Can you grow a fig tree from taking a fig and smashing it in the ground and covering it with dirt ???

yes you might . but bear in mind that fig seeds need an acid environment like the one found inside birds' digestive system (birds are the best fig seeders in nature).Also, bird droppings protect the seeds from being eaten or destroyed (insects etc.)

also you should not expect the resulting tree to bear the same variety as the one where the seed came from

Can you grow a fig tree from taking a fig and smashing it in the ground and covering it with dirt ???
If you want to squash a fig into the ground make sure its been fertilised. a ripe fig is still a flower and needs insects to climb in and do their thing. when the fig is brown and sloppy and falls off the tree is probably the best time to do your squashy thing.



A better idea would be to find a mature fig tree and hunt around the base for a runner growing out of the ground. dig this up and stick it in a pot, plenty of natural compost and off it goes.
Reply:That seems a terrible waste of a perfectly good fig. From what I understand, very few figs will have any viable seeds at all. It seems to me, you should be able to remove seeds from a fig and try to plants those and eat the rest of the fig.



http://waynesword.palomar.edu/pljune99.h...



According to the above site, you might try buying calimyrna figs for this experiment.