I was given a Hardy Chicago in the fall in a 8" pot, repotted in 10" pot and kept it by my bedroom window with a 135 W UFO on top. it never went dormant and now I noticed figs are forming!

stefano

Great!  Don't eat them yet  :)

Really nice Stefano, thanks for sharing. You plan to keep this one in it's pot or plant in ground?

I have no ground - pot only. I can put it on the roof when it gets warmer, but I am glad to see that I can have a fig plant indoors that can produce even by skipping dormancy. I wonder if the window + ufo is enough for those fig to ripen. When would normally the Hardy Chicago start producing these small figlets?

Beautiful closeup pics...thanks for sharing.

That's a good looking tree Stefano. Any luck with the others?

Slingha ! thanks - how are things! 

others are fine - 2 cuttings did not make it, but others are growing leaves. I will try to rearrange my plants and put the HC in a nearby brighter spot. 

Here are my small colection,that i started in my workshop Stella, Negronne,Smith and a couple others.

Luak - that looks great. So I guess figs can be grown indoors and produce and give some satisfaction to people that have no land or yards!

Dormancy must be optional. I was surprised to see in March or May a Pomegranate full with ripe fruit in tropical / caribbean Mexico (Tulum). I thought Pomegranates were mediterranean and needed winter dormancy as well but I believe what I saw there. 


Slingha - glad you recovered from Sandy and you still have trees to share... We could do something in March, so I could put something directly outside on my roof (I still need to check what is there - I left a Kadota unprotected - anyway flavor was really bland- , but near me I see some Italian Americans that have a fig outside in a plastic barrel unprotected and it comes back. cities are warmer than suburbia or countryside...

Come first of April they going partly in the ground, i usely drill larger holes towards the bottom of the containers to let the roots grow in the ground. Then in the winter i dig them up and cut the roots of.
Eventually i like to grow all my fig tree's in the ground maybe some with protection only on some of them,you know the ones you can not be without but are too sensitive.

I have a MvsB that  rooted in dec in a gal pot. it really shot up to 2 foot quick and is almost root bound. it has a single fig growing on it. thinking of leaving it. the green house will be ready in 2 weeks and with that one fruit it may slow the growth a little but at this point in the house thats not a bad thing.

 I have the same situation with 2 Kadota saplings in my house. One has 2 good sized figs on it.  Has anyone heard if this harms the plant to not have the dormant period or does it maybe benefit from it?

I read in the past on this forum that a member from Indonesia gets 3 crops a year and figs never go dormant. I am willing to try. Maybe dormancy is not a requirement for a fig tree but a necessity to endure cold weather.

Luak,

Just curious as to what procedure you will be using when you remove that little one from the jar?

i had this little tree in my garage and decided to bring it inside it has two fig on it..wish i knew what kind..not sure if i should just leave them on there.

those picture taken in my stairway last Week, they get their sun through the skylight . I do have some Berba Figs, sorry for Poor quality pictures.
Mark

Ah! the race is on for the first ripe fig. Looking great.

Size of plant is good enough to plant in a large container.That pot is big enough for several years.
What i do when transplanting from from little plastic cups or bottles, i make 2 vertical cuts,then wrapped a rubber band around to hold,then cut the bottom.Make hole in the large container,same depth as the bottle/cup, remove bottom,cut rubberband,slide 2 halves up.