cute, but its a very common practice to bury a fig tree. each one of our trees produce about 2000 figs the prof is in the pudding. i did an experiment a few years ago testing the difference between potted or buried and the outcome shocked me.. i took 2 cutting from the same tree and started both in pots. then the following year i planted one in the ground and the other i kept in pots… mind you i kept changing into bigger pots as the years went by.. well the outcome was in 3 years in the ground i got about 500 figs and the numbers grew until the magic 2000 and after 6 years i have only eaten about 4 figs from the potted fig.. i keep it in a pot cause i like seeing it in the living room during the winter. the trees never seem to pass the magic 2000 number for figs in this climate.. it seems by the time the tree is large enough to make that many figs the branches are to long and im guessing more vulnerable to the cold. that size is about 8 or 9 feet tall

ps if you have figs that you dont think will get ripe use a q-tip to put a drop of olive oil in the opening on the top of the fig.. for some reason that i cant explain it makes the figs ripen super fast.