Hey everyone. I tried posting this over at bountiful figs, but it looks like that site activity level is almost dead. I'm hoping there will be lots of interesting great fig conversations here on ourfigs.com.
I'm leaning on setting up a drip irrigation system for my container grown figs next year, but came across a post on GardenWeb in which a poster buried their container figs in the ground. I thought this might be an interesting idea in that having your containers buried would keep the roots cool, reduce moisture evaporation, make watering easier and allow one to remove the tree rather easily at the end of the growing season if they wanted to bring it indoors for the winter (due to hardiness concern) and/or give it away to someone.
Has anyone ever done this? If so, I'd love to hear your experiences and reasons for doing so.
smithmal
I'm leaning on setting up a drip irrigation system for my container grown figs next year, but came across a post on GardenWeb in which a poster buried their container figs in the ground. I thought this might be an interesting idea in that having your containers buried would keep the roots cool, reduce moisture evaporation, make watering easier and allow one to remove the tree rather easily at the end of the growing season if they wanted to bring it indoors for the winter (due to hardiness concern) and/or give it away to someone.
Has anyone ever done this? If so, I'd love to hear your experiences and reasons for doing so.
smithmal
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