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fig- advice please
I bought a fig plant in lidls last year. Didn't expect it to survive the winter but it did and is growing well in a long tom.
Now I'm thinking of putting it in a largish container against an east facing fence.
John innes or something else? Suppose it will need fleece in winter? If it grows, how do I keep it under control?
I know I should have considered all this before I bought it but it was only £1.99!
In London. Keen but lazy.
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Bargain!!! It would've been rude not to!!!
I find John Innes loam based and added horticultural grit about 1part grit to 3 compost works well. Have you got a south or south-east facing spot for it?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
East with slight tilt to south.E-S-E? Very sheltered but plenty of sunlight.
Mine is in the S - S - E facing corner with shade from big trees until mid morning and it's coping ok - not as fruitful as a friend's on a sheltered southfacing wall, but we can only work with what we've got - good luck
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
i i bought one from morrisons last year for same price i planted it in mp compost (but will change when i repot to JIno.3) and its in a 8inch pot in a west facing wall, it survived the winter with no care what so ever but i am in the south east. they like to have their roots restricted which i why it is in a fairly small pot, i checked it a couple of days ago and the roots are just starting to circle the pot.
They'll certainly have their roots restricted! Don't like the taste of figs much so not too bothered if not much fruit. Looking forward to a green wall
i always like fig rolls as a kid and had never tasted a fresh on till i went to my friends in france and had fresh ones wrapped in a yummy ham, they were amazing, nice with cheeses too.
I love figs, so any surplus can be sent here B3
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Like Christopher Lloyd I am a "fig pig". I have been eating tons of fresh ones since I was a child (it helps to have livend in Italy for 32 years!).
For the record they don *need* to have restricted roots to fruit, but if you plant them out they become big trees in time, and in the UK you'll lose the fruit if you prune them each year.
Will do ,dove. I'll send you a load next year!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.