Here is a fig that I want to shift a branch up, and trunk chop it at the same time.
I used Urushibata technique to shift the branch up...Urushibata is my Oyakata.
see the two lower branches are at the same level. One needs to go but this fig is slow to fatten so I decided to shift the branch up to a new position. Note that the wedge is not large enough. this is an old picture so I have enlarged it since. Looking at it now...I think I should have trunk chopped it much lower. But there is another technique I can use in future...move the top down in the same manner I am moving the branch. I used a plastic bottle to airlayer the branch mid way so when the airlayer is removed the part nearer to the trunk is free to be used for grafting. Only the bottom part of the branch had the cambium removed...hope it will form roots.
