How to Grow a Fig Tree at Home for Endless Fresh Fruit—Indoors or Outside

Growing a potted fig tree is a rewarding process, and can be done year-round with the right conditions. Place the container ...

Helen Chesnut: Small fig tree might be at an 'in-training' stage

Except for a few varieties, and only in certain favoured sites, fig trees in our current climate ripen only the first (breba) ...
Mountain Xpress

Gardening with Xpress: Figs and pawpaws are all the rage

The beautiful autumn sunlight dances off gorgeously crimson sourwood leaves. Little radish plants look cute as they grow quickly. And this is my last gardening feature for 2025, but I’ll be back in ...
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9 of the best fruit trees to grow in pots for healthy harvests in small spaces

Many of the most popular fruit trees, including apples, pears, cherries, and apricots, can all be successfully grown in pots with little fuss. Most types of fruit trees now come in dwarfing varieties ...
Marin Independent Journal

Do you have a fig tree? Look out for the black fig fly

If you’ve got fig trees, listen up because there’s a new troublemaker that’s headed our way — the black fig fly (Silba adipata). Hailing all the way from the Mediterranean region, this little critter ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Even in colder areas, fig trees can do well if protected

If you’re growing fig trees where temperatures drop below freezing for extended periods, then an ounce of protection can be worth a pound (or more!) of figs. Native to Mediterranean Europe, Asia and ...
East Bay Times

Master Gardener: Fig tree producing dry, undersized fruit

Q: My Black Jack fig produced a few full-sized figs early in the season but in the last month the figs are small, turn dark and dry up. What could it be? The tree is about 40 years old and appears ...