I ain't playing around! Make one false move I'll take ya down...

[FMD]

It is Ludacris to keep some unproductive things around. Watch your step Mom-In-Law!

[Kelby]

Did that already this spring, no room for something that isn't paying rent!

[WillsC]

Plant abuse

[brettjm]

OK...my honest advice? Take several shots of that picture, laminate them to protect them from the elements, and hang one on every tree/bush as a warning.

Also....geez...I hope your M.I.L isn't tech savvy...

[eboone]

What particularly earned this fate? Poor production? Poor taste? Spoiling in rain? Other?

[andreas-patras]

why do that? all that root system... you could have grafted more than one type on that tree

[F. Bennett]

My most recent kill...

[Rob Ster 010]

Off with his head!

[Hanbury House]

I am glad to hear I am not the only plant murderer out there. I have killed dozens of trees over the years. Life is too short and space is too limited to put up with poor plants. I usually will give the plant a verbal warning to start producing or it gets the ax or shovel. Every once in awhile it works.

[jkuo]

I've cut down 6 trees in the time I've lived at my house. Granted they weren't fig trees. I was reluctant to bother at first, but one of my buddies pointed out exactly what Hanbury said. He told me that life was too short to be living with trees you don't enjoy. After that, I've had no qualms about cutting down trees to plant something I like more.

[Gina]

I don't even like giving away inferior trees, and don't. If it's inferior to me, it most likely will be inferior to someone else. (Though not always). Just because someone gave a fig tree a name does not mean it's a good one. I'd rather have duplicates of the superb ones than figs that even the birds don't want.

[greenfig]

Wow! You guys are ruthless!
That is the reason I first taste the figs that grow in containers and then plant the ones I like.

[F. Bennett]

Just because someone gave a fig tree a name does not mean it's a good one. I'd rather have duplicates of the superb ones than figs that even the birds don't want.

You said it, Gina. And there are too many named varieties that taste way too similar. These are the ones I'm eliminating and replacing with more distinct flavors.

[FMD]

No Ludacris fans?

Anyway, this was a 4 year old 7 foot waste of protoplasm. It was mocking me with its giant size yet refusing to squeeze out a single fig! Maybe next time it'll think twice before crossing Dr. Feelgood Keworkian.

[COGardener]

Why not graft onto it like Andreas suggested?

[jkuo]

My fig bad, my fig hood, my fig do stuff dat your fig wish it could...

Ok, sorry, that's the best I can do with my current level of brainpower.

[brettjm]

Another alternative to match your Luda theme could of course be the classic "move *****, get out the way" as you make room for newer/better plants.

[drphil69]

So what was the fig?

[FMD]

This looser fig was Aked. I cannot graft in the open orchard because of winter kill. This coprolite was stealing perfectly good air, water, nutrients and space from me for 4 years and had the gall to die of a little cold in Florida. I should have water-boarded it before giving it the coup de grace.
Jkuo and brettjm, )...

[COGardener]

Dang winter kill! !!