LMK which ones. I don’t have anything very exotic but maybe I have what you are looking for. If so, you WILL have to remind me in October. 
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Would do, thanks Joe!
Thank you for the photo
That would be ineffective in my location. Insects, bugs, etc. would simply crawl under the netting at the ground level.
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So far no issues with bugs but I do have to use tanglefoot for ants.
Got my first first ripe ones this year just now. Desert King (L) and Gisotta Nero (R). Both very sweet but otherwise not too exciting.
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I find that birds often do the same. Catbirds will poke at the base of the net then flip it upward to create a hole.
So I got a Chicago Hardy fig tree and potted it about a month ago. There hasn’t really been any growth on it (I don’t really think that’s a problem but I’m not sure). I stuck my finger an inch into the soil to see how moist it was and hit a root near the edge, so I know that the roots are growing/spreading. I have started to notice what looks like it could be rust on leaves on the lower branches. I’ve attached a picture of that as well as the tree as a whole. Please give me any tips or advice you have for my tree! Thanks!
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It may take more than a month to get roots reestablished in the new pot and really start growing. I wouldn’t be too concerned unless it still isn’t growing next year. If you’re in the state of Georgia you could definitely plant that in-ground assuming you have the space.
Besides that, just water and fertilize plenty.
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Ok great, thanks! I’m renting right now so I can’t plant in ground but the hope is to do that at some point in the future. Any fertilizer recommendations? I just have a generic organic fertilizer right now.
Others here could give you a more authoritative recommendation for fertilizer, hopefully one of them will chime in. But I think a balanced organic fertilizer would be just fine.
This video is my reference, although I don’t actually do all of the stuff he recommends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6XOn2a8SV0
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I got these figs from our local farmers market this morning and was wondering if yall could help me figure out what type they are, the gentleman i purchased them from said some are brown turkey but he isn’t for sure on the types since he was gifted the trees. They have a very light fresh taste, some have a more sweet flavor while some have a very faint peach astringency. Its the first time I have seen figs at our farmers market.
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Earlier I described a Lattarula / Italian Honey that was among many in-ground trees that I had abandoned when local deer started browsing the foliage. This one tree managed to grow tall enough to escape the worst damage. Then it managed to survive the winter without protection, a rare feat here. This spring, I noticed lots of brebas.
Today I harvested most of them, roughly 30. Many others had been eaten by birds. I left a few that did not seem quite ripe. FWIW, these were much sweeter than the Zumwalt [Desert King] brebas that I’ve been picking recently.
Here’s what I picked (and the tree):
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How receptive are figs to summer pruning amd root pruning? I had to cut some roots off my potted figs because they escaped into the ground, so I cut some height off them to compensate.
You probably aren’t going to kill a fig tree with some root pruning or limb pruning. That being said like any tree it is much better to wait until they are dormant.
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Would you recommend waiting until dormancy to up pot? Would the answer change if the fig trees are growing fruit I plan to eat vs young with new growth and leaves?
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I never had problems up potting in the middle of an Az summer, just don’t disturb them too much (assuming they aren’t too root bound)
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I would be waiting along time for that. Trees going dormant is a legend whispered around the campfire 
Thank you for confirming. It already looks better after the irrigation hit it. So I think it will be fine.
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I up pot fig trees as needed all season, but I don’t root prune my trees except when dormant.
Even in zone 9+ the trees will still go through a period of rest. They won’t defoliate like we see further north, but they will show down for a brief time before going back into a new fluh of vegitative growth. It is at that point that I would do any major pruning that needed to be done.
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Might be worth putting a tall tray or even some kind of tub under it to hold water. It takes a lot to drown roots and root rot takes a while to set in, especially in hot weather when the plants are going to be soaking up that water like sponges.
I’m always shocked by how dry my fig pots get, especially on the inside, despite regular irrigation.
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