I have a Black Mission fig tree that lost a limb during our latest wind storm. Unfortunately, the reason?

the limb broke was due in part to being hollow in the center. My question, how can I safe this beauty??? I have seen in the past were someone has filled the hole with cement. Any ideas?? Thanks

I have a Black Mission fig tree that lost a limb during our latest wind storm. Unfortunately, the reason?
Don't use cement! It doesn't work good with the tree's system and can cause more rotting. Call up your County Extension office or a Master Gardener or ask a tree arborist to come and take a look at it.



Growth Habit: The fig is a picturesque deciduous tree, to 50 ft tall, but more typically to a height of 10 - 30 ft. Their branches are muscular and twisting, spreading wider than they are tall. Fig wood is weak and decays rapidly. The trunk often bears large nodal tumors, where branches have been shed or removed. The twigs are terete and pithy rather than woody. The sap contains copious milky latex that is irritating to human skin. Fig trees often grow as a multiple-branched shrub, especially where subjected to frequent frost damage. They may be espaliered, but only where roots may be restricted, as in containers.
Reply:My sister sealed the wound with hot candle wax it seemed to do the job that was fifteen years ago and its still going strong.