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Back from the dead Fig Tree

LatimerLatimer Posts: 1,068
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Ok, so maybe I'm being a bit dramatic but I really want sure if I'd treated this fig particularly well while it was in a pot and was just a bunch of twigs when I planted it in the ground!

Anyway, there's now growth (yay) so I'm just wondering if I need to cut it back or anything as all the tips look a bit lifeless.

Thank you!










I’ve no idea what I’m doing. 

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  • LatimerLatimer Posts: 1,068
    *little bump*
    I’ve no idea what I’m doing. 
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Our fig given to us for our 25th wedding anniversary by friends this year was taken by the frost very badly. It is in a great area but not this year.
    This week we have seen signs of new leaf growth but figs this year...no chance.
  • ShepherdsBarnShepherdsBarn Posts: 401
    I'd leave well alone, @Latimer, if I were you. 😊
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    I too would leave it, doesn't look like it needs pruning. They may look lifeless now, but one day, you may find they are far from that. Quite the opposite. Personally, I would not plant one into the ground without some form of barrier around the roots. But if you have a large space for it, then that's fine. Once they get going, they will form a dense thicket that may shade out the base of that area. 

  • LatimerLatimer Posts: 1,068
    Ok, thanks all, will just leave it to get on!

    @Borderline it has been planted into a concrete slab lined hole 😊
    I’ve no idea what I’m doing. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Give it a good drink … they’re quite thirsty so that usually nudges them into action at this time of year. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LatimerLatimer Posts: 1,068
    @Dovefromabove I will do, thanks 😊
    I’ve no idea what I’m doing. 
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