figs (maybe again)
apols all round if this is a repeat, it didn't show in my browser, don't
know if it didn't arrive or if Mr Microsoft is playing games again gobsmacked to find a glut of figs for the first time ever, in the greenhouse!! Most of them are dark green and tight skinned, a few are light green and look a bit weak, more wrinkley. Are they failed figs? Should they be removed? Or will they catch up? thanks |
figs (maybe again)
"Oxymel of Squill" wrote in message reenews.net... : apols all round if this is a repeat, it didn't show in my browser, don't : know if it didn't arrive or if Mr Microsoft is playing games again : : : gobsmacked to find a glut of figs for the first time ever, in the : greenhouse!! Most of them are dark green and tight skinned, a few are light : green and look a bit weak, more wrinkley. Are they failed figs? Should they : be removed? Or will they catch up? : : thanks This reply was to your original posting Probably last season's '2nd' crop, which in this country doesn't ripen. If so, they will fall off. If they're this year's crop, they will continue to grow, then ripen to become soft, and at that stage they will change colour (depending on variety) and will start to droop as the neck becomes soft - they are then ready for harvest. Mine, on a sunny S facing terrace in Yorkshire, ripen late Aug to Sept - you'd be earlier in a greenhouse, but this still sounds a bit too early. IME the non-ripening second crop always seems larger that the ripening first crop. -- Kay : : |
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