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growing figs advice needed please
If its from seed its a new variety.
I've grown brown turkey. It in the greenhouse in a big pot but has rooted through the hole in the bottom. It has figs on. If i beat the animals.. blackbirds, snails and rodents, they are nice figs. It survives mass hack downs from time to time. Ive tried to kill it several times but it always regrows.
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I think they fruit better when their roots are constrained - we were advised to plant ours (another Brown Turkey) in a hole lined with concrete slabs. Its been in a couple of years and we have fruit for the first time this year - although whether they get big or ripen has yet to be seen
Hole in the ground lined with 2' paving stones is standard, but a similar-sized container will do as well, although it'll need more watering. Sounds like a good location but frost protection is needed too.
If it's in a pot, maybe it could be moved into a conservatory or similar? My friends have a fig in the ground in a greenhouse, which fruits regularly now and another on the edge of a glass-covered verandah, which got frosted a couple of years back.
for winter protection, do you fleece just the pot or the whole plant?
er... the whole thing, I think. The developing fruits and buds need protection as much as (more than?) the roots.
(As I've said elsewhere, I haven't grown them myself, but have taken a close interest in my friends' plants).
Ta, Steve. I've not got one but am tempted.
A highlight of our holiday in the Camargue a couple of years ago was plucking a ripe fig from a semi-wild tree and eating it
Rows and rows of tomato plants in gardens as well! And fields full of sunflowers.
Bet gorgeous eating warmed by the sun
Jo47 , I planted a brown Turkey fig plant at my allotment 2 years ago , South facing against a water cube and it is growing nicely , the only protection was some fleece for the winter
why not plant it in the ground , need to seriously restrict roots if you want fruit , I dug hole lined with slabs and broken bricks in bottom , info on net
Figs once established are as tuff , I live in Lincoln
best of luck
Jo47 , understand , not sure fig tree suitable for tub if you want fruit , I would check , if not have you thought about Olive tree
best of luck