Yes, the container trees did not grow or produce much but make superior quality fruit. The mother tree must have found water down deep, because although it has not rained in a very long time, and it has been hot, the grass is mostly brown but the tree has never wilted or even slowed growth. It is 3 years old and roughly 7 ft high by 18 ft. wide and 10 ft. deep, with winter damage each year taking all tall growths. I have been pinning low trunks to the ground each winter which now need propping up with clay pots to keep them from growing roots into the soil. The tree does not get as much sun as the container plants, and that is compounded by it shading its own fruit with excessive growth! Here is a picture.

The container trees are one year old and have been occasionally neglected during the dry weather. I may dig some of the younger inground RdBs I have and transplant them into large fabric containers with garden soil and bury the pot each spring to control growth but also reduce the amount of watering required.

Yes of course Burying the pot only 2-3 inches will result in a pot tree that produces a lots of fruits,and they will be better quality.

Do not bury deep,because roots want to feed at the surface,where soil is rich,and moist. That is what i want to do with certain very healthy cultivars(vigorous),like Ronde de B.

Best Regards

Do you think, if the in ground tree got more sun that you'd get more and better quality fruit?

Yes the younger trees in ground, in sun all day, on a steep hill, make better fruit. I think it is mostly a product of the water stress though, they have been wilting while the mother has not.

I was hoping you'd say that, because I'm planning on putting my potted one in the ground. I've been disappointed with the quality of the fruit so far, and was hoping it would produce better fruit after it was planted. Mine will receive full all day sun

Pruning the tree so that it is not so bushy is often recommended, more energy towards fruit and less towards green growth. It was mentioned at some point to keep only 4-5 of the most vigorous suckers. I just put mine into the ground this last spring and will prune away the excess suckers this winter.

Oh yes I remove many suckers each spring, and also thinned branches this year in June. It looks like I should have removed many more though!

Are there any cuttings available on this one?

They both look nice to me.

You are showing 4 figs pot grown and 1 fig in ground fig. I'll bet you got a lot more in ground figs than in the container?

The taste is subjective. I haven't tasted your figs but in general I prefer the taste of in ground grown figs rather than the concentrated flavour and over sweet container grown figs. It tastes more balanced and natural to me this goes for most fig varieties. My experience is in S. Ontario we tend to have hot dry summers. If I had to deal with wet harvests I would consider more containers or erecting a shelter for the in ground figs from the rain during harvests.

Each to his own either way RdB is a nice fig!

ive had good experience with fabric containers

i also had a couple of plants in containers, root into the ground, and i left them there because they were growing so well.

My experience is that figs like moist soil, but like most fruit trees, like good drainage too. planting on a raised bed or mound i think would probably be a good thing... it appears they also like a lot of mulch (or compost) in a wide area around the roots..

I have a Pomegranate that rooted through the pot into the ground, and its my best producer. POMs like drier type soils it seems... i have a papaya that did the same, and it grew to be huge

i used a cheap Waste basket from Wall Mart. the holes on the side acted as a air pruning container... i lined it with newspaper which did break down after a while and that can be a problem if it gets very dry, the soil will fall out of the holes (just a bit) but, it can be an iussue

the top died off after cold damage.