a while back i think it was late last year, maybe early this year,a mate got a bunch of figs from ebay, i pointed him in the right direction for them, and kindly enough he sent one to me
it was a bit of a frankenstein tree, had roots going everywhere, it looked like a couple of trees fused over twenty years and didnt know which way it wanted to go, the root system was even more of a nightmare, i dont think it got repotted once in the time the bloke had them (the seller).any ways, i chopped of some odd looking bits, planted the off cuts into some soil, they struck but still need a lot of time, i basically chopped every branch off the tree, nothing was really workable, roots included, so they got the chop too. so it got put into some fresh medium, and left foe the 6-8 months, in that time it has put out a fair bit of growth and a decent root system. this tree still has a long way to go but it now has a path on which it can travel, unfortunately the pics i had of it when i received it got lost when my computer went nuts and i lost all my files
anyways life goes on.a before pic after defoliated
a side shot, defoliated, note the scar on this side, it was a heavy trunk/branch that come out from the side and up.
and after its first styling, there is still a long way to go and the branching placement is a little rough, it will need another good wire after it shoots out again and gives some secondary branching.
normally i dont like deadwood on figs as it can be a fair hassle, but after seeing some of shannons figs with some deadwood features i can see why he likes it, the deadwood will be hardened and lime sulphured, it wont be a bright white, more of a grey.
top shot to show some branching pattern all around the tree.
let me know your thoughs
jamie
taking the top half of trees of since 2005! 
a little more deadwood and some ramification it will be good 
