Hi folks,

I overdid it a bit this year, but I'm hoping all will be well. All fig trees are receiving 6+hours. My Black Italian from Greenleaf gets slightly less.

Do y'all think these fig trees (Corkey's Honey Fig, Celeste, Black Italian, LSU Gold, and a little baby LSU Purple) are going to put out a whole bunch more growth and be unmanageable before I even get a fig? I'm in zone 8a, near Dallas, Texas. This is my first year with figs. I already have two black mulberries, a satsuma, bay laurel, and a few other things in this small space. Managing another year with this patio until I get a house with a bit of land.

 

Start pinching those bad boys.  You'll have a better chance at getting figs this year.
This might help...

My hobbyist two cents: If you pinch each leaf bud after every 6th leaf, new branches will stem from the original branch. You'll be controlling the shape of the tree with the added benefit being that "pinching" induces fruiting. Even better, fruit saps a lot of energy from a tree, thus redirecting the nutrients and the energy into fruit production instead of foliage growth.

But if your question is really "how big are my trees gonna get?" the answer is: big. You can always control the size with pruning but figs like to grow. Also, in general, large branches are a good thing. Having said that, you might want to consider getting down to only two pots and maybe grafting some different varieties onto your two trees. That's not really gonna help in terms of overall branch growth, but it'll save on $ for fertilizer as well as on floor space.

Edit: Welp, Frank beat me to it.

Hi,
Just my 2 cents : remove the bricks under the pots. That  will buy you some time.
Next winter, cut them back to 3'/4'. Now with all those leaves, I wouldn't prune the trees.

There are strains that are know to say short like : Dalmatie (good), Pastiliere (still puzzled about that one), Madeleine des deux saisons (young, still waiting for fruits), Dorée ( every year, closer to the compost pile), Longue d'aout (good) .
Most of the others / Lots of / other strains are known to grow to huge trees: Sultane, col de dame, ...

You can control them with pruning at the right time.