How fast do figs grow?
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Comments (4)Citrus seedlings, especially lemons, can grow pretty fast. Re-potting will cause a brief period of adjustment for any plant, or even downright transplant shock, so that's to be expected. Your tree is getting plenty of warmth, and the humidity is a good thing. Just make sure you're watering regularly (but not too much), and you must fertilize once a month as well, since you've got your tree in a pot. Lemon tree seedlings in the ground in ideal conditions can grow several feet a year, they are very vigorus citrus cultivars (they grow like weeds here where I live - on their own roots or grafted). In a pot of course, a little slower, but you should see about a foot a year I would think, if you fertilize with a good citrus fertilizer once a month. Most of our experienced container citrus folks on this forum use DyaGro Foliage Pro, which has the ideal NPK ratio plus all the micros. Lisbon and Eureka lemons are polyembryonic, so the larger seedling that sprouts from your seed (you may get more than one seedling per seed with polyembryonic seeds) the larger seedling will be the clone, the later and smaller seedling will most likely be hybrids, so they are considered true to type. However, if you've planted a Meyer lemon seed, you will not get a seed that is true to type, as Meyer lemons are monoembryonic. You will be getting a hybrid of the Meyer lemon and whatever other citrus tree pollen fertilized that fruit and produced your seed. Patty S. '...See MoreLooking for info on fast growing trees? Fruit, Fig? High UP?
Comments (16)Thank you all so very much. It is truly appreciated. I have decided to do the following. Mexican Sycamore, Apple, one Apricot, and Royal Empress seeds. My neighbors donÂt have anything and all think I am wasting my money. I wonÂt be doing a fig. I am afraid that it would be useless. The fact that I have an organic vegetable garden is good. I have really black soil already. Some of the tree saplings will be planted and fenced it there. I also have a well so water isnÂt a factor as yet. My vegetable garden is 25 feet by 70 so there is room. Now I am tilling another 40 by 70 for more vegetables. The success of this one now still growing is fantastic. I have about 200 pounds of blue Hubbards, maybe 150 pounds of butternut squash, some 20 small acorn squash, (donÂt know why they stayed so small) have to figure that one out next year, a freezer full of zucchini, string beans, yellow squash, and radishes still growing, so figure that out? Puzzles me on the radishes. Some are flowering, so are hard as a rock, and some are still eatable. I also have a lot of lettuce still. I planted several varieties, but no Boston Iceberg. I have as yet a 10 by 10 foot cluster of carrots and another of beets. One of the beets was so big I couldnÂt place my hands around it completely. It was huge. We ate and gave plenty already but I still have to harvest them and put them away for the winter. The butternut will stay on the ground until it turns completely yellow. The blue hubbards are still growing but turning blue now that the nights are so cold. I picked one that weighed 15.5 pound and gave it to the neighbor that gave me the seeds. There are many more bigger than that. I had only one cross with the butternut and it weighs 19 pounds. The rest are in the garden waiting. The zucchini are still prolific. I picked another 10 large ones today. Amazing how they love it up here. My tomatoes are just now starting to do well. That is really strange. I will pick them green and place in a cool dark place to eat as they ripen. The cold nights must be a factor with them somehow. I used horse, steer, a little chicken, and thatÂs it for the manure. I didnÂt use anything else at all. I watered lightly every day. About 15 minutes at night and sometimes a little again in the early am. Usually just before the sun was completely up. So, the reason for telling this here is because I am so happy to have a great soil for next year and I feel that the right trees will make it with little effort. Once again I must give you all a great big thank you for your time, advice, and help. Nantinki...See MoreHow fast do air plants grow?
Comments (10)Some take a long, long time to gain much size and eventually flower and maybe have pups. A person would need to see where the plant is originally from and the conditions there (high desert? low desert? cloud forest? super dry? foggy wet?). Plants can also be surprising. I have two big hunks of common Spanish Moss that I bought a few years ago at a local pet store (for reptile habitat decoration probably), and they're growing marvelously. I wish I could give some away! They haven't flowered yet, but don't need to. Here it is summer, and our average humidity in the afternoon (before any stormy weather) is around 10%. Of all my air plants, I water them the most, usually spraying them. I soak them maybe once a week or twice if it's very hot. They'd probably grow more with better care... They are in a north-facing porch and get no direct sunlight but it is very bright. I also have some ball moss that would probably colonize the neighborhood -- but the cold winter would likely kill it (which would be a good thing). So the conditions you can provide an air plant and it's natural tendencies will determine how fast and large they grow :)...See MoreHow fast do peace lilies usually grow?
Comments (1)Too many variables unless we're taking about growing them outside. The more light, proper soil, fertilizer, correct watering, etc, the faster they'll grow....See Moregorgi
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