On July 4th we had a BBQ so I moved my plants around to make room. After the gathering I moved them back. A couple weeks later I decided I liked the  extra room I had on my deck and needed do something to cool my pots more from the brutal sun.
    So I moved this Flanders and a BT next to the swing where we have  4-6 inches of pine chips to absorb falls. The pine chips have been there a few years and have a lot of nice black decomposed matter a couple of inches down. There is also fiber mulch/weed block fabric below them.
I've decided I need to bring this one into the sun room to extend it's summer so I can hopefully get a taste of the 2 figs that are in the stagnant stage just waiting for whatever the cue is to swell and ripen.
  I think this is probably about 80% of the roots that were there, they radiated about 2-3 feet from the pot. I decided to remove about half of the roots and leave the thicker roots at the core so I would be able to pull them through the bung style hole in the bottom of the pot. I believe the thicker roots are probably storing some good energy for when dormancy comes and hated to cut them.
   I also figured now was as good a time as any to up pot, seeing all those roots would die if not in soil. When I removed the plant from the pot, the roots were thick and circling below the area where the pot was visibly buried(I made two cuts 180/180 to prevent future problems). The area above ground(chips) the roots tips were visible similar to stubble like a heavy five o'clock shadow, but obviously the heat retarded excessive growth along the wall of the pot.
   Anyway, I thought this was sort of neat and shared a picture.

Calvin,

It's amazing how far those roots can reach!  As tall and wide as the tree, they are there for support!

Herman's famous Ronde De Bordeaux on Ebay had roots comin out of the pot, and the pot was dirty 2/3 of the way up, so it had obviously gotten a lot of growth outside it's container.  It was a very large and healthy 2 year old tree, and went for a lot of money, and your 2/5 month old is almost as large and healthy!

Kinda points out the advantages of growing trees in-ground!

Nice photo!

Suzi

Great testimony to the fig!

Hello Calvin,

Thanks for posting the picture and description. I may follow your lead and bury a few potted figs in mulch, next year. I will place the drain holes on the side for easy lifting.

Wow!

Really wild set of roots on that plant for sure. And, like others have said, it does show why a plant in good soil, in good conditions, really thrives. I have our HC next to our fireplace, in ground, and it grew like gang busters here in it's second year. No one believes I only planted last Spring.

Thanks for sharing your pix.

Cool!! And just think, Fall (starting about now) is the time when you get the most root growth. 

Good luck with your trees!