Hi neighbour Why not have a listen to Bob Flowerdew on iPlayer or whatever it's called and see what you think from what he said. It's a bit of swings and roundabouts - I think that if you left them on and escaped the frost then you could get a crop from them, but unless we had an amazing summer you might not get a second crop so what are you gaining?
I'm glad I picked mine off (although it was very tempting - they just needed another fortnight or so of summer - but we didn't get it).
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Now thats a gret prog i havnt heard it before,im onto in the future and interesting views on the figs, i just might try both ways as iv got a good selection of figs coming along for the future,iv found direct planting for the cuttings is better than in jars, they seem to settle very easily and quickly,and there seems to be somthing rather special in growing fig tree cuttings i get quite a buz, i cant put my finger on it, maybe beaucaus they look such a nice tree, why aint my spell check workin nar cheers Dove miduck
Gardeners Question Time has been a fixture in my life ever since I was a child - I went to a recording at Debenham WI with my mother in the 60s. My gardening heroes have all been regular panellists on there http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardeners'_Question_Time .
Every few weeks they have an edition of questions that have been sent in so, if we can't come up with the answer you can write or email GQT and see what they have to say
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Mine does It's in a very large terracotta pot in a sheltered corner of a sunny terrace. You need to get a suitable variety - Brown Turkey is the most usual one grown outside in the UK.
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Hi neighbour
Why not have a listen to Bob Flowerdew on iPlayer or whatever it's called and see what you think from what he said. It's a bit of swings and roundabouts - I think that if you left them on and escaped the frost then you could get a crop from them, but unless we had an amazing summer you might not get a second crop so what are you gaining?
I'm glad I picked mine off (although it was very tempting - they just needed another fortnight or so of summer - but we didn't get it).
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Not really appropriate for the UK climate.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
LOL
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Right as and when u2 have finished billing and cooing how do i do i do i get to Bob Flowedew please,right u can carry on now,
Here you are Alan http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qp2f/episodes/player - it's the most recent episode, the Lowestoft one
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Now thats a gret prog i havnt heard it before,im onto in the future and interesting views on the figs, i just might try both ways as iv got a good selection of figs coming along for the future,iv found direct planting for the cuttings is better than in jars, they seem to settle very easily and quickly,and there seems to be somthing rather special in growing fig tree cuttings i get quite a buz, i cant put my finger on it, maybe beaucaus they look such a nice tree, why aint my spell check workin nar cheers Dove miduck
Gardeners Question Time has been a fixture in my life ever since I was a child - I went to a recording at Debenham WI with my mother in the 60s. My gardening heroes have all been regular panellists on there http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardeners'_Question_Time .
Every few weeks they have an edition of questions that have been sent in so, if we can't come up with the answer you can write or email GQT and see what they have to say
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Mine does
It's in a very large terracotta pot in a sheltered corner of a sunny terrace. You need to get a suitable variety - Brown Turkey is the most usual one grown outside in the UK.
Lots of information here http://www.readsnursery.co.uk/fig-trees-for-gardens-and-greenhouses/
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Cheers Dovefromabove, thanks for the link