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that sounds ok, but i think the key to fruiting is to restrict the roots otherwise you will have a mahoosive tree with very few fruits. Plus you probably don't want a really big tree anyway
MTB-Idle-
Find your self a washing machine tub.
They are (/were?), stainless steel so last 'forever'
the myriad of perforations allow soil moisture in
and prevent large roots escaping.
Plant the fig with a gravel filled 2 or 3l soft drink bottle
with holes punched through the PET, off to one side of the drum,
with just the spout showing. This allows you to water
down into the roots in times of low rainfall.
mespilus
We impulsively bought a fig tree the other week and I’m still scratching my head as to where to plant it, the reading I've subsequently done points to a sheltered sun facing wall to stand any chance of fruit in the UK but we’re running low on them... anyone got a healthy tree care to comment?