Guys,

 As most of you know we had one heck of a rain and wind storm for two days. The fig displayed here should have been picked two days earlier. I just wanted to show that it did split in this weather and give you a chance to see how it looked in the over ripe stage. I just ate both sections and it still maintained its sweetness. Somewhat disappointed at the splitting that occurred. Nice size- color a little wrinkled and not as dark as the ones I harvested earlier in better weather condiitions.

Tree grows fast. The wind last night broke one 14" long branch from the tree. Most of my trees where being in pots lying on the ground this morning. This one however stayed erect.

Take care all of you

Lou

Hi Lou, thanks for posting pictures, i been seeing on TV the east coast was getting hit hard with much unusual rain from that slow moving system.
I hate the wind when it knocks over some of my trees here . I dont know about you but lately i been thinking about upcoming seasons and putting some pots into the soil so they cannot tip in the winds we get often.
Its a thought but with so many pots probably like you its a pain least for me to do for certain medical reasons.

Hi Diesler,

Placing the pots in just shallow holes would work and that is exactally what Bass has done with a few of his this year. Just remember to only drill drains holes on the sides near the bottom of the pots so when late fall arrives it a lot easier to cut the roots growing into the soil with a flat spade before removing the pot from the hole.

My pots are kept on my back top driveway to help heating up the trees. In zone 5 every measure counts. The other reason the soil in my yard is composed of mostly blue shale which makes for hard digging.

I do think you ought to go with a few next season and see if you can tell if there are any benefits derived by doing it that way.

If Bass sees this he may have a  comment or two about his results.

Lou

Thats the tropuble the roots growing in soil and more hard work for me, i know there are benefits but i do same as you growing them and setting on cement pation in full zone here.
Just a hassle for me because i cannot or not suppose to lift heavy things anymore.

Why couldn't y'all attach wire to the containers and anchor one end into the ground for stability?  Just wonderin'.

noss

Noss in my case i cant because they are on cement, the ones on the rocks are the big containers and they dont tip.

Noss,

Good question but here's what I do because I had the same issue with pots tipping over.
I would place the pot on the ground and insert a bamboo stick right through the drain hole and into the ground. Problem solved.
With the bigger pots/plants I would place a few landscape rocks on top for weight. That worked MOST of the time.

Rafed,

That is a clever idea with the stakes.

noss