Re: Fig pruning

A timely topic for me. How does the flavor of Brown Turkey compare to Black Mission (my favorite fig)? I want Black Mission flavor in a smaller tree if possible. 

Deborah Lindsay
Oakland, Calif.


--- On Thu, 10/23/08, Bracey Tiede <tiede@pacbell.net> wrote:

> From: Bracey Tiede <tiede@pacbell.net>
> Subject: Fig pruning
> To: "'Medit Plants'" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
> Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 12:49 AM
> Fig trees are such great experiments in pruning.  We've
> had a Brown Turkey
> fig between our house and next door for at least ten years.
>  The tree is
> still only about 10 feet tall when I forget to prune it. 
> The truck is at
> least 8" across.  We get lots of figs every year but I
> will admit that the
> breba (early summer) crop is limited due to pruning.  
> 
> I prune after the leaves fall in the fall and again in the
> early summer/late
> spring to keep the size down for easy picking.  We drape a
> bird net over the
> top of the tree to keep down bird snacking and it works
> very well.  We
> harvest at least six dozen or more figs each year for the
> two of us.  That
> works very well.
> 
> Cheers,
> Bracey
> San Jose CA
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