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 ruby fig care.
Once established it is tolerant to drought.
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.
Soil should be well drained and moist.
I have wanted to add a fig tree to my indoor container garden for a bit now and i finally decided to do it.
Developed by the same retired biologist who gave us the hardy and huge olympian fig denny mcgaughy he chose this seedling for its.
Little ruby produces a breba crop of medium sized sweet red figs with strawberry colored flesh.
A dwarf and hardy fig that is an excellent choice for patio culture as far north as zone 6.
The fruit of the fig tree is a great source of fiber and manganese.
The little ruby fig tree is a favorite that we ve grown in smaller gardens for many years now.
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.
Water needs are average.
Little miss figgy dwarf fig care.
It is a dwarf fig tree that abundantly produces sweet strawberry colored medium sized fruit.
It can tolerate all soil types and different ph levels.
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.
Little ruby fig tree.