@Ray_Gun My experience with figs are that they don't need that much food! Yes like once in the season with manure; ideally chicken coop manure and that's it. My figs sucker and will continue doing so. Mine are being grown as a multiple trunks shrub. I prefer to keep my trees low so that fruit picking is easy ( this is a world tendency in all types of fruit trees to reduce labour costs). My secondary suckers are as fruit bearing as the main trunks. I keep them watered, on the drier side.
Arturo
