How do i plant a fig tree?

Question

I live in az and i find it very hard to find figs even in season, so i want to grow my own.......can somebody give me step by step directions on how to do this....thanks!

Answer 1

Get a stick from a fig tree. Stick it in the ground. Keep it watered.  It can be that easy. They root fast and grow easy.  

But if you have gophers anywhere nearby they will find it and eat the roots and bark off.  So use some gopher wire, 3/4" holes (smaller than chicken wire.

  They are easy to grow if you have a potted one too.  Just put in a hole twice the size of the pot and fill around the rootball with amended soil.    Keep it watered nicely.  

   I hardly ever water mine, but it does get some runoff from the potted plants I have near it.  And I have a few I've started in pots, from sticks.

Answer 2

Your fig tree should do well in Az, as they love hot sunny weather,  and grow abundantly around the mediterranean,  on rocky sun baked hill sides, amongst other places.

Find a variety that grows well in your area, as they have been bred quite well.  Some are really good in locations that freeze, and some are more suited to semi-tropical locations.  As you can guess from them growing in rocky mountain slopes, they are pretty tough plants,  and your TLC will help grow your plant to near perfection, giving you loads of really tasty figs - I adore them.

Choose a sunny location,  prepare the hole well, digging a good 2 feet down, minimum, and at lease double the pot depth,   adding lots of well rotted humous, such as compost or animal manure.  This will help strengthen your plant as it settles in, and the quality of its root system will help support a good quality tree and fruit harvest.  In extremely hot locations, a little afternoon shade is permissiable,  so you'll need to be the judge of this, as you know your garden and potential site.  Aim for sun for most of the day, even if it gets a little shade in the afternoon.

Choose a site that is well drained, and add some gravel etc, if you have any drainage problems,  otherwise you could raise the growing area a little, which will counteract this.

If you get a plant that is pot pound, you can ease some of the roots a little, which will encourage them to grow outwards from the root ball.  Water really well after planting, as well as adding a good mulch of compost, which you can do each year. 4'' to 6'' will really help conserve moisture for your plant,  which will help it grow and fruit well.  Whilst figs benefit from watering,  beware of over doing this,  and it's better to use a mulch to help conserve the water below - otherwise too much overhead water being sprayed onto your plant can occasionally give fungal problems, and fruit rot.

Figs don't store that well, which is why they aren't offered for sale as much as they could be.  Watch and harvest when your figs are fully ripe and enjoy.   If you suffer from slugs,  prevent them using environmentally safe slug pellets,  that will be safe for crops around them, as they don't rely on pesticides.

Otherwise aphids can occasionally attack the plants, but these can be controlled with liquid soap,  sprayed on - there are horticultural soaps that can be used for this, though diluted dishwashing liquid is also effective.

Feed annually with a slow release fertiliser, especially if growth is sluggish, though your plant will also get nutrients released from the mulch that you add to the top of the soil.  As water passes through, nutrients will filter down to your fig tree roots.

Hope this helps.  Good luck!  Rob

Answer 3

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