OK, people - VERY many thanks for your responses to my request for help on
how often to feed/water my fig-tree-in-big-pot.

Sadly, though, I'm now in a state of total confusion, because the advice
seems to be contradictory...

Heaven knows, although keen on my tree, I'm a very long way from being a
gardener... so I really do need expert help!

Nick Maclaren told me:

... water it only in severe droughts (and I do mean severe).

'Ah!' - I thought - 'that's the answer; I'm obviously overwatering'; and I
felt sure this must be true when Tony Anson agreed:

Good advice - remember where figs come from...

Which would have been fine; except that David Roberts, in a really helpful
posting, advised looking at http://www.easyfruit.co.uk/figs/.

So I did. It's a most interesting and helpful site - BUT - it clearly says:

Figs require copious amounts of water through the growing season and
depending on your your pot size and growing medium will require watering
daily. If the tree becomes dry at the roots then it is likely that the
developing embryo figs will drop off.*

Which seems clear enough!

Last year, when I had mucho leaves and no figs, I didn't water very much.
This year (in Canterbury, if that helps you experts!) so far I only have
small leaves: larger, 2-3cm, at the bottom; smaller, 1cm, at the top. They
look healthy...

And, as I said, I've been watering on an almost daily basis... but now, I
don't know WHAT to do!

Could someone who's actually grown a fig tree in a big pot maybe advise me
what worked for them? Please?

In hope...

- duncan