Hello all.. Well.. I've been at it again.. Ordered yet ANOTHER fig tree lol, this time it was EL's Conadria (3 inch pot). It arrived yesterday and I was 1st struck by the size of this guy in such a teeny pot.. The leaves were a lil crunchy looking, but I've seen that in other trees that arrived via "the big brown box" so I'm not too concerned about that.. However the card that came with the shipment stated tree was already beginning to go dormant. I found that to be odd since EL is south of me in zone 7A, and we haven't had anything below 58 degrees here in the dead of night. Am I mistaken in my thinking that it needs to be quite a bit colder than that to trigger dormancy? I'm just a bit concerned, because if this variety normally goes dormant in early September in zone 7A, when will it go dormant here further north? And more to the point, will I ever get to eat a tasty fig from it if it goes to sleep so early in the season?
Anyway before I noticed it was entering dormancy, I up-potted it to a much bigger pot, because the poor thing looked like it was about to topple over being way too tall and top heavy for the tiny pot it was in. Now I'm afraid I may have done a bad thing because I watered it and gave it all this room to grow just as it was trying to get ready for the upcoming winter..
What do you guys think? By the way, root system was VERY SMALL.. I expected it to be potbound but it wasn't at all. Sparse, thin, brownish roots.. Didn't nearly fill the tiny container it was in.. I've attached some pics, before & after I potted it..
I would definitely appreciate any input or advice that you all would be kind enough to share with me :)