Art, as much as I love my figs, I simply cannot afford the soiless soil you all rave about it. I got a little and started my own weird mixes with whatever I can put my hands on, since my large tree grows without much, I gave it a try. my garden, compost, bunny and chicken poo, pine needles, wood chips semi decomposing, sand, whatever.. even some chunks of styrofoam and corks... planted several of my unknowns and they are all fine. My black madeira grafted onto my own tree root is out there in the shade and doing well. I have a nice little Conadria in this mix... it is doing very well. Should have fruits next year.
I also reuse soil that others died in it.. I use the dead (by gnats) as decoys, I stick the semi eaten ones around the new one. seems like they continue eating the dead one and leave the new one alone.
I think people grow figs long before people started blasting the mountains for perlite and all the other modernized soils. Just my thoughts.