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Fig tree in a container

B3B3 Posts: 25,209
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I repotted my fig into a large container in early spring.

I can't remember whether I added slow release fertiliser, but I probably did.

It's doing well at the moment but how often should I feed it?

Not much chance of fruit this year -a squirrel made off with the only one.

In London. Keen but lazy.

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,130

    The nutrients in commercial composts last anything from 80 to 100 days.  When I had mine in a pot I fed it a generous handful of slow release food every spring.   Make sure you protect it from frosts over winter and it should produce more fruits each year. 

    In this garden there is a huge one in the ground which produced masses of leaves and no fruit last year.  I pruned all the lower stems back to the main trunk and reduced a lot more last autumn and didn't feed it.  It is now covered in fruits but it does have access to all the nutrients in the soil.

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • B3B3 Posts: 25,209

    It's my own compost so I've no idea of the nutrient content. I might give it a  small handful.

    I was afraid of over feeding it as I don't want it to grow fast and weak.

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 29,130

    Have a look at this then - https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/grow-your-own/fruit/figs  They recommend a feed with tomato fertiliser once fruits are formed.

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • B3B3 Posts: 25,209

    Thanks obelixx will doimage

    In London. Keen but lazy.
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