I'm in Cottonwood, AZ, about 17 miles south of Sedona. Some consider this Northern Arizona. My fig is in the ground, it is not potted. It is on a drip irrigation system. Our town does have a watering restriction. It gets watered 4 times a week. Maybe it wasn't getting enough water. Most of my flowers weren't blooming most of the summer and some roses that I planted last year were dying. I asked my yard guy to increase the amount they were watered and he said he increased it by 30%. Now my water bills are the same as last year. They had gotten to be lower than last year. I have not fed it at all. Does it need it? I'm going out of town tomorrow, so I won't post a picture until Friday or so.

I won't replace it this year. Maybe it wasn't getting enough water. The new leaves do look kind of small.

Definitely post a picture when you return. A fertilizer high in nitrogen will encourage green leafy growth over fruit production, so I'd feed it early after it breaks dormancy (or Feb/Mar if they really don't go dormant like where I'm at.) While getting established they do like a lot of water but do not require as much when they mature.

Desert king only produces breba crop on last years wood no main crop in your climate that may be your issue. A really good green fig is strawberry verte or a panache which is variegated

Looks healthy next year you’ll get figs

I'd give it some time, it is rather small. Small fig trees can produce figs as well, but in-ground figs tend to want to grow first and it could take a couple of years. Kadotas are supposed to be good figs, but I saw on another board that the heat was really affecting this variety and its figs in a negative fashion.

As for watering, a few deep waterings are better than more, yet shallower watering periods. Like you I have (or will soon have) watering restrictions. I hand water a couple of times a week to give each tree a good soaking. You could probably dial your watering program back down if you were willing to hand water your tree a couple of times a week.

Thank you. I guess I'm rather impatient. I'll wait. Since my yard guy increased the water, my grape vines have put out new leaves so the increased water might be good for everything.