Fig tree advice

in Fruit & veg
Hello,
I've just moved house and inherited three fig trees. They have been planted in the ground in a really inconvenient position (and in the shade!).
I would like to move them and have been told if I pot them it'll force them to fruit (they've clearly produced fruit in the past as they have plenty of buds!)
I was thinking of potting and placing against the garage wall which is one of the sunniest positions in the garden.
Any advice/ thoughts would be hugely appreciated as I have no idea when it comes to fig trees!
Many thanks in advance.
I've just moved house and inherited three fig trees. They have been planted in the ground in a really inconvenient position (and in the shade!).
I would like to move them and have been told if I pot them it'll force them to fruit (they've clearly produced fruit in the past as they have plenty of buds!)
I was thinking of potting and placing against the garage wall which is one of the sunniest positions in the garden.
Any advice/ thoughts would be hugely appreciated as I have no idea when it comes to fig trees!
Many thanks in advance.
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Fruiting is unreliable when grown out-doors all year. Any small fruits in autumn should really be removed. They will never ripen. If you have a greenhouse, you can at least move them inside over the colder months, and that may be better for a container grown plant.
They can cope with hard pruning if you need to shorten or lighten them and also respond to being trained along a wall if you can prune them to a fan or espalier shape. This link to info from the RHS should help -
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=106