For the best-tasting fruit, Douglas recommends thoroughly watering your fig tree just once a week in the summer. “Much like dry-farmed tomatoes, reducing water will avoid diluting sugars ...

That isn't to say you can't have a thriving fig tree without fruit, as many will grow happily for years without providing ...

I like maximising growing space for food crops, so in this example, I have a fig tree growing in a container with an undergrowth of banana mint! The mint helps as a companion by keeping the weeds and ...