The little miss figgy dwarf fig is a sun and heat loving plant and should be planted in full sun for best results.
Little ruby fig care.
Little ruby fig is a self pollinating variant.
Little ruby is probably in the top five of all fig varieties for its ability to grow long term in a container making it one of the best choices for growing indoors or in greenhouses.
Once established it is tolerant to drought.
I have wanted to add a fig tree to my indoor container garden for a bit now and i finally decided to do it.
Trees can produce large quantities of fruit when the plant is only three feet tall in a seven gallon container which would have most other fig varieties.
Little ruby produces a breba crop of medium sized sweet red figs with strawberry colored flesh.
Water needs are average.
Soil should be well drained and moist.
The little ruby fig tree is a favorite that we ve grown in smaller gardens for many years now.
The fruit of the fig tree is a great source of fiber and manganese.
It can tolerate all soil types and different ph levels.
It is a dwarf fig tree that abundantly produces sweet strawberry colored medium sized fruit.
Rarely growing taller than 6 feet high little ruby is prized for its incredible cold hardiness some say all the way down to zone 6 its compact habit and its huge breba crops of small reddish brown figs with a super tasty ruby center.
I was between this and the brown turkey but the possibility of a sizable harvest of adorable fruit led me to choose the little ruby.
Little miss figgy dwarf fig care.
A dwarf and hardy fig that is an excellent choice for patio culture as far north as zone 6.