In the original soil mix I will add a couple of handfuls of a few bits fertiser types, usually a rock dust based one, some added phosphorous and dolomitic lime. After that I will use a pelleted mix like gygantic every couple of months and will supplement with a liquid based every 3 weeks ish using something like Miracle grow
You can take it down as far as you like and provided there is another bud on the stem, it will branch out. If you cut off all the buds though the branch will (most likely) die down to the trunk. In many cases it is better to take a long length off rather than just rubbing the tip, and these can certainly be used for cuttings.
Well since the best figs grow on new wood, I have no problem cutting them back every single year, the central stems will go thick and robust and the tree will become very well established and happy in its pot. I dont love super large pots either except for exceptional trees and am happy to keep them fruiting with a couple dozen figs each year, when you have 80 plants sometimes not having a thousand figs fruiting all in the same season is actually a good thing!
Hmmm well, in a world I was forced to have a limited number of figs, lets say less than 5, I would choose the best of the best of the best and then put them in a massive ornamental pot, like 200L and just prune them to size and shape and graft on to them. The only issue with this is they are nigh on impossible to move so you need to have a plan for the future if change mind about pot placement or move house etc. In a world where I am collecting 50-60 varieties I want them to max out the majority into about a 50L pot, or for a special plant an 80-90L pot, which is about the limit of moving with a single person and a trolly. For a 50L pot it will take maybe 2-3 years to become fully root bound and you can squeeze another year or even two out after that if you really wanted to. I would root prune each 50L pot every 3 years by my own preference, cutting the roots back by a quarter to a third in winter and giving it a really hard prune at the same time. If you are up-potting over time, you could up-pot once per winter from about 20L pot onwards, adding about 10-15L per year to pot volume. The 80L pots seem only a little bigger on paper, but their difficulty moving around is a significantly large one, I would only root prune once in 5 years. The massive pots just stay as they are forever, the logisitcs of getting them out is just too much and too much risk to the pot and the plant and your back.
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i love your videos way better than other youtubers made sense and thank you please keep us posted about your fig trees
I am glad it was helpful!
Nice idea Nathan
Will be interesting to see side by side results
What do you use to fertilise your potted figs? And how often do you apply it?
In the original soil mix I will add a couple of handfuls of a few bits fertiser types, usually a rock dust based one, some added phosphorous and dolomitic lime. After that I will use a pelleted mix like gygantic every couple of months and will supplement with a liquid based every 3 weeks ish using something like Miracle grow
When is the update on your experiment?
I have been slack, this weekend I think!
Nice orchard. Mine is just now going strong. Instead of pinching the top bud could I just cut about 4 inches down and root the cut?
You can take it down as far as you like and provided there is another bud on the stem, it will branch out. If you cut off all the buds though the branch will (most likely) die down to the trunk. In many cases it is better to take a long length off rather than just rubbing the tip, and these can certainly be used for cuttings.
I like compact figs too 👍. How tall will you eventually let the mature figs get (in the large pots)?
Well since the best figs grow on new wood, I have no problem cutting them back every single year, the central stems will go thick and robust and the tree will become very well established and happy in its pot. I dont love super large pots either except for exceptional trees and am happy to keep them fruiting with a couple dozen figs each year, when you have 80 plants sometimes not having a thousand figs fruiting all in the same season is actually a good thing!
@@LiveLoveCanberra sounds sensible 👍 but leads to a subsequent question…….. how often would you repot an established fig?
Hmmm well, in a world I was forced to have a limited number of figs, lets say less than 5, I would choose the best of the best of the best and then put them in a massive ornamental pot, like 200L and just prune them to size and shape and graft on to them. The only issue with this is they are nigh on impossible to move so you need to have a plan for the future if change mind about pot placement or move house etc. In a world where I am collecting 50-60 varieties I want them to max out the majority into about a 50L pot, or for a special plant an 80-90L pot, which is about the limit of moving with a single person and a trolly.
For a 50L pot it will take maybe 2-3 years to become fully root bound and you can squeeze another year or even two out after that if you really wanted to. I would root prune each 50L pot every 3 years by my own preference, cutting the roots back by a quarter to a third in winter and giving it a really hard prune at the same time.
If you are up-potting over time, you could up-pot once per winter from about 20L pot onwards, adding about 10-15L per year to pot volume.
The 80L pots seem only a little bigger on paper, but their difficulty moving around is a significantly large one, I would only root prune once in 5 years.
The massive pots just stay as they are forever, the logisitcs of getting them out is just too much and too much risk to the pot and the plant and your back.
@@LiveLoveCanberra thanks 😊