To Robert Finkel, re FIGS!!
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- Subject: To Robert Finkel, re FIGS!!
- From: "* E* D* <c*@fix.net>
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 11:22:21 -0800
> My wife and I bought a fourplex. While the building was sound, the
>plantings outside were miserable. We took out everything but a giant black
>acacia, Acacia melanoxylon, that the city wouldn't let us take out!. One of
>things we took out was a miserable FIG!!
> It was right next to the sidewalk. Someone previously had cut it
>off at ground level when it was about eight inches across. Five sprouts had
>grown up till they were almost as big. They splayed out like the fingers of
>an open hand and dropped big leaves and figs all over. They fouled the
>sidewalk and I was thoroughly unhappy with it and was glad to take it out,
>this time completely!!
> I consider it a rank grower and a dirty tree. Somehow what I saw
>did not look like a good candidate for an espalier! Try a peach or an
>apricot (or anything but a fig!) I don't think you will have any trouble
>getting fruit if my experience is a guide!!
> ---Chas---
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>
>>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!)
>>>
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