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So long as nothing drastic happens I should have loads of figs this year.

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snap, and we have 2 fig trees  :o ;D

I had loads of small figs but as soon as i touched them they fell off :(
The fig leaves look really healthy at the moment so hopefully next year will be a good one.

Neil

Quote from: nilly71 on June 04, 2010, 16:56:00
I had loads of small figs but as soon as i touched them they fell off :(
The fig leaves look really healthy at the moment so hopefully next year will be a good one.

Neil

Did they drop off this year?  Are there any left?

Quote from: Squash64 on June 04, 2010, 17:24:58
Did they drop off this year?  Are there any left?

They turned purple/black but did not drop off. None left as i removed them all.

Neil

I lost all my baby figs to that terrible frost in the second week in May. That means no figs this year unless we have the best indian summer in living memory!

In answer to my previous uncertainty - the tiny pea sized ones may overwinter well, but when they grow to the size of a broad bean in May they are terribly tender - as tender as the baby leaves.

Not even the leaves have recovered yet - in every case the whole tree has been set back a whole month or more...

Next year there will be plastic bottles over every twig and branch on my trees, and they aren't coming off until June.