As Peter and others have stated you can go two ways with the figs to achieve
back budding and ramification either cut back all branches and leave only a
leaf or two on each branch or defoliate the tree and remove all the leaves.
In either case you need a very healthy tree preferably in active growth.
You can check my article on defoliation at
http://www.bonsaihunk.8m.com/Defoliatingfigs.html
Hope this helps.
Jerry Meislik
Whitefish Montana USA
Zone 4-5
http://www.bonsaihunk.8m.com/
I fertilize my figs regularly and after letting shoots grow out some, i
pinch them back to one or two leaves on the shoot. This usually promotes
great back-budding further down on the branch. I live in the midwest so I
only do it throughout the summer as my trees come indoors under fluorescents
for winter. You could also leaf prune this species or cut it back to no
branches and start over. Only to be recommended on very healthy vigorous
plants though.

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Peter Kulibert zone 4a/5b


"Kelly" wrote in message
.. .
What type of pruning/trimming would encourage my Willow leaf fig to have
more dense foliage (i.e. more leaves on each branch)?




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