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So with a fig tree, remembering that when you prune a tree, one of the things your doing is your taking off the extra branches so that the tree- what¡¯s there will actually have high yield and have a higher quality fruit. So we¡¯re going to take out branches that are- we¡¯re going to open the tree up by taking out some of the middle branches so more light can get into the tree as a whole. And let¡¯s see. One thing I see here is a piece of dead wood so I¡¯m just going to get rid of that right now.Now, see how these branches are kind of crossing over right here and not everything is getting sun? So what I want to do is open that up. So this branch that¡¯s coming across and blocking the light from all those others- I¡¯m going to remove it, and some of these smaller, separate branches I¡¯m going to remove. And that one will get rid of that. We¡¯re opening it up so that it has more light. Now I don¡¯t like the way this branch is going across and this one- they¡¯re crossing over each other- that¡¯s not a good idea. And you can see this top one is much healthier. However, I want to consider my path that it is moving towards. And I think for now, that¡¯s ok- it¡¯s staying on the path. So I¡¯ll go ahead and leave that, and I¡¯m going to trim the weaker lower branch that¡¯s not doing as well because it had no light.By removing these branches, what I¡¯m actually doing is allowing the remaining tree to have more nourishment. And you see I¡¯m cutting it right up- I¡¯m doing a clean cut right up to the trunk.