Yesterday was a very buisy day, planted my container figs outside. Normally i do this April 15. This is a follow-up from a previous post about how i plant my tree's. My previous post was about drilling 3/4" holes towards the bottom of the containers, no holes on the bottom just on the sides. The large holes are for the roots to find there way out and cotinue away from the containers. As you notice the pots are burried about 3" deep. Come winter i'll clear th soil around the pots and cut all the roots of that came out of the holes.
Fertilizing is mainly with triple 13 in the pot, just a handful per tree. The rest of the seoson fertilize out side of the container. In my area mulch is important. I use hardwood leaves, my soil test is ph 6.7. The roots find area's that are not too acidic for them. Doing it this way i can go on vacations and not worriyng about them.

Thanks for sharing. I am about undertake this chore with 31 pots from 3-20 gals. I use pine straw for the mulch which is a must here also.