I am currently succumbing to a slow-growing but sure infatuation with figs. Most recently, I have decided to grow a some fig trees. However, my living circumstances require that the figs be grown indoors, and potted. I don't mean bringing the fig in for winter, I mean indoors all year round. I will be able to tend to them every day, as hey will literally be in my room 24/7. Fortunately, I have a large window nook with two open faces, perpendicular to each other. The space brings in a lot of sunlight. I have a temperature controlled room, and the space for growing is about a 4-foot long, 3-foot wide, and 6-foot tall growing space. My question is, which variety of fig should I grow, which variety suites my situation? I'm looking for something self-pollinating and small enough to fit in the space. Also, would it be a bad idea to have two separate varieties growing along-side each other in such close quarters? As someone newly interested in growing figs, I am looking for any and all information I can get, as much as anyone knows.

OK, Since you are from Canada, your outdoor growing season is about over. You will pretty much have to make the most of an indoor system. I would feel that light is going to be a big issue. You have many plants but only one grow light. A big 400W light is great but it's coverage is limited. Once your plants begin to grow, you will be cramping them together to get them under the light. I think you will have to add more lights. This is one reason I like flourescent tube lights. They may not put out quite as much light but they cover a much larger area. Put 400W worth of those up in 4 or 5, 4-foot shop lights with two 40W bulbs each and you have a small room full of light. Anyway, winter is notorious for very low humidity indoors. That will be an issue as well. You can buy an inexpensive humidity gauge that also has the temp to keep track of the humidity. They are sold at most department stores for $10 to $20. How you raise the humidity indoors is another issue. You could run a "humidifier" and if you have your plants isolated in a closed room, that could help a lot. It seems a lot of trouble to grow plants indoors. I grew my peppers from seed last winter indoors and I was so happy when I finally could get them outside in the Spring. Nearly all the problems I was having with them cleared up within the first week that I put them outside. Josh (Greenman28) and some of the other vets out there can be more of assistance on the fertilizers and probably have a better grasp on the whole process.

Thanks, Diane, for the watering advice. I couldn't understand the finger bit, either, and was surprised when she said that someone at our local garden center told her that. This lady is very "exact and precise", and doesn't do well unless things are cut and dry. I think that I will take the plant back to her after I've done all I can, then monitor them for a couple of weeks, to see how fast the pots dries out. Then perhaps I can better tell her how much and how often she needs to water them. Thanks, Holly

i had the same prob in your last pic looks like a tomato plant purpled up. i think it is magnesium deficiency. or it could be a temperature prob. i added a lil cal/mag (botanicare) and aded a lil heat to my grow tent and i guess lowered my ph a lil and it cleared up so i would say one of those three changes did it. your pepper problem tho... hmmm neved had that. if you feed them all the same maybe they have the same problem. i can tell you peppers dont need much for ferts.