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About the Author rat3het Greytanes 4th July 2007 9:30am #UserID: 109 Posts: 7 View All rat3het's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Correy says... I have a fig black genoa tree in a big pot and was getting fruit on it straight away out of season here in Brisbane I was very proud. I asked a pro and he said that it was better to take the fruit off and wait until it was spring and it was a bit bigger which I did. The fig black genoa variety is the most popular fig Daleys sell. It is also very popular with these little see through worms that hide under the leaves. I think moths lay them. Here are some solutions people have been talking about http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/fruit%20pages/fig.htm
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DellDGM says... I had a fig in a pot and it fruited within the first 3 months (about 5 fruit) and then again 6 months later I got an even bigger crop. We had a small accident whilst we were in holidays where I came home and found that all the soil had washed out of the pot - the plant looks fairly dead but I'm waiting to see what happens this spring as we had an apricot tree ( about a year old) that was sitting on a rubbish pile whilst we were building onto our house and when we went to clean up the pile (18 months later) I noticed it had buds and so I replanted it and sure enough it gives me great crops - I think you will do great with a fig in a pot just make sure you get a good pot and top notch potting mix | About the Author Delldgm Adelaide 5th July 2007 6:52pm #UserID: 129 Posts: 31 View All Delldgm's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Patrick Bannan Bendigo Victoria 3rd April 2008 1:38pm #UserID: 846 Posts: 1 View All Patrick Bannan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Correy says... Patrick, The first step is to decide which figs to plant and if it were me I would be making sure I get the right variety. Do you know if you like the taste of white figs or brown figs is a good starting question. Here is a list of fig trees and prices: Fig Tree Prices Daleys can of course can easily mail order fruit trees to Bendigo but if it was a common type of fig you might be able to source them locally and save freight costs. | About the Author Correy Woolloongabba, QLD 3rd April 2008 2:12pm #UserID: 3 Posts: 493 View All Correy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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fig nut says... Ill start with the common figs black genoa,white genoa,exel,white adriatic,brown turkey,preston prolific,blue province, rare figs, Austraila gold fig,long brown honey, melon fig, and have a few unknow figs one that has a leaf like a mulberry it could be a Alma fig.All trees r young cause its my first year growing but soon ill have some more .p.s all r grown in pots . | About the Author fignut sydney 11th July 2012 12:39am #UserID: 7023 Posts: 11 View All fignut's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Nell J says... Would anyone have cuttings of figs to sell please, have already black genoa, white adriatic, preston's prolific,brown turkey- would like some Blue Province,Black Ischia:anything different-love seeing the pics of figs in Turkey and other places-some look so delicious-just sad we cannot buy those cuttings---still, guess we have selections here to enjoy-happy harvesting to Y'all....cheers | About the Author Nell J Bundaberg 29th October 2013 3:53am #UserID: 8296 Posts: 2 View All Nell J's Edible Fruit Trees |
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TMary says... So pleased to see my Blue Provence and Nicolena in fruit already. They are in pots. The blue plastic is the cover on my neighbour's car. It's that tight around here. When I was up north I saw a fig tree at a market that the seller said has large round black figs. Wish I could have brought it home but it was too big.
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sternus1 says... You're over watering the one on the right Mary (or it got too much rain). The way you can tell is if the new leaves have a yellowish, crinkly appearance and are overly serrated around the edges or malformed in places. It's easy to overwater them, very easy. They are hard for me to grow for this reason; my brain can't accept that they like potbound, non-aerated and non-acidic, dry soil that is low on nitrogen--the total opposite of everything else I grow. The best way to water them is to let the soil pretty much dry out and give them enough to moisten it again. | About the Author sternus1 Australia 18th September 2014 10:42am #UserID: 8314 Posts: 1318 View All sternus1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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sternus1 says... I have been experimenting, and have found that potting them in mineral soil (the kind you get at landscaping supply stores) works best. They do seem to prefer it over premium potting mixes, and it has the added of bonus of being heavy, so your pots don't blow over. Not fun moving them around though. | About the Author sternus1 Australia 18th September 2014 11:00am #UserID: 8314 Posts: 1318 View All sternus1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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mic1 says... Hello Ivepeters, that looks like a great fig! Though the colour looks different to the apricot colour in this photo: http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/Dwarf-Fig-Tree-Pingo-De-Mel.htm Do you think it is the same variety? | About the Author mic1 STRATHFIELD,2135,NSW 9th September 2015 7:14pm #UserID: 11037 Posts: 6 View All mic1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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tbcha1 says... hi mark thanks for getting back if you just want to grow for fruit you dont really need much space from what ive read. On the ourfig forum people are planting figs in 20L pots and partially burying them for the fruiting season. When they are dormant they go around with a spade cut the roots off around the pot i think to keep them small? They get around 75 figs a per season with those. Below is a great link if your interested in productivity they have found: https://www.ourfigs.com/forum/figs-home/147321-productive-container-grown-fig-trees-what-and-how | About the Author tbcha1 BAYSWATER,3153,VIC 16th May 2017 8:14am #UserID: 15785 Posts: 12 View All tbcha1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Markmelb says... Thats a great root pruning idea tbcha1 as the fig roots are good at getting out of their pots - Ive been sitting in a big saucer of water over summer which worked great and got a fair crop - I have a Goldy - Granny apple that did a great crop after putting a huge root out off its tile it was sitting on - now its grown bigger than wanted but did have an enormous crop of apples ;) | About the Author Markmelb MOUNT WAVERLEY,3149,VIC 17th May 2017 9:45am #UserID: 7785 Posts: 1192 View All Markmelb's Edible Fruit Trees |
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tbcha1 says... Hi bt84, I don't have any atm but I should have some come winter when it goes dormant. Send me a message then. If u have Facebook join figworld and also "e;fig & mulberry preservers Australia"e;e; page and introduce yourself and I'll let u know who I am so it's easier to contact. The fig community is still pretty small but it's growing. Nick who runs figworld is a great guy and also sells different varieties. He is located in Sydney. I haven't personally purchased off him but my friend has and he was great. Packaging was superb. Figalot is another seller. I've purchased from him before he was ok. He sells on ebay as well and has great variety. There's also figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com which is another fig forum which has a few Australians there as well | About the Author tbcha1 BAYSWATER,3153,VIC 27th September 2017 10:20am #UserID: 15785 Posts: 12 View All tbcha1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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