Hello Debbie I've already cut it once and I probably won't cut it again until next year. When I do, I'll contact you via email. I was going to place these 2 trees in the ground but I changed my mind. When they go dormant, I'm going to repot them using a good mix and this time use a larger pot! Next Fall I will plant them in the ground.
I feel really bad because for an entire year I totally neglected these 2 trees. I just fed them water for one year thinking they were Brown Turkey. Well that year I did repot the 2 trees but they did not grow that much at all until the next year (this year). What happened?
Well, I left both trees outside uncovered, in the rain in the snow and in the ice. When Spring came, they looked dead so I placed them on my cull pile for a few days along with 3 other trees that also came back to life after being out all winter unprotected. These 2 Golden Atreano fig trees would probably have doubled in size. How do I know this? Well, I left the 2 Golden Atreanos in 5 gallon pots and 1 Peter's Honey and 1 Italian Honey both in huge 30 gallon container out all winter unprotected. Only Peter's Honey and Italian Honey completely died to ground but came back in May and grew 7 feet! And they are much older than my Golden Atreanos by 2 years. So, my theory is if I had placed my 2 Golden Atreanos in large container, they would have reached that size too.
I wasn't sure if they were dead, I placed them in my greenhouse for 30 days and gave them a liquid feed. As you can see, they came back! Now, I am glad I kept the trees. I'm going to triple label these trees and put the proper name on them, Golden Atreano. CHeers,