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29-10-2013, 11:35 PM
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Fig problem
"sacha" wrote in message ... our tree, so may well have affected others. Otoh, and this is my two pennorth, for what i's worth, could the concrete of the planter affect the tree in some way. I don't know. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon AFAIK the tree is loaded with unripe figs :-( I'll report back to him. Bill |
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29-10-2013, 11:36 PM
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"David Hill" wrote in message ... On 29/10/2013 18:43, sacha wrote: We have a fig tree in the field which has loads of fruit on it which has never got to edible size this year and Ray has had one fruit from it. He doubts they'll go through the winter to ripen in the spring/summer of next year and suspects our cold spring has affected our tree, so may well have affected others. Otoh, and this is my two pennorth, for what i's worth, could the concrete of the planter affect the tree in some way. I don't know. Just a thought, We say to grow a fig with it's roots confined. What would happen if you trenched around a fig and root pruned all the large roots? David I'll mention this to my neigbour for his consideration - thanks David. Bill |
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29-10-2013, 11:37 PM
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On 2013-10-29 22:35:00 +0000, Bill Grey said:
"sacha" wrote in message ... our tree, so may well have affected others. Otoh, and this is my two pennorth, for what i's worth, could the concrete of the planter affect the tree in some way. I don't know. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon AFAIK the tree is loaded with unripe figs :-( I'll report back to him. Bill I think 'do nothing' is the best bet! -- Sacha South Devon |
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30-10-2013, 10:05 AM
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Ours has its roots surrounded by concrete slabs, so don't think the concrete is a problem.
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06-11-2013, 06:42 PM
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"kay" wrote in message ... sacha;994389 Wrote: We have a fig tree in the field which has loads of fruit on it which has never got to edible size this year and Ray has had one fruit from it. He doubts they'll go through the winter to ripen in the spring/summer of next year and suspects our cold spring has affected our tree, so may well have affected others. Otoh, and this is my two pennorth, for what i's worth, could the concrete of the planter affect the tree in some way. I don't know. Cold spring idea might be consistent with our experience - all our springs are cold ;-) so it may be your fig starts into action earlier normally, whereas ours is about its normal time, and we've had about 120 figs. Ours has its roots surrounded by concrete slabs, so don't think the concrete is a problem. -- kay At the time of writing, I saw that the tree is almost devoid of leaves after the rough weather, but there are still quite a few unripe figs hanging on. Bill |
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