Re: Planting a Fig Tree
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Planting a Fig Tree
- From: R* F* <r*@slip.net>
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 11:30:47 -0800
Nancy,
A friend of mine who lives in Berkeley, CA has a great fig. I'm not sure of
the variety, but the fruit has purple centers when ripe and the tree is
prolific. She had enough over-ripe fruit once to make a delicious, creamy
fig ice cream. Great. When the tree blew over two winters ago, several
'offspring' appeared from the roots. I dug up a couple and held them in a
pot for a year. I planted out one in the garden last year in my heavy clay
soil. It's still small, but already is forming fruit. At least in this
climate, confining the roots doesn't seem to be necessary.
Bob Finkel
>Subject: Planting a Fig Tree
>Author: flamenco@bc.sympatico.ca at ~INTERNET
>Date: 10/28/98 8:57 AM
>
>
> I've been given a good rooted cutting of a fig tree in a one-gallon
>pot. I was told the cultivar is "Genoa". I want to plant it this
>weekend and I'm hoping for a bit of advice.
> The spot I've chosen is on the south wall of my garden shed --
>the wall space is about 8' x 8'. (I want to try to prune it and train
>it to keep it reasonably flat against the wall) The subsoil here is
>very sandy and gravelly.
> My question is this: Two different magazine articles I'vecome
>across say it's important to restrict the roots or I'll wait
>forever for fruit production. One article said to dig a huge hole and
>fill it with lots of big rocks before planting. The other article
>said to plant the fig in a 15 gallon plastic pot and to sink the
>whole pot. Before I do anything that's really too bizarre, I thought
>I'd ask for help. Thanks in advance.
>
> Nancy Jakusz
> Southern Vancouver Island -- Canada -- Zone 7/8
> (We're at the height of beautiful fall colour right now!)
>
