Fig identification help
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Comments (8)hello brunswick! aka magnolia! There is no denying it's beautiful foliage but beware of it's huge eyes is known to cause problems like splitting and sour fruit.. many fig grows cut down brunswick if the annual rain fall is over 20 inches because of these problems. in drier areas it's a keeper, but still problematic because of insects getting in the eye. good luck...See MoreHelp with fig identification
Comments (8)I checked OGW and it looks like my 'green' fig is probably brown turkey. This meshes with what else I have read about an open eye, the green immature fruit on the OGW site etc. The plant I call 'purple' has a closed or almost closed eye as far as I can tell. I didn't look that closely at the one that ripened a week or so ago but there is on on the plant now that I will probably pick tomorrow and it has a fairly closed eye, nothing like the other plant. Could the purple one be a petite negri? Here is a link that might be useful: fig photos...See MoreRegarding pruning, dormancy, and repotting in Zone 3/4
Comments (4)cfox, Where do you garden n in zone 3/4? The Mission fig is very delicious and prolific. Under pot culture you can grow the most winter tender figs, because they are out of the severe cold over winter. You must however, be careful to grow varieties that tolerate humidity and ripen quickly to prevent fruit rot, and figs not ripening in time before fall frosts. I don't think your fig tree is ready to be bumped up to a bigger pot going by the size of the trunk. You can easily slip it out of the pot and check the roots. If tightly compacted, just use a serrated knife, and make vertical slits into the root mass from top to bottom, to a depth of .5", every 2" around the root mass. You are disrupted any future root circling by doing this. Then pot it into your larger pot. If it is root bound, there is no good reason to root prune it (the above procedure is not root pruning, root pruning is cutting away, removing roots), if it is going into a larger pot. Just disrupt the fig tree's root circling pattern, if there is one present, by the means I outlined above. Root pruning is only done when the fig tree is returned to the same pot after the roots are pruned, generally not when it is bumped up to a bigger pot. Only the root bound, circling roots are slit to stop the circling root activity, which if unchecked, will choke the tree in time. If there is still room for more root growth, just return it to its current pot. You can check it again next spring. Now is the time to branch prune. Reduce the two lowest branches to app. 10" each, cutting 3/8" above the highest remaining node . This will cause branching. Trim the leader to about 16" from the highest up lower branch. Again, make the cut 3/8" above a node. Your fig tree will branch out very nicely. I like my pot cultured fig trees to grow multiple trunks, and branch down low for a number of reasons. It keeps the center of gravity low down so that the tree is more stable in winds. If blown over, the trunk(s) and branches are less prone to get damaged. Plus, closer to the ground the heat generated by the ground around the tree will promote faster growth. Heat, full sun, and low humidity are a fig tree's best friend. Your fig tree will break dormancy in its own time, as it warms up. If you still have late frosts, you can put your fig outside as long as the temperature is above freezing. Bring it inside every single time it freezes. This is called, "the fig shuffle.". Figs tolerate "0," frost, zero! They are extremely frost sensitive, especially new, spring growth. May I direct your attention to a recent Fig Forum post placed by Tropic of Capricorn, "Fig identification help," March 27, 2018. You may find the post helpful for your particular growing zone. Moses...See MoreFig Identification - is this Celeste?
Comments (13)With the new posting of your leaf pictures, this very well might be Italian Honey. I think it's been far too hot for this Mediterranean native. My Fig didn't get watered while I was gone and so looks a bit disreputable, but this is what it looks like this morning:...See MoreMoses, Pittsburgh, W. PA., zone 5/6, USA
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