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Originally Posted by gregpark

I have just the opposite problem and it's a messy one. I planted this fig 10 years ago and it produces too much. So prolific my chickens get tired of them and I rake into the yard waste bin every day. Constantly hacking on it too so I can walk and drive the mower under it. These trees seem to want to grow low, right to the ground. Not pleasant stepping on a ripe fig barefooted

I don't think they are naturally trees, they have to be trained that way.

I think bush/shrub is the natural growth habit of figs.