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Growing => Fruit => Topic started by: egglady on July 13, 2010, 10:31:51 pm

Title: how do i stop my figs falling off?
Post by: egglady on July 13, 2010, 10:31:51 pm

the TREE that is before anyone (Mr Lindsay!!) makes a rude comment!!

Title: Re: how do i stop my figs falling off?
Post by: jameslindsay on July 13, 2010, 10:36:29 pm

Laura you have such a low opinion of me... I am shocked ::) ::) ::)

Title: Re: how do i stop my figs falling off?
Post by: egglady on July 13, 2010, 10:38:43 pm

i may know OTHER Mr Lindsays you know....... ;)

anyways, about my figs?

Title: Re: how do i stop my figs falling off?
Post by: jameslindsay on July 13, 2010, 10:55:30 pm

Quote from: egglady on July 13, 2010, 10:38:43 pm

i may know OTHER Mr Lindsays you know....... ;)

anyways, about my figs?

Don't try and back pedal! Now you can go back to your figs hee hee. ;)

Title: Re: how do i stop my figs falling off?
Post by: egglady on July 14, 2010, 04:21:22 pm

so my figs......anyone pleeze?

Title: Re: how do i stop my figs falling off?
Post by: Frieslandfilly on July 21, 2010, 11:14:52 am

In thier country of origin, figs produce a crop twice a year, in this country it is not hot enough so it is best to take the first crop off anyhow and wait for the second batch.

Title: Re: how do i stop my figs falling off?
Post by: Rosemary on July 21, 2010, 12:51:31 pm

I know nothing about figs but curiosity got the better of me and I just had to read this thread  ;D

Title: Re: how do i stop my figs falling off?
Post by: egglady on July 21, 2010, 12:55:22 pm

hey rosemary that make me laugh!!

anyway, i currently have 3 teeny tiny figs and i am hoping they will do something marvellous in the next couple of months!  will keep you posted!

Title: Re: how do i stop my figs falling off?
Post by: lazybee on July 21, 2010, 01:38:40 pm

I live in France and there are lots of fig trees here as was mentioned in Frieslandfilly's post they can have two crops a year we only one crop here though, as the first ones normally fall off. One year we got two crops and the first ones were huge. They like the heat and like a wall and south facing. The locals here all say that the roots have to be restricted and say you get more fruit like that ??? someone down the road planted one a couple of years ago in a big buried barrel. I just love fresh figs, Fig jam with vanilla pods is the dogs danglies :P

Title: Re: how do i stop my figs falling off?
Post by: egglady on July 21, 2010, 01:47:53 pm

wonder what I'll do with my THREE then.........

we have a SFW and old barrells so think i might do that for next year when they are a wee bit bigger.