Fiddle leaf fig stem being pruned with clean scissors just above a leaf node

Fiddle Leaf Fig Pruning: Branching, Shaping, Propagating

Fiddle leaf fig pruning is one of those things that feels irreversible right up until you do it. You stand there with clean scissors, staring at a plant you have spent months, sometimes years, keeping alive, and every instinct says put them down. What if it goes into shock? What if it never branches? What if this is the cut that ends it? Here is what actually helps: before you decide where to cut, decide what you are trying to accomplish. “I want to prune my fiddle leaf fig” can mean four completely different things, and which one you are actually after changes everything about where to cut, how much to remove, and what you will realistically see afterward. ...

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