The delicately sweet 1- to 3-inch fig is one of the oldest fruits known to man. The trees may grow 6 to 20 feet tall and spread to an equal or greater distance.
Plant them in the winter or early spring, being careful that the roots do not dry out during the planting operation. Cut off all but three or four of the best-placed branches; these should be 6 to 12 inches apart, face in different directions and form angles greater than 45 degrees with the trunk. Cut them back to 6 to 8 inches.
The fruit itself is unusual in that the edible part we call the fig is not the true fruit but a fleshy receptacle whose inner walls are lined with tiny seeds; these are the true fruit.
Each fall or winter thereafter cut back to ground level all canes over three years of age, and remove all but six to eight new canes.
If a manure mulch is applied each fall, no additional fertilizer is needed; otherwise, scatter a handful of 5-10-5 fertilizer beneath each plant in the fall or early spring.
Fig trees produce two crops a year, one in early summer from buds on the previous season's growth and another in late summer on the current season's growth; occasionally a third crop is borne on the late summer's branches. Fig trees may bear for 50 years or more, and a 15- to 20-foot tree ordinarily yields at least 40 to 50 pounds annually.
Plant them in the winter or early spring, being careful that the roots do not dry out during the planting operation. Cut off all but three or four of the best-placed branches; these should be 6 to 12 inches apart, face in different directions and form angles greater than 45 degrees with the trunk. Cut them back to 6 to 8 inches.
The fruit itself is unusual in that the edible part we call the fig is not the true fruit but a fleshy receptacle whose inner walls are lined with tiny seeds; these are the true fruit.
Each fall or winter thereafter cut back to ground level all canes over three years of age, and remove all but six to eight new canes.
If a manure mulch is applied each fall, no additional fertilizer is needed; otherwise, scatter a handful of 5-10-5 fertilizer beneath each plant in the fall or early spring.
Fig trees produce two crops a year, one in early summer from buds on the previous season's growth and another in late summer on the current season's growth; occasionally a third crop is borne on the late summer's branches. Fig trees may bear for 50 years or more, and a 15- to 20-foot tree ordinarily yields at least 40 to 50 pounds annually.
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