Both the kadota and the brown turkey were no more than 8 inch "fig sticks" as my wife insists on calling them, mostly bare with about three leaves low on the branch with numerous budding growth on the upper parts of the branch. In the few days that they have been in the ground they appear to be doing well and are exhibiting tons of new growth. There were only about 4 or 5 figs mixed in with ALOT of blueberry and grape vine 'sticks'. Chris

Dear bonsaist, how you manage to write in Hindi? I think your friend is from India. Figs thrive in India mostly in Maharashtra, Karnataka where the rainfall is not very high and also where winter is mild. My fig is the one which is available in our Indian market and is different from the which grown in States. The figs are sweet when ripened on the tree. The tree attracts lots of fruit eating birds like bulbul,mynas etc. Yesterday when I tried to pluck one fruit it fell down and got spoilt because we are staying on the fourth floor of the building. I will send a picture when the figs are ripe. Mani

I prune them back to keep there size and prune any unwanted branches that grow inward and some upward ,also the new growth i prune back some as well - sometimes i prune back a lot sometimes i dont i let the tree dictate to what it needs as some growing season here are not as good as others. Also here in my cold zone i alway nip the branches after the 5th leaf. I use scotts premium potting mix, upm potting mix, and have several in scotts seeding soil mix a heavy type slow draining mix. I fertilize once a week with miracle grow soluable 24-8-16 at full strength early in season, half strength mid season and later when figs are full grown and still green (i grow dark types only) i dont fertilize but still water them. Hope this helps a little as everyone grows them differently uses different potting mix , fertilizer etc. After 3 years at most i root prune them. But i cannot stress enough one does not have to have a degree in "figology" to grow them and get to enjoy many a ripe fig as they are very forgiving. One can see many pictures posted of fig plants growing out of cement walls in other countries and some in rather arid conditions grown inground and they produce figs.Others in area's with no care what so ever and the same they produce figs. Grown in containers they need a little help as opposed to being inground. Hope this gives you a few idea's. Martin

All fig trees drop figs from time to time. This year has been an exceptional year for this problem in my area of No. Carolina, probably because of extreme heat and no rain. My Celeste, usually a heavy producer, dropped over half its immature figs. Your unknown tree looks very healthy and there are more figs, so I would venture a guess that the rest will go ahead and mature normally. Let us know what the rest of the season brings. By the way, my celeste figs that remained are smaller than usual, but otherwise they are as good as ever!!