Dear Adam,

The first question you need to ask yourself is what caused the leaves to
drop was it lack of water, poor weather, lack of nutrients, a pest such as a
borer, fig beetle, fig blister mite, fig leafhopper, fig longicorn, fig
psylid etc.

Is there anything that may be evident on the leaves if so what do they look
like? Figs also don't like to have their roots compacted or have additonal
soil thrown on top. When you say that the problem was a frosty night in
Maine do you normally cover it over? Let me know a little more and I'll see
if I can help. Kind regards, Heather.

"Adam Webster" wrote in message
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Greetings,
Recently I neglected a poor (big beautiful) ficus, which promptly
dropped EVERY leaf with the exception of one branch. I now have a
beautiful twisted braided trunk that is big and thick with one little
sad branch coming out. New growth abounds on this new branch, but here
is the $1MM question(s):
a) will it live
b) how do I encourage "new" branches (surely it can't grow through one
branch?)
c) how much TLC will it require to make it
Sadly untalented in matters green,

Everything is dead with the exception of this one small branch, but I
would like to recover this plant in order to not slander its benefactors
spirit (it was given to me.)

Neglect was a .. ahem.. frosty night in Maine in October.

Adam