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Figs
Uzzy
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I have a fig tree in a container that is 10 yrs old and we dont get any fruit. We hot 1 fig about 3 yrs ago but since then Zilch. Any suggestions I have looked in my libary at home and each branch only has 5 leaves as discribed in book.
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Can you post a picture of your fig tree?
If it is a normal fig it should produce fruits on a regular basis.
I have tried but the image is too big will try and sort it out and post pictures
I know we are told to keep fig roots confined but I think you're treating yours a bit too harshly. Mine is four years old and is in a pot of JI Mo 3 soil based compost with added grit. The pot is 20" x 20" x20" and is in a sunny corner on a south facing terrace. it gets watered at least twice a week and this weather it has two gallons of water every day. It gets a watering can full of dilute tomato feed every week from the time it starts into growth until the leaves drop in the autumn.
Yours
Yours looks in need of a bit of tlc.
Put it in a bigger pot and make a fuss of it, then stand well back ...
Last edited: 26 July 2016 17:11:29
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Oh, don't know where that surplus 'Yours' came from in between the photos - they're both photos of my four year old fig tree.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My fig tree is now 3 years old, planted in the ground against a wall and hasn't had fruit since I bought it when it had 3 figs. A lot of fig trees here in France are planted in the ground and have loads of fruit, my son's did and he never fed or watered his. Mine is now 2 - 3 times the size of both yours.
Last edited: 26 July 2016 17:26:00
Mine would be bigger if left to it's own devices BL, but it's had some hard pruning - we don't have the space that you have
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm not very good at pruning
Do you think pruning helps figs to fruit and how much and when do you do it?
I use this as a rough guide https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=106
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Planted a fig tree last year and have one fruit, I suppose I can count myself lucky.