How To Prune Cold Damaged Fig Tree Espalier Cordons

I trellis figs on an espalier trellis. On April 3, 2021, a late hard freeze damaged my cordons. Now that the trees have recovered, I will teach you how to prune cold damaged fig tree espalier cordons by replacing the low cordon branches!

This is part of my espaliering fruit trees series found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1gY7BoYBGIFlbg2ri_7gCJPhXaZ_nOvy

TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Espalier Fruit Tree Form And Fig Tree Cordons Explained
1:00 How Fig Tree Cold Damage And Dieback Occurs
2:08 Tools Needed For Pruning Fig Tree Cold Damage
3:17 Pruning Cordons Growing Espalier (Col de Dame Blanc Fig Tree)
11:04 Pinching Fig Trees To Speed Up Lignification
12:15 Results After Pruning Fig Tree Cordons
12:38 A Difficult Espalier Cordon Pruning Example (Col de Dame Noir Fig)
16:53 Final Results Of The Espalier Fig Trees Low Cordon Trellis
18:36 Adventures With Dale

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