D, I fertilize my container figs with slow release fertilizer 13-13-13 . I tried to fertilize in spring, now the figs in ground and containers are going dormant for the cool season. I probably get a few ripe figs around this time but the big season is in summer.

Silvia, THERE YOU ARE! I was worried about you, but figured you were just traveling. :)

Thanks! I was wondering why mine had so many in the summer. I'm used to having figs in the early fall. I enjoyed the figs this summer, though. I wish they had ripened more than one at a time, but it was nice to have one to eat every couple of days. So now I'll stop watering so much and let them go to sleep.

I also fertilize them once they are settled in for a month or so.

D, thank you for thinking about me.:) But no, I was not traveling but having a lot of family visitors at one time of another, a lot of shopping and cooking for all..

It is fine because I have to be at the house anyway taken care of my older dogs and now I am preparing for another round of visitors soon. Gives me enough time to plant the garden for fall,

All the visitors enjoyed the garden and what produces, this time I hope to have the tomatoes ready and some other things.

About the figs, they produce so much better when planted on the ground with a lot of organic material. In the pots the production is limited, that is the reason that I put 2 guavas in a pot, I just get enough fruit for me.

Sultry, I'm moving the Marseilles VS to a larger container this winter so it can settle in before I start fertilizing. I really love these figs. So sweet!

Almost everything needs fertilizing when they are in a container. The soiless mix has little to no nutrients. Use a complete fertilizer such as miracle gro that has macro and micro nutrients. I use 1/2 teaspoon per gallon once a week. If you add too much fertilizer to your figs you will get vegetative growth at the expense of fruit. But they do need some fertilizer.

Gary, where are you located? I'm in N. Florida, and we're going into fall now. The figs are going dormant and starting to lose leaves. The figs that are on them now may actually fall off before they can ripen, because they've pretty much stopped growing. I don't think I should be fertilizing them once a week. I think maybe one more time before November, but I'm not sure I should fertiize them after that, since they'll probably be totally dormant next month.

Deb,, fertilizing now would force tender new growth that will suffer and cause substantial damage (when cold hits) to fig tree as it will be in growth mode versus dormancy with no latex flowing through it. Tis the season to not fertilize and slow down or stop watering if plant is in ground and allow dormancy to take place. Dormancy will stop the flow from roots and make plant more resistant to freezes.

Once a week during the growing season. I stop watering this time of year once it cools off. I may only water 2 or 3 times in winter. You will do more damage watering in the winter, causing root rot. I am in southeast Texas.

Thanks, Ben and Gary! They are just about completely dormant now, leaves dropping fast. It's been raining daily, so I'm not watering. I guess I'll push them to the back of the garden now, and put the tomatoes and peppers in their sunny spot.