Hi, I've had a similar problem to charlottegrace1. I went on holiday thinking I've got about a dozen figs coming my way, then when I got back, the leaves were urning yellow and all the figs but one had gone. Now the one survivor has disappeared. I can't imagine they've been taken by squirrels, I think my cats would see them off! Any ideas?
Oh yes I've eaten my own home-grown figs! Admittedly it does take a nice long sunny summer and a happy tree in a sheltered warm spot to get ripe figs butit is possible. Let's hope we get one of those summers this year!
I have just completed a new greenhouse. i have 1 wall within the greenhouse that is 5.4 metres x 2.2 metres high which is west facing, and is directly below a fully glazed roof at the same size.
I would like to plant a fig tree against this wall, will a fig tree do well in a position as this?
I have a Brown Turkey Fig which I planted in a sheltered south facing house wall. It gave me numerous figs last year and I also have a crop of numerous small figs which I presume would have grown fully had we had a more tropical climate. What do I do with these small figs as I presume they will not grow any larger and will they be detrimental to my next crop in the summer?
On a visit to Audley End a few years back I saw small fig trees in pots in the glasshouse and they all had fruit on them. Each tree had just one stem and was about 3 or 4 feet high. I tried this at home and have had figs every year but the plant outside rarely produces ripe fruit, though it managed it last year. I think our climate is normally too cold for figs to ripen in the open.
I had a crop of ripe figs last summer, and by autumn we had another crop of figs the size of a small plum, but they didn't ripen and we removed them. We have small pea sized figs over-wintering on the tree and hope for a good crop this coming summer. We have a Brown Turkey outside on a south facing terrace.
At her last home near the northern Norfolk Broads a friend almost always had a good crop of figs on her Brown Turkey which grew outside. She would bring lots in to the office for breakfast
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks for all your posts but think I am more confused than ever now!! My figs are probably about 1/3 size of what the ripe ones were. Think I might leave them on and see what happens, perhaps strip one branch to compare??
"At leaf-fall, remove all remaining figs larger than small peas. This is important: leaving them will delay or reduce the next season's crop and can also give rise to dieback.
Maincrop figs are produced on the previous years wood only - no new wood = very few figs. "
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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I would like to plant a fig tree against this wall, will a fig tree do well in a position as this?
I have a Brown Turkey Fig which I planted in a sheltered south facing house wall. It gave me numerous figs last year and I also have a crop of numerous small figs which I presume would have grown fully had we had a more tropical climate. What do I do with these small figs as I presume they will not grow any larger and will they be detrimental to my next crop in the summer?
How small are the figs currently on your tree Denise?
At the end of the summer I remove any unripe figs that are bigger than my little fingernail - these will not ripen.
Small pea-sized figs will overwinter and ripen the following summer
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I had a crop of ripe figs last summer, and by autumn we had another crop of figs the size of a small plum, but they didn't ripen and we removed them. We have small pea sized figs over-wintering on the tree and hope for a good crop this coming summer. We have a Brown Turkey outside on a south facing terrace.
At her last home near the northern Norfolk Broads a friend almost always had a good crop of figs on her Brown Turkey which grew outside. She would bring lots in to the office for breakfast
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks for all your posts but think I am more confused than ever now!! My figs are probably about 1/3 size of what the ripe ones were. Think I might leave them on and see what happens, perhaps strip one branch to compare??
This site http://www.readsnursery.co.uk/fig-trees-for-gardens-and-greenhouses/ which gives reliable advice says
"At leaf-fall, remove all remaining figs larger than small peas. This is important: leaving them will delay or reduce the next season's crop and can also give rise to dieback.
Maincrop figs are produced on the previous years wood only - no new wood = very few figs. "
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.