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Help, figs fall when near-ripe
Kira,
Thanks, I quit watering about the time I posted this, so maybe now there will be some fruit, it's been hotter than the Holy Land here lately! laurie (Mother Mastiff) (Who ought to go out and check now that you've made me curious...) "Kira Dirlik" !! wrote in message ... On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:12:03 -0400, "laurie \(Mother Mastiff\)" wrote: I am still a fig novice, and although the tree is getting HUGE this year and has a lot of small fruit (the size of a big man's fat thumbs), despite watering in hot spells, the largest fruit nearest to ripening falls off. I put more pine straw mulch under it today to try to keep roots cool and moist. Haven't fertilized since once lightly in early spring. Is this early fruit drop a symptom of a particular problem that is curable or at least treatable? A giant magnolia tree shades it in the morning but it gets full sun from noon onward. We have been awaiting our figs very eagerly, imagining the wonderful clafoutis (fruit puddings) to be made.... Would hate to see all the fruit drop off, since there was NO fruit to be seen last year. Thanks for any practical advice, laurie (Mother Mastiff) I've had celeste (?) figs (small) in Durham, and now in Chatham have a brown turkey (huge.. size of small peaches). I never watered either. Maybe you are giving it too much water. I have had a huge first crop of figs this year (usually only get a few on the first crop), and the second crop is coming in big. Last year August was dry, and I had a bumper second crop. But for three years prior, it rained a lot in August, and the little holes would open in the end of each fig before they got ripe, and bugs would get in and the fruit would rot before it got ripe. You'd get drunk just walking by that tree, if you inhaled. I think all the figs originated in arid lands, no? I think the trees themselves like water (mine is now a giant octopus, and I will need to alter my stone walkway this winter to allow for it), but the fruit doesn't. Kira |
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