Care of fig tree in bucket?

Yes, you can keep it in the garage, as long as the soil won’t freeze. Stand the bucket in a plastic tub so you can water the soil when it rains and snows outside. Clear thick plastic is better than black, of course, so that light can reach the tree sometimes. But don’t be surprised if the leaves fall off. And get it back outside when the last freeze date comes. 😇

See if these links help!

https://empressofdirt.net/what-is-overwintering/

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/figs/fig-cold-protection.htm

https://empressofdirt.net/what-is-overwintering/

We live in Arizona.. and our fig tree looses all its leaves in the winter (such as we get here)... it comes back in the spring.. so don't panic if all the leaves fall off. Don't water it a lot... but don't let it get completely dry either.

FYI... some varieties of trees require a certain amount of "cold hours" for fruit production.. the more they get... the better the crop. You tree should do fine in the garage and next spring.. move it to a much larger pot... or put it in the ground so it can grow bigger.

My little fig tree made it through the winter last year on a covered patio. I liked having it where I could keep an eye on it. I'm in Central California where it does freeze a few times during the winter, but we don't have snow. I have since planted it in the ground and am hoping it will make it through the winter out there on its own!

live in New Jersey, Southwest, near Philadelphia. I have my fig tree in a half whiskey barrel. I had stripped all of the branches up until it was about 4 ft tall and then I clipped the top so mine is more like a tree - a topiary with a main trunk and then 5 branches. Each year I trim the tip of my branch and any suckers that may come up from the ground so I can manage its size. I simply drag my tree into the garage. I do not wrap it. I water it about once a month. That is it.

It is March 8th and I'm getting itchy to drag it back out into the driveway and it's favorite Sunny Spot. But I know I must be patient. When I start putting it outside I do it for a couple hours a day, gradually for the first month. I keep it in the shade and put it in the sun for a few hours for the first couple days and gradually lengthen the time it is in the sun.

The only thing that makes me crazy about keeping my fig tree in a container is it needs so much water. Sometimes I am watering it two or three times a day. And when it is fruiting it will take 4 to 5 gallons a day of water.

But to me, the work is worth it. We got over 400 figs off of this small tree, minus the height of the pot it is about six and a half feet tall and 5 feet wide.