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Fig trees
...the fig tree has happily spent the last few years in a terracotta pot in my sunny back garden, but now it needs a bit more room.
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Gardeners' World Web User
20/01/2009 at 15:31
We have a fig bought last year and planted in a pot diameter 30" it was doing well although we were upset when it dropped the 6 green figs it had when we bought it.. Then great excitemnt it produced more, 13 in total and we were expecting to be eating figs this september, but no. We had some raiders who stripped it one day, or could have been just one, any way I hope that little squirrel had the 'runs' because he ate the darn lot!! Needless to say we will have fleece on the next lot that grows and Mr Squirrel will have to eat some one elses fruit, perhaps the apples off an old tree in some waste ground behind our house. Yes they are delightful to watch and we do give him (and now a Mrs Squirrel peanuts)but they are not going to have my figs next year!!
Gardeners' World Web User
23/01/2009 at 05:52
Squirrel kebabs may be an idea. I wonder if the meat would have a hint of fig...
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23/01/2009 at 14:37
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23/01/2009 at 17:18
Hello Brighouse, you can email your tip to the Gardeners' World Magazine team at: gwqanda@bbc.co.uk. Good luck! Regards, Daniel, gardenersworld.com
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31/01/2009 at 17:46
I bought a fig tree last year it is in a pot and is in a small plastic greenhouse it has 3 figs on it at the moment, when would I safely be able to bring it outside.
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02/02/2009 at 23:32
northwood kirkby allotment i started my allotment last year and i seen two fig trees in the bushes growing. at the time i did not no much about them but i new you have to restrict the roots to grow the fruits so i took them out from where they was. and i maid two wooden contaners and put them into the soil to contain the roots lets just hope i am eating fresh fig this year.
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09/02/2009 at 12:28
How is it that I can get a comment printed but cannot be accepted when I sign in, the code you have sent me does not work either.
Gardeners' World Web User
13/02/2009 at 21:39
Funny because I had trouble with the code I was sent and although it said it didn't recognise the code it allowed me in. is there anyone that manages to eat figs grown in this country?
Gardeners' World Web User
10/06/2009 at 09:15
I have a fig tree growing in a container which at the begining of the year had about 15 small figs on it. They all dissapeared and I am left with 3. I couldn't see any signs of them dropping off so are there any birds that might be stealing them? Also does anybody know if you should prune a fig tree and if so how and when.
Gardeners' World Web User
04/04/2010 at 17:24
my parents have a 15 foot fig tree in there garden it produces fruit but way up in the top of the tree how do you prune it to a managable size
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21/06/2010 at 14:35
i had a fig tree given to me by my children on fathers day.it is in a large pot and 3 metres high, but very leggy and I was wondering if I can prune it.
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19/09/2010 at 08:54
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?
Gardeners' World Web User
28/11/2011 at 18:37
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!
Paul Holland
24/01/2013 at 20:11
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?
Verdun
24/01/2013 at 20:21
Sounds ideal spot for fig Paul. In a large pot or restrict roots...using slabs, rubble and poor soil. There was a thread earlier about growing figs and pruning them. The most reliable form is brown turkey. Birds love figs but doubt if they would take whole fruit away so squirrels could be the culprit. Inside a greenhouse, of course. This would not be a problem
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