3 REASONS to GROW FIGS IN POTS!

Can you grow fig trees in pots? Why would you want to grow a fig tree in a pot? Join us as we explain several good reasons for growing fig trees in pots, whether it's short-term or long-term.

We'll also talk about the importance of our irrigation system and why we think a lot of grower don't have an irrigation system for their fig trees.

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0:41 Why Do Our Figs Love Water?!
5:28 Reason 1 to Plant in a Pot
6:18 Reason 2 to Plant in a Pot
6:44 How Big Should the Pot Be?
7:17 Reason 3 to Plant in a Pot
8:27 Planting a Fig Tree in a Pot

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0:00 Intro
0:41 Why Do Our Figs Love Water?!
5:28 Reason 1 to Plant in a Pot
6:18 Reason 2 to Plant in a Pot
6:44 How Big Should the Pot Be?
7:17 Reason 3 to Plant in a Pot
8:27 Planting a Fig Tree in a Pot

[nc]

When you said you were at a fig meetup, my mind went straightaway to you were at a "fig dig." 😁

[PlantObsessed]

I ate my first Chicago fig yesterday. It lives in a 5 gallon bucket. I drag it into the basement every fall. Then back out in May.

[bonniemiller]

Toured the Montreal Botanical Garden last week. They had a large food garden with a variety of 'maters, peppers, corn, cabbage, celery, cucumbers, lettuce, onions, etc. The food garden encompassed about 2 acres. All food grown is donated to food insecure regions of Montreal. If all y'all are in Montreal, then the Botanical Gardens are well worth the visit.

[markb]

We have a mixed bag of figs here in Maryland. Some in pots, some in ground. At one time i had about 75 all in pots that ended up being a real pain to move inside in the garage during Winter & back out in Spring. I’m jealous of Lazy Dog’s rows & irrigation system.

[allantrafford]

My neighbor got tired of losing his fruit trees to the cold, we've had some real cold weather late in the winter the last few years. So he planted all of his fruit trees in 35 gallon pots. He has a set up so he can move them in the barn with a tractor. We'll see how that works out in time.

[littlebiscuit]

I just planted a few figs this spring. I got them because they are delicious and supposedly tolerant of poor soil and dry conditions. At first i only hooked up half of them to drip irrigation and the other half i tried hand watering. It's very dry here and my soil is very sandy. The half that was hand watered didn't grow and the existing leaves started getting rust and dying. The others being automatically watered were darker green, bushy and healthy. Once i fitted them with drippers the rest started putting on fresh growth after just a few weeks.
The Ge Neri has been very finicky since planting. It keeps getting shocked, I planted it in a difficult place. I hope i get to try some of those big juicy fruits next year. I'm loving the huge pretty leaves of the Conadria. Big as my head, they've got to be twice the size of the other varieties i have.

[RonChew-komm]

My Ge Neri and Conadria that I got from you this spring are 7 feet tall and well fruiting in 15 gallon fabric grow bags. Thanks. I'll grab a few more next year.

[memph]

2:16 I just moved from a place with sandy soil to one with clay soil. Actually the place with sandy soil is still on the market, so I have a garden at both locations and can compare. Both have had a rather wet summer, but the new place with clay soil is bordering on waterlogged, while the old place with sandy soil has moist soil thanks to all the rain, but definitely well drained and nowhere close to waterlogged, and feels like it wouldn't take much for it to start turning dry. Actually on the edges of some raised beds, it is dry. Those raised bed edges at the old (sandy) place seem to be favorites of Mediterranean type plants like sage.

The sandy soil doesn't seem to make a huge difference for plants like tomatoes and squash that tend to have deep root to get them through slight dry periods (as long as it's not a serious drought), but the shallow rooted plants like lettuce, radish and peas seem to do much better at the clay soil place (maybe it's also due to temperatures being a few degrees cooler though).

[primeribviking]

I ordered a berry, honey, and sugar fig from yall. That's exactly what I did. I planted them in some mineral tubs with holes drilled in the bottom and a layer of gravel at the bottom. I soak the crap out of them and they seem to love it

[gardeningsimplified]

I with you on having my fig trees on a drip irrigation system. I have deep sugar sand and in this 100+ heat their getting twice as much water as yours.

[DeanFamilyAcres]

Excellent video! I really appreciate the clarification on soil types. So many take a snippet off YT or other places and don’t research the whole story. Zone, location, soil, elevations, etc all make impacts. Another reason we stress local info so much.

[archstanton]

I recently ordered a Fignomenal dwarf fig tree. I’m going to plant it in a pot after watching your video. I’ve planted Alma, Celeste, Turkey, and some unnamed white fig, but they all would die back during the winter and grow back in the spring but the figs never matured and fell off the plant. Hopefully, this dwarf gig will do better than the previous varieties I’ve tried to grow.

[charlastar]

GA gal here. I live in the CA desert where we get about 4" of rain a YEAR. Daily to every other day irrigation is mandatory. When I lived in Tifton we almost never had to water our fig trees and they produced just fine. Nice fig rows you have.

[timfetner]

I’ll be placing my fig tree order once you have the Salem Dark variety back in stock. Should have gotten them earlier this year 😕

[deans]

Alannah Myles ... Black Velvet...🤣 Love her music!

[willlumpkin]

I got the LSU and mixed the mushroom with it in a five gallon bucket and it shot up nice!

[CrosStitching]

The big #1 reason for some folks to grow figs in pots is Root Knot Nematodes. In Florida’s sandy soil, the RKN kills figs. I’ve lost so so many different plants to RKN even with solarization, crop rotation, and cover crops. Figs are highly sensitive to RKN. If I didn’t grow my figs in pots, I wouldn’t be able to have figs at all.
Love your channel and tips. Thanks for all the great informative content. I’ve learned lots!

[annettesanchez]

Been wonting to buy some of your figs but we are moving out of our of California to the state of Texas at the end of the year so I don’t want to have to pack them and I bet that they have a band on shipping to here anyway so I’m looking forward to getting some next year

[JohnJohnson-rjuf]

23 years ago when we bought our house our friends got us a Turkey Fig as a house warming gift. We planted it in the planter bed area on the south side of the house. North Carolina Red Clay is Prevalent along with brick and debris from the construction of the house (1984). when we had the A/C heat pump installed a few weeks later, the A/C installer offered to run the condensate drain line right to the root ball of the i too being young and not greenthumish, thought it was a wonderful idea.... This tree is amazing!!!! Cut it to the ground every 2 years and it will grow back taller than my This fig seems to LOVE water!!!!