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My fig tree (brown turkey) had a surprisingly large number of fruit on it
this year, but none of them have ripened yet. (They are still relatively small, green and hard - I assume they are meant to colour a bit when they are ripe?) Is there anything I can do about it now, or is it too late? (they are against a south facing wall) -- |
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wrote in message ... My fig tree (brown turkey) had a surprisingly large number of fruit on it this year, but none of them have ripened yet. (They are still relatively small, green and hard - I assume they are meant to colour a bit when they are ripe?) Is there anything I can do about it now, or is it too late? (they are against a south facing wall) -- There is a fig tree just around the corner to us and that is all it ever does :-(( At a rough guess, I would say we are in the wrong place for outdoor figs. (But then, as has been reminded many times, "I" am not a gardener) Mike -- .................................... Today, is the tomorrow, you were worrying about, yesterday. .................................... |
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On 3 Nov, 10:11, wrote:
My fig tree (brown turkey) had a surprisingly large number of fruit on it this year, but none of them have ripened yet. *(They are still relatively small, green and hard - I assume they are meant to colour a bit when they are ripe?) Is there anything I can do about it now, or is it too late? (they are against a south facing wall) -- My experience of brown turkey figs is that these are fruit that will ripen next year. This was on a south-facing wall in a very exposed spot in the Cotswolds. Jonathan |
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Jonathan wrote:
Is there anything I can do about it now, or is it too late? (they are against a south facing wall) My experience of brown turkey figs is that these are fruit that will ripen next year. This was on a south-facing wall in a very exposed spot in the Cotswolds. Oh right, so the unripe fruits will sit there over winter and then grow on /next/ year? I would have expected them to drop off when it frosts! |
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wrote in message ... Jonathan wrote: Is there anything I can do about it now, or is it too late? (they are against a south facing wall) My experience of brown turkey figs is that these are fruit that will ripen next year. This was on a south-facing wall in a very exposed spot in the Cotswolds. Oh right, so the unripe fruits will sit there over winter and then grow on /next/ year? I would have expected them to drop off when it frosts! They do, and then start all over again next year :-(( At least, the one near us does. Mike -- .................................... Today, is the tomorrow, you were worrying about, yesterday. .................................... |
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says... My fig tree (brown turkey) had a surprisingly large number of fruit on it this year, but none of them have ripened yet. (They are still relatively small, green and hard - I assume they are meant to colour a bit when they are ripe?) Is there anything I can do about it now, or is it too late? (they are against a south facing wall) It sounds like the first small fruits failed to overwinter for you last year, the fruit still on the tree will not ripen now and can be removed, next years fruits are still tiny button like buds in the axials, we ate our last figs on 12th October from the Brown Turkey, first figs were in late July. -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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Charlie Pridham wrote:
It sounds like the first small fruits failed to overwinter for you last year, the fruit still on the tree will not ripen now and can be removed, next years fruits are still tiny button like buds in the axials, we ate our last figs on 12th October from the Brown Turkey, first figs were in late July. Ah, ok. Yes, this was the first year it had any fruit, so I guess it needed to have baby-figs last year, which didn't come. Do I /have/ to remove the unripe fruit, or can I just leave them to do their own stuff? |
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says... Charlie Pridham wrote: It sounds like the first small fruits failed to overwinter for you last year, the fruit still on the tree will not ripen now and can be removed, next years fruits are still tiny button like buds in the axials, we ate our last figs on 12th October from the Brown Turkey, first figs were in late July. Ah, ok. Yes, this was the first year it had any fruit, so I guess it needed to have baby-figs last year, which didn't come. Do I /have/ to remove the unripe fruit, or can I just leave them to do their own stuff? I remove all those bigger than a small pea now -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 16:05:00 -0000, Charlie Pridham
wrote: In article , says... Charlie Pridham wrote: It sounds like the first small fruits failed to overwinter for you last year, the fruit still on the tree will not ripen now and can be removed, next years fruits are still tiny button like buds in the axials, we ate our last figs on 12th October from the Brown Turkey, first figs were in late July. Ah, ok. Yes, this was the first year it had any fruit, so I guess it needed to have baby-figs last year, which didn't come. Do I /have/ to remove the unripe fruit, or can I just leave them to do their own stuff? I remove all those bigger than a small pea now I back up Charlie's advice. Bob Flowerdew off GQT gives the same advice. Anything bigger than a pea will not survive a cold UK winter and will slow up the formation of new figs for next year. The better protected the plant is the earlier it will start to fruit next year. Pam in Bristol |
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Pam Moore wrote:
I back up Charlie's advice. Bob Flowerdew off GQT gives the same advice. Anything bigger than a pea will not survive a cold UK winter and will slow up the formation of new figs for next year. The better protected the plant is the earlier it will start to fruit next year. Ta. Will do. Is it worth either fleecing or moving to the greenhouse? (Moving would be .... a struggle, but possible - we've moved the tangerine tree to tthe greenhouse, where the tangerines are still ripening up!) -- |
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On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, wrote:
It sounds like the first small fruits failed to overwinter for you last year, the fruit still on the tree will not ripen now and can be removed, next years fruits are still tiny button like buds in the axials, we ate our last figs on 12th October from the Brown Turkey, first figs were in late July. Ah, ok. Yes, this was the first year it had any fruit, so I guess it needed to have baby-figs last year, which didn't come. Do I /have/ to remove the unripe fruit, or can I just leave them to do their own stuff? I was given a tip by my daughter a few years ago - and it worked! My experience was exactly the same as yours and I never got any figs to ripen. Emma told me to remove ALL the unripe figs now and then the new figs next year will ripen. She was right, and I started getting figs to ripen. Last year I forgot to remove them. This year - no figs again! When I get home I must remember to remove the hundreds of small green figs on my tree ...... David -- David Rance writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France |
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David Rance wrote:
On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, wrote: It sounds like the first small fruits failed to overwinter for you last year, the fruit still on the tree will not ripen now and can be removed, next years fruits are still tiny button like buds in the axials, we ate our last figs on 12th October from the Brown Turkey, first figs were in late July. Ah, ok. Yes, this was the first year it had any fruit, so I guess it needed to have baby-figs last year, which didn't come. Do I /have/ to remove the unripe fruit, or can I just leave them to do their own stuff? I was given a tip by my daughter a few years ago - and it worked! My experience was exactly the same as yours and I never got any figs to ripen. Emma told me to remove ALL the unripe figs now and then the new figs next year will ripen. She was right, and I started getting figs to ripen. Last year I forgot to remove them. This year - no figs again! When I get home I must remember to remove the hundreds of small green figs on my tree ...... I *NEVER* remove the little figses, and always have more figs ripening than I can eat. I tried removing the small ones from half the tree one year, while leaving the other half untouched, and it made not a ha'porth of difference. -- Rusty |
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In message , Charlie
Pridham writes In article , says... My fig tree (brown turkey) had a surprisingly large number of fruit on it this year, but none of them have ripened yet. (They are still relatively small, green and hard - I assume they are meant to colour a bit when they are ripe?) Is there anything I can do about it now, or is it too late? (they are against a south facing wall) It sounds like the first small fruits failed to overwinter for you last year, the fruit still on the tree will not ripen now and can be removed, next years fruits are still tiny button like buds in the axials, we ate our last figs on 12th October from the Brown Turkey, first figs were in late July. Sounds similar to us.... we started mid summer and stopped about 2 weeks ago. We enjoyed a great crop - best ever. Possibly something to do with the hard winter. We removed all those that hadn't ripened yesterday and put them in the compost. Hope we do a well next year! -- Gopher .... I know my place! |
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Charlie Pridham wrote:
It sounds like the first small fruits failed to overwinter for you last year, the fruit still on the tree will not ripen now and can be removed, next years fruits are still tiny button like buds in the axials, we ate our last figs on 12th October from the Brown Turkey, first figs were in late July. I've still got ripening figs on mine. One day I'll get round to erectinf a temporary 'greenhouse' over the tree for the winters... -- Rusty |
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