Figs
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Topic: Figs
Posted By: Plushie
Subject: Figs
Date Posted: 12 December 2010 at 2:03pm
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I have been babying my fig tree for about 5 years now. It was planted in a big barrel - one of those old fashioned wooden ones, big enough for me to get in. It has no bottom so by now the fig may well have grown into the ground.
When i got her she was only about a foot tall and threw out a handful of teeny little fruits which i plucked off (thinking this would let her mature and grow instead of making food). Last year i thought id let her try and produce fruit, since she's now about 8 foot tall and quite mature, she gets green figs to about the size of a golf ball, sometimes a little bigger but they don't ripen. I'm wondering what to do for her this year to actually get some fruit! Does she need to be fertilized by another fig? Should i pluck most of the immature fruits off (there are loads, maybe too much for her to grow?) If i feed her some special food will it give her more energy to produce fruit or is it as simple as needing to get her a friend!? Any ideas? |
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Posted By: Gardengirl
Date Posted: 14 December 2010 at 11:02pm
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I have 2 huge fig trees which will be heavily laden with fruit which won't ripen quite to the point of being edible. They almost make it, but not quite, and figs need to ripen on the tree. You don't need another tree - your tree is fruiting.
I don't know where you are but I am in Sth Canterbury and I've come to the conclusion that my trees just don't get quite long enough a summer. Figs crop twice (so don't pluck those first figs, give them a chance), and I lose my first crop to late frosts and my second crop to early autumn frosts. I probably do need to look at how I feed them though. |
Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 15 December 2010 at 10:12am
I'm in South Canterbury too - i think i know where you live and we're in the same town  so thats probably my problem too, i did read they like 8 hours of sun a day and i don't know if shes getting that.
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Posted By: Gardengirl
Date Posted: 15 December 2010 at 4:19pm
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Oh yes, I think we are local to each other Mine get the 8 hours on a sunny day, well, the larger one is, it's North facing. But I don't know if there are enough warm enough days.
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