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Fig Tree
Allison 3
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in Fruit & veg
Hello all, my fig tree has been in a pot for a few years, but last year the wind took it over on a couple of occasions. Has any one buried there fig tree (still in its pot to restrict growth) in the garden, did it work? This year because it has been so mild I have lots of figs on it, so I'm hoping for a good crop.
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Alison,when i do plant figs in the ground the pit needs to be about 2 feet x 2 feet restricted by slabs etc open rubble bottom for good drainage for a fig to settle and fruit, big pots are good also perhaps a bigger (one size up is normal) or if fig is well established a 24 inch and heavier pot, or tie the tree to wall or stake depending where its going, my last years cuttings are being potted on to 12 inch pots for the first year then bigger ones or pits, next year ,re-positioned figs can sometimes suffer from shock loss of leaves etc but do recover. good luck.
Root control bags http://www.readsnursery.co.uk/products/Root-control-bag.html are an easy way to control the roots of figs when planted in the ground.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you both. The root control bags look ideal, thankyou for sending the website.
I'm sure Alan will agree that Reads Nursery are very helpful, so if you need advice re the root control bags you could email them
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Alison, if you have figs bigger than a pea and recognisably figs, you should remove them, they will come to nothing if you are in the UK. Look closely at them and you will see they are not perfect.
The figs that will develop and ripen later this summer are at the top of the branches, and are as yet small.
Also if your fig has been in the same pot for 'a few years' it will be in need of a re-pot and/or feed. Do not just bury the pot.
Hi Dove iv just messaged Reads to see how the root bags perform once in the ground,as i dont want the roots to escape in a few years and lose some of the fruit, if they work then its a heck of a lot easier and cheaper than the slabs, hears hoping, and i wonder if anyone has used this method for any length of time on here.
Alan
What is the problem with just planting the fig?
If the fig's roots are not restricted in some way if they are in good soil you will get lots of growth and few fruit.
The trick with fruit trees is to make them think they might, just might, die, then they produce fruit to propagate themselves.
I've just ordered a root bag from Reads, I understood that figs fruited better if their roots were restricted. I've had this tree for 5 years now, so do need to change its growing conditions. So plan to pot it up in John Innes and put it in the garden.
I'm sure you are right Welshonion, the fig tree at the moment is still trussed up in its winter cover, but I can see lots of 'figs' where the side of the plant is against the conservatory window. I guess I just got excited.
Has anyone a fig in the garden that they don't cover for the winter. i live on the east coast of Lincolnshire, so we tend not to get so many frosts, but thought our winters were still too cold for the tree.
Thanks for all your help