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Pawpaw Gene, recognize this? Figured you might want to see how one of your kids is doing!Attachment 312192Attachment 312193Attachment 312194Attachment 312195
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Dwayne, thanks for posting. Are those the first figs this season. If they are they will probably not be the best. The best ones are the first of the early Spring season which usually ripen starting in June. I have another tree besides the mother tree that is young and about the size of yours. It's ripening figs now but they are only moderately sweet and tasty. I hope you get an early crop next year and if you do it will knock your socks off.
"gene"
Whew I love some figs. I've got a big fig bush in my yard. I started it from a first year sprout off my neighbors bush about 10 years ago. Mine is now huge. Probably 10 feet tall and 20 feet across. I need to prune it back so I can reach more figs without using a ladder. Mine's a "turkey" fig, or that's what I've always heard them called. Just an old timey heirloom fig. Brown fruit. They are just now starting to get ripe.
Yes Pawpaw those are the first figs of this season. The tree has gotten bigger each year, I guess it liked all the fish heads I buried around it!Quote:
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Furflyin sounds like your tree could use a hair cut. Figs are produced mostly on new growth. Each year the end of your branches grow a little and produce some figs, after many years the tree can get quite large but only produce a moderate amount of figs. Like you said most of them will be out of reach. This winter after the tree goes dormant try cutting back about 1/3 of the tree. Also take out a few of the larger upward growing limbs. In Spring numerous new shoots will emerge below where the cuts were made. The more shoots the more figs. Pruning help not only to control growth but to promote growth. Don't be afraid to trim her back but be sure to use a sealer on the cuts. There is a major outbreak of borers going on where the borer lays eggs on the tree and the larvae eat their way into the branch bringing in a disease with it that will kill the tree. It usually happens on weak or dying trees but can also happen on healthy trees that have open wounds.
"gene"
PPG what do you use for a sealer? Sorry Shadow, curious minds want to know.
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I was going to ask what are you feeding that thing,, But you already said...
No problem Redge. I'm learning about them too. Not a big fig man myself but my wife loves them! And I thought this yellow version that PPG brought me was cool!Quote:
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Dwayne you can by a tar based sealer or use some latex paint. If you use the paint put it thick or a couple of coats.
“gene”
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This is fruit off my fig bush. Like I said, I don't really know what variety it is, I've just heard them called Turkey Figs. I started it from breaking a tip section off a branch just as they were budding out. I started 5 of them and all appeared to take root but only 2 of them made it after transplanting. I was amazed by how fast they grew. Started from a shoot one year and the next year it was probably 5-6 feet tall and by the next year it was taller than I could reach. A very cold snap (below 10 degrees) killed it back to the ground about the 4th year, but it put back out and it still growing. Like I said, I'm going to cut it back. Thanks for letting me know the time of year to cut it back. These fruits are my first crop of the year. I have noticed that the bush does put on a 2nd crop late in the year but they aren't any good.
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