Good question! The two fig varieties I can ripen here in the hills are Desert King and Brown Turkey. Desert King comes on first and is a vigorous, if rubbery tree. My Brown Turkey is less than half its size (in equal soil) and comes on as the Kings are fading – perfect timing!

I prefer the Kings… they’ve a ‘classic’ fig texture and taste, to me. The Brown Turkey’s are dryer and ‘meatier,’ if more purple than brown. I’m sure you’d like either …but I’d recommend the Brown Turkey as a potted ‘plant’ due to its smaller size.

I’d suspect the bigger the better in ‘pots’ – so long as you can safely move it… Keep in mind, potted plants will freeze from all sides – so they’re far more susceptible to hard freezes than ‘in-ground’ specimens, so you’d want to be on top of it weather wise.

Following this same advice, though not bothering to ‘take it in’ during the winter, my mother’s neighbor has one of my Brown Turkey’s potted up (impressed and inspired by my mom’s magnificent start from my Desert King), likely going on its 4 year, with no apparent problems – though quite happy here in the valley…

Roots on the Desert King can be quite aggressive… I’ve seen them split good sized plastic pots sending roots out their drain holes! …I’d make the effort to pot either ... maybe tip it over every few years, roll it along to remove the soil, pull it out and prune the roots, then repot it with fresh soil. With your heat you’d likely ripen them before me

- Also – any other answers would be appreciated