They can be dug up and potted. For every sprout, get as much of the root mass out with the surrounding soil still attached as you possibly can.

Moses