Mid-Atlantic Gardening: After event questions and answers and chatting 2, 4 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Wind--

You can, easily, cut those long Fig stems in half and root both pieces. I think they are a bit long....
The top piece, about 6"-7" long, will be best for rooting..as that is where the growing tip is.
The bottom piece, if it makes it, will give you some side-shoots.

Wind--each 4 o'Clock will grow to cover about an area close to 3'.
You may want to move them apart now, and put each in a separate location.

see here:

1--This is two plants--if I remember--from 2009,
2--You can dig up the roots and carry them over the winter--dormant--like dahlias or any other.
This clump of roots is from the first year of growth--from seed!. The spots will disappear.
3&4--Here are some of the roots in April of the next year. I had thrown some soil over the roots
to facilitate sending out new growth. That year--is when the massive "bushes" grew...
Left in the ground, in our zone, (depending on the winter weather) the 4's roots can become unrealistically
large and difficult to dig up. In the South--it is very likely to do so.

it has been a while that i read about all this. I am sure you could find some better info somewhere...

So--as you can see--these plants need space......Gita