Hiding Pots with Potted Figs

Apr 22

Trench for potted figs. Once backfilled with mulch, the pots and the boards lining the trench will not show.I sink my potted fig plants part way into the ground so that they can root into the surrounding soil. This prevents plants from tipping over in the wind, and allows them to scavenge food and nutrients from the soil.

Equally importantly, sinking the pots helps to hide them!

But digging holes for the pots every year is a lot of work. And...I want the pots completely out of sight.

So this year, I've made a permanent trench. After I put the potted fig plants into the trench, I'll simply backfill with wood chips or bark.

Advantages:

Pots are below grade and completely hidden under mulch
Pots will stay cooler and dry out more slowly
In autumn, wood chips are easy to remove when it's time to remove the trees for indoor storage

Stay tuned...I'll report back on how well this works this autumn.

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Recognized by Garden Making Magazine as one of the "green gang" of Canadians making a difference in horticulture, Steven Biggs is a University of Guelph-trained horticulturist, former college instructor, and award-winning broadcaster and author.

He has been teaching gardeners how to grow figs in cold climates since 2011. But his interest in figs took off in 1993, while working at a nursery with the UK National Collection of figs.

He’s the author of the first book about growing figs in cold climates, the award-winning Grow Figs Where You Think You Can’t. His articles about growing figs have appeared in Fine Gardening, Garden Making, and Edible Toronto.

When not in the garden, you might catch him interviewing fig experts for his Fig Culture podcast.

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