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Please help with our fig tree

abeldabeld Posts: 2
Hello all from this wonderful community,

I wonder if you might be able to help.  My Wife and I are very keen gardeners and we have been growing our own fruit and vegetables for many years, we moved into a house 3 years ago whereby we inherited four wonderful fruit trees, two apples one plum and a fig tree.  We've managed to get healthy fruit from all however the fig tree remains a complete mystery to us both, neither of us have had figs growing up so I'm afraid we are lacking in knowledge.

I have put some photos of the tree and the fruit growing, each year we get a lot of fruit but we have no idea on the variety, or when to pick, meaning each year it goes to a terrible waste.  I'm determined not to let that be the case this year and hoping among you there may be one or two experts who can help us.  Many thanks.


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  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    In the UK they tend to ripen by early September...but really depends on the heat of the summer. All you need to look out for is the blossom end of the fruit to be ever so slightly gorging then pick one to taste...should hopefully be nice and sweet. It looks a nice strong tree and the fruit is impressive...get ready for a treat.
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  • abeldabeld Posts: 2
    Thank you both so much for taking the time to reply, I'm desperate to get it right this year after two failed Summers not getting the fruit at the right time.  Hopefully will manage and will keep an eye out for when they're ripe.
  • strelitzia32strelitzia32 Posts: 758
    You do need to prune a fig otherwise it will get leggy, with all the fruit about 50 feet off the ground. Also you need to remove the unripe fruit at the end of the season, but leave the nascent pea sized fruit to grow in the next season. If you don't, you'll end up in a cycle of never ripening fruit. Nice tree!
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