Sorry for posting pictures of the alma sisters lounging by the poolside every year but they are so irresistible!

They are the prettiest and most consistently productive girls anyone could wish for <beaming>.
Apologies to my beautiful wife and Bella, my King Charles Cavalier.
Without further ado....

For so many trees being planted in a hole and surrounded by cement would be a death sentence.......yet those trees are gorgeous.  What do you have to do (if anything) differently due to their planting location?  

Beautiful!  Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful trees. You should show them off as often as you can.

beautiful and healthy trees :)

I never tire of these shots. Great trees must be celebrated. Thanks.

Nice looking tree.  Beautiful shot!

Glad my girls have so many admirers.

Willis, I have a very strange theory that I am trying to work out, re cement and figs.

I believe figs love cement.

Evidence? 

Aside from the poolside almas, I also have a Green Ischia at the side of the house (near the cement foundation)that is much bigger than the one I have in an open field. 
If you are ever in southern  Europe you will see fig trees growing directly out of cement walls or craggy rocks like nobody's business. 
Don't laugh but earlier this year I started testing the hypothesis by pouring 1/2 inch of QuickCrete at the top of a couple of my potted fig plants (creating a cement mulch).  So far, it is too early to see any difference.

Always enjoy your pictures especially coming out of Florida.

I always enjoy seeing your Alma Sisters. In fact I did a google image search to perhaps find a funny photo with some other 'Alma Sisters' to post...  And guess what? besides several of elderly nuns, a photo of one of your trees from last year was one that google turned up.

At for concrete - it's alkaline and figs do prefer a higher pH, so maybe you are on to something.

The whole place looks idyllic.

Willis,
The soil in Tallahassee is reddish and compact, much like it is in South Georgia. The only water the Alma's receive is from the sky. The roots probably extend beyond the cement.

If you got it flaunt it.  You definitely got it.  Looks like they are not just another pretty face either.  Thems working girls.  Lot's of figs.

goss

Great topic title and what a nice setup!