Hi, marychrisw! If you haven't saved TP rolls all year, you can use just one to make newspaper cylinders in which to plant seeds. It's very easy. Just cut double pages of newspaper (a folded piece of newspaper) so they'll be as wide as the rolls and wrap the newspaper around the roll to make cylinders. After rolling them, the newspaper cylinders will be several thicknesses deep and surprisingly sturdy. If you want to double the newspaper cylinder thickness, use two sheets of folded newspaper instead of one. Use tape to close the cylinders, and there you are. Some people press a piece of crumpled newspaper into the bottom of the newspaper cylinders before adding the planting soil, if you're worried about the soil falling out at transplant time. It usually doesn't, but it's okay if it does. The roots will hang on to what they've claimed. To use them, make sure you put them in a container that forces them to remain upright close together so they don't sag over, fill them with seed-starting soil, and plant your seed. Water and cover them as you would any seeds you start, but just don't soak them. Some people cut the cylinders in half so they're only half as tall for small seeds -- they're less likely to sag over. A lot depends on the likely length of the new root. When your plants have grown enough to set out, carefully remove the whole newspaper cylinder with the plant in it and set it in the soil. Once you plant them, the newspaper will finish disintegrating. You can remove the piece of tape with which you secured the sides of the cylinder (very easy since the newspaper is damp) or leave it on. Then start saving the TP rolls for next year!

Hi Viso, your coolest area in house is basement thats where i would put them if you have no choice as the bedroom in my opinion is not a good idea and give em a drink not a watering once each month "not" enough water to drain out the bottom of pot either just a small amount. In bedroom you will eventually get bugs. There is not enough natural sun, not enough humidity, not enough natural air movement and they will suffer in the my opinion eventually. Figs grow on new wood that sprouts during the season for an idea and the first crop usually not as good sprouts on last seasons wood.Look for figs when they first emerge on new wood above the stem of leaf they will first apear round like a real tiny pea. Yes you can top off your whips you call at a height you want looking for a ring (node) on the main trunk and cut several inches above it and seal the cut. This will force horizontal growth down the branch little by little. Once they grow outwards you can cut to your desire anytime,just a reminder the shorter you cut the horizontal ones back the less figs you get, less leaf stems out less figs. Its always best to seal the cut so bugs dont get into it,i use spit and dirt for very small diameter branches and pruning seal for larger woody ones. Yes you can root what you cut last seasons wood roots better than curent seasons green growth. In dormant season you can also trim your plant to your desire they can take a hard pruning like a bush. There are some ways to get fruit to ripen also in colder area's such as cutting after 5th or 6th leaf on a branch to slow the vegatative growth there by useing more energy for the fig. After several years of shaping the tree you get an idea of what happens when you make cuts and where new growth will appear, these trees are fun to work with and the fruit is great to eat. Hope this helps give you some idea's. Martin

Hello Penny- My thoughts and prayers are with you and your daughter. I am very sorry to hear about your loss.Thanks again for a wonderful. I am so amazed still at all the paper and the variety you sent. Let me know when you get the train going. - Sherri

I used to use those! However, I had trouble with mold. They're fun to construct, though!