I have only Heritage. Right now the canes that produced fruits are out there waiting for me to cut them back to about 12-18 inches. I will also prune out any puny ones. They are kind of brown and scaly looking and they are the only canes in the patch. They will provide a crop on side shoots starting about late June here, for three weeks. When they are done I will cut them down to the ground. While they are fruiting, the new canes will be growing up through them. They will be different looking, strong and new and green. ( They make picking the fruit kind of hard since they are so full of leaves and surround the fruiting canes so I am somewhat glad to prune out when the time comes.) They are the main crop - is the right name primocane? They will begin blooming quickly and the fruit will start on the tops sometime in August here. The lateral shoots will form fruits all through September into early October if the weather permits it. Next late winter they will be cut back and bear again. I also cut out bits of the plant during the fruiting season after they are complete to encourage branching and more fruit. It is February and my Early Sensation Daffodils are blooming! Love them. Everyone who loves spring and gardening should grow them.

I wouldn't worry too much about there being fewer canes this year -- three to five seems entirely reasonable for a container of that size, and you're still likely to see some new canes in the coming weeks. As for a repot, I'd wait until early next year and do it while they're dormant. At that point, a complete change of potting mix would be a good idea. For now, I'd focus on providing enough (but not too much) water and fertilizer. I've only begun growing cane fruits in pots in the last couple of years, but my experience has been that they need a steady supply of nutrients in order to thrive in the tight confines of a container.

Sounds like your trees can use a root pruning session....but, do it next spring, before bud-break, just as the dormancy period ends. It's not too difficult but it is messy. Lift the trees out of the original, 20-gallon containers, and mix up a new batch of potting medium, then start trimming the roots. I'd prune back all dead roots and then trim/reduce the root ball by about 1/3. Wash away most of the older, depleted, growing medium, and replant your trees into the original containers, working in the new growing mixture around the trimmed root ball. Water the trees to settle the medium around the roots. At the same time, I would also trim back/prune away any unwanted, or, overly long branches, twigs, etc. Prune your trees back to the size and shape that you want. Stake the newly potted trees if it's necessary. As buds start to break, and unfurl, I'd give the trees a very dilute shot of your favorite "tonic" or fertilizer. Trees should be rejuvenated for the 2015 growing season, although I would try to limit the size of the fig crop by nipping back all new growth to 6-8 leaves. Pinching out the terminal buds after the first 6-8 leaves will also limit the length of the new branches, and keep your trees within bounds. Good luck with your trees. Frank

Sugi - In restrospect, I would have gone one pot size up. At the store, the pots looked so big that I didn't want them to start taking over the living room. They also looked like the same size as the existing pots, but ending up being just barely smaller which caused all my troubles. As for cutting in half/whacking them, I've gone with Al's advice to wait and see how they grow. Repotting was just the first step to improving their health! Hopefully I'll be able to control their growth a bit, while still keeping them both very healthy. The Schefflera is doing great with lots of new growth. The tree is growing now in three places: the left side straight up, the top (very small near the ceiling), and the right (obscured). I'm pretty happy about that! The Dracena... not so much. I kind of suspected it because the tree wasn't doing the best even before root pruning. It is in a very slow decline since repotting - the upper leaves have drooped a bit, while the lower leaves have just begun yellowing the other day. I'm really hoping the tree can balance its canopy to roots quickly. Here are photos of each that I just took (to compare with the original photos in the OP):