What size of pot for a fig?

hallo,

have opportunity to grow a brown turkey fig in my garden.
- was told if i put it in a container it will bear more fruit - even if not true, i would want to do this as i have awful soil, i would like to give it a good start in a pot
- what size of container should i put it in
- what sort of soil would it like: alkaline or acid?

thanks, karaman

 

Not had much experience with fig trees but this article will help: How to grow figs / RHS Gardening. However, Turkey figs are apparently more hardy during Winter than other fig varieties. Fanned or espaliered fruit trees look stunning but need heavy duty support.

From personal experience, have seen a neglected fig tree at the bottom of a very steep, poorly drained and dreadfully neglected garden. The tree was surrounded by approx 100 stems of Japanese knotweed yet it had healthy fruitlets, so some varieties are seriouly tough.

 

Figs are tough plants and dont require good soil, in fact poor soil is better as long as it is well drained.
I'd go for neutral compost if pot growing something like JI no 2 or 3, with extra grit added, up to 25%.
I'd also pot on successively rather than just bung it in a big pot from day one.
So move up pot sizes slowly, perhaps just a couple of inches extra each year, but ultimately it will become too big for a pot.

 

thank you to mowerman, pete and armandii - will do as i'm told. so excited, cant wait to get my hands on the tree..... karaman

 

Its a fig @ARMANDII , but it aint the right kind of fig

 

what a beautiful specimen! cant let it go that big, it would put my apple and plum in the shade. karaman

 

Not really since one was dug up on my allotment yesterday to make way for a new fence.
Wouldn't have minded so much, but it wasn't really in their way.

 

Hi. I was hoping a thread about fig trees would come up at some point. This is the fig tree I planted 2 years ago. You can see from the canes how well it's done. It has lots of fruit on it but I don't know whether it's ready to pick or not. I'm sure some of the fruit has been there since last year.

 

Looks like Brown Turkey Jack Sparrow.
They do not ripen all at once.....if it is BT the skin will darken to, er,a brownish colour and show signs of cracking. Then it is ready
Caution! The blackbirds KNOW exactly when figs are ready and will feast on them so you could net the ripest fruit

 

They are ready to pick when basically they are bulging with juice and as Verdun says, often have a crack in the skin and a bubble of juice oozing out.

 

:surprise:OMG . I have figs. The smaller ones are rather squelchy. I take it they have gone over.

G.

 

They are ripex