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AndyInNYC

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These plants were started from cuttings over the winter.  I've finally moved them outside and hopefully our nice(r) weather will continue.

The figs are Gino's Black and an Unknown Teramo.

Given the root mass in the cup, do I need to repot these into something larger?

Regardless of whether they should be moved now or later, what size pot should I move them into next?

They, as the picture shows, are in 7-11 Double Big Gulp cups.  I'm not yet hitting them with fertilizer.

I have a large number of cuttings at the same stage as these, so I'm not looking to go out and purchase a bunch of 50 gallon drums <g>.


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Ginos Black.jpg   

Teramo.jpg 

The pictures are a little dark, but the quantity of roots should still be visible.
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Yes.  They will fill a five gallon bucket by fall.  The ones I had put directly into five gallon buckets grew way better than the ones in gallon or even three gallon. So I wouldn't go any smaller than five gallon and use white pots/buckets or cover with foil to keep the pot or bucket cool .  The sun on a black one heats up enough to kill the roots.

I'm sure there will be differing opinions.  Mine was given on personal observation.



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I second Charlie's advice! Go big or go home! Pots anyway;) i put five trees at that stage right into five gallon sips and they are growing better than anything smaller. And by that time i have liquid fertilized at half strength with good results.
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