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["Jeanne Driese" <jeanne13 AT earthlink.net>]

In fact I do Gene.  I am getting 10 tubs, they are 21 inches across and 18 
inches deep.  Eight of them will fit in my root bound raised bed and the 
other two are for fig trees.    It woud be nice if they were as big as the 
ones you are talking about, but these will do just fine for me.  These tubs 
held feed for the cattle.  This part of TN is cattle country for sure.  Now 
that we have had some rain the pastures are beginning to once more be stocked 
with animals.
Jeanne
tnhillwoman
North East TN zone 6
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gene GeRue 
  To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org 
  Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 7:01 PM
  Subject: Re: [Homestead] Fig Trees


  If root-bound figs thrive, then I offer another idea. My second- 
  nearest neighbor raises cattle. He buys supplement for them in these  
  big, black tubs, perhaps thirty inches across. Very tough material. I  
  use them for various purposes. When I was battling walnut roots I  
  contemplated making buried root baskets by cutting the bottom out of  
  one of them, using that as the top of the container at the soil  
  surface and taping two original tops together with just slits in the  
  bottom one for drainage. Sounds like maybe these figs would do well in  
  just one of the tubs. Know any cattlemen around you?

  On Feb 23, 2009, at 4:30 PM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
  >
  >>> And all ficus do great if they are in pots.  Root bound isn't a  
  >>> bad thing
  >> with ficus!
  >
  > Not only do great but hardly bear otherwise.  Even if you plant them  
  > in the
  > ground, it is better to confine the roots.
  >
  > Figs live a very long time and in their natural game plan they say to
  > themselves, 'I'll get around to bearing ... oh ... when I'm 80 or  
  > so."   If the tree,
  > like any plant, senses that its expansion days are over, it  
  > accelerates its
  > biological clock and goes into the bearing phase.
  >
  > Most modern figs have been bred to fruit as early as possible, but  
  > binding
  > the roots is still a good idea.


  Gene GeRue
  www.RURALIZE.com




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