"Pam Moore" wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 20:48:06 GMT, "Edmund Greening"
wrote:

Has
anyone any experience of growing figs outside who could offer advice?
I am in Wiltshire and am planting a Brown Turkey fig against a SW facing
wall.
Bob Flowerdew's advice is to plant a fig in an old washing machine
drum, sunk in the ground. This constricts the roots and alllows
moisture to circulate.
Cheers
Pam

I have a fig tree which fruits well each year and that is planted with its
roots in a pile of rubble which restricts its root space. It is very happy
outside here in Kent. We only get one of the 2 crops per year as the
summers are not long enough to allow the second crop to mature.
Diane