Limiting root development

[Shane]

I've been asked to plant a small fig for a customer, but they do not want it spreading throughout the garden.

Is there a cheap/light solution which can be used?

I don't think they will want to spend a lot on the constraining material (I'd rather they pay lots for my labour).

 

The RHS recommend a 2ft cube of soil to be removed then wall it with paving slabs and broken rock in the bottom.

 

I can't help thinking that something like an old placcy dustbin (but a bit bigger) would do the trick (with the bottom cut out).

 

Any suggestions gratefully received. No doubt I've got what I need in the shed or garden but just can't 'see' it - if you know what I mean.

[Pedroski]

Figs are happy in small space. How about just chucking it in the ground in a large tub (1m diameter) the sort trees come in. It'll already have holes in the bottom.

[Ruskins Trees]

Agree entirely. Read a planting spec for figs that included throwing a few bricks in. Apparently the worse you treat the root space the better they grow. Do not know why this occurs.