GardenBanter.co.uk - View Single Post - Figs :-(

Janet · 28-07-2018, 06:21 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

In article , says...

We have a fig tree, which is overleafy and underfruiting because I
failed to restrict it when planting it, but that's not the real
problem. It rarely crops because the overwintered figlets almost
always fail to develop, which I suspect is because it isn't against
a wall (we don't have one), and our garden is a bit of a cold trap
in winter (wind more than a frost pocket).

Am I onto a complete loser here? If so, I may try in a polytunnel
with draconian root restriction.

Last year a friend who lives 5 miles away showed me her outdoor,
growing in the ground, not against a wall fig tree with plenty of
ripening fruit. I was so surprised I got my own little fig tree which
I'm growing in a pot outdoors. By late spring this year it had put out
two figlets; then we had a gale in May and they blew off :-(

This warm sunny summer I've put the pot against a white south-facing
wall of the house where I hope it's getting a nice baking. If/when it
develops any more figlets I'll keep it better sheltered from wind .

Janet in Costa Scotia.