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Martin Brown · 26-07-2012, 10:26 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 26/07/2012 10:08, wrote:
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Martin Brown wrote:
On 26/07/2012 09:36, wrote:
In article , wrote:
Kate Morgan wrote:
Never tried figs, always thought that they were too tricky !

We bought a Brown Turkey (recommended ok-for-UK) about 3-4 years ago
and it is doing its first proper attempt at a crop this year, if I
haven't killed it.

You won't have. Figs are very drought-resistant.

Mine died in the cold snap end of 2010 along with all my bamboos.

That's unusual, unless it was in a pot that froze or your soil
is poorly drained. Our fig got hit hard by the frost this year,
but regrew from old wood; if they hit hit harder, they will
usually regrow from the base.

Figs aren't tricky to grow if you can provide them with good
drainage - but they are definitely tricky to get a decent crop

I think the frozen waterlogged heavy clay soil did for it. There are
large old fig trees/bushes at various old monasteries hereabouts on the
same soil so I guess once they are big enough they can take anything.

You should be fine on light sandy Cambridge soils.

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Regards,
Martin Brown