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Growing figs in pots

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Rod Browne starts with ...
I would like to plant a fig tree for fruit in a large pot in a full sun position
I am in Sydney
Does anybody have personal experience in growing figs this way
Also how long will it take to bear , I intend to buy a Genoa fig from Daleys
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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
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Patrick Bannan says...
I would like to grow fig trees on my farm, which is situated at Kingower, approx 60 kms west of Bendigo.
Can you assist me with tips on how to get started, e.g. where do I get the plants from etc.
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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.
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Anonymous says...
I have some fig trees at home alex....-my e-mail is alexmar_cue @ hotmail.com by please reply
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Wazzbat says...
Old thread I know but has anyone else had any experience growing Figs in pots? I'm looking to get one for my Mum for Xmas. What's a good variety to get?
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peter says...
ive got about 8 varieties, some are
in 1,000 ltr pots and some in 100 ltr
pots. going to get about 10 more varieties next week.
they are all good but my favourite so
far would be the black genoa, i eat the skin and all.
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Wazzbat says...
Cheers Peter. That's the one I was looking at getting. Unless someone else recommends another variety, Black Genoa it will be.
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brad says...
Whatever variety she likes to eat!
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joe says...
where did you get the 1000ltr pots

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peter says...
i originally made them, they were used to transport railway pins for the adelaide to darwin train line.
had some left over so have been using
them for water containers and pots.
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au0rey says...
Rod, I have two fig brown turkey in pots, about 50cm diameter and 70cm deep. Bought them bare-rooted in winter and they fruited the same season after planting so very quick. They grow quite well in pots. Only problem I have is birds stealing the figs.
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MaryT says...
I have black genoa and white adriatic and both fruit and propagate easily (from cutting). Growing well in pots.
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fig nut says...
Fig nut as i love figs have 10 varieties in pots and trying to get more.
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fig nut says...
Hi just asking for cuttings rare figs if any has i will pay thanks.
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peter1000 says...
what varieties do you have in mind.
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fig nut says...
hi mate u said u had some cool varieties if u want we can swap some cuttings plz get back peter
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peter1000 says...
ok fig nut, what are the 10 varieties you have.
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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 .
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Phil@Tyalgum says...
Figs can also be grown fairly easily by seed from the dried imported fruits, maybe we could get a few new varieties up and running here.
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fig nut says...
Yes u can grow them from seeds but would take ten years to fruit.I think the best way is to share cuttings of unknow figs like this one a guy in America has discribe it as a Ozzie gold fig i have this fig tree at my dads house its very sweet .
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peter 1000 says...
hi phil, fruit nut.
there is a rare fruit society meeting
this tuesday which will have lots of
fig cuttings for sale for $2.00 ea.
if you have a particular variety you
are after i can keep an eye out
for them.
same goes for stone fruit at $1.00 ea.
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peter 1000 says...
ok,
can you post your email today and
ill be in touch.
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peter 1000 says...
ok got your address and have deleted it.
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LilianT says...
If I may ask - what fig is that? That looks exactly like one our neighbour has and its one I'm after at the moment. Green skin & yellowy flesh inside, yes? And where can I get one? Thanks.
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vlct says...
Does anyone know where to get a blue provance fig ? Finding it extremely hard. Thanks
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LilianT says...
Blue province fig is sold by Yalca or Daleys. Don't think I've seen it anywhere else.
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HeatherT says...
Does the black fig need to have full sun or can it cope with some shade? We have 40/45 temps here and I didn't want it to fry.
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MaryT says...
I have my potted figs under a jacaranda's shade but it is bare in spring before flowering so the figs can put on some growth then. The tree is also on the south side so the sun can still shine on the figs as it moves around.
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Heather T says...
My two are up against a west facing wall so won't get the sun until maybe 11 but will get all afternoon sun. But there's no chance of me moving it. Ill see how I go. Thank you
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MaryT says...
Sounds like they will be getting plenty of sun, Heather T. I am sure they will be fine.
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HeatherT says...
Thank you MaryT, my first go at fruit trees and I don't want to stuff it up lol thank you again.
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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
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starling says...
Nell,

I have planted some Black mission cuttings (I did this yesterday) and they will hopefully be rooted in a few weeks, I could send you one at that point.

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Nell J says...
Starling,
that would be nice-let me know when ready, and how much
Happy harvestings
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fignut says...
i think its the wrong time off season for cuttings cause they would be green, trees would be better r u in sydney
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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.
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MaryT1 says...
Thanks for the suggestion, sternus 1. I have been away for 8 days and they were not watered once, but rained on perhaps.
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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.
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vlct says...
Hi Mary hope too see some photos of your b.p fruit when it's ripe.
I have a baby and not 100% sure it's what it's..
Thanks ..
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TMary says...
Will do vict though mine may not be what it is supposed to be :)
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ivepeters says...
Got a B.p , white Nicolena and a Silvan Beauty from Yalca fruit trees.
So hopefully all true.
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TMary says...
My BP and Nico are also from Yalca :)
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ivepeters says...
Must say I was surprised when figs started to grow before the leaves.
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TMary says...
I find those early ones are not as good.
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ivepeters says...
So would you think it would make any difference to knock them off ?
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vlct says...
I got mine from peter here in adelaide.. not sure where he go it from. He seems quite the fig expert,Im conviced .. mine has only just broke dormancy they say its a later fruiting type has yours only just broke Mary ?
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TMary says...
Yes vict the fruit came straight after the leaves unfurled. Yes Ivepeters I do end up giving those to my worms :)
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ivepeters says...
Just picked a fig from a Pingo de mel.
Very nice, unfortunately not 100% ripe, started splitting, close to 90g.

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Markmelb says...
Hi ivepeters - love to see a pic of the PDM plant to see if its dwarfish? How old is it and how many left for the Breba crop? My figs are only just coming out of hibernation.
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sternus1 says...
Ive is this from a plant I sent you a while back?
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ivepeters says...
That's right.
New batch of fruit just coming.
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sternus1 says...
That's not a bad production time really, wasn't so long ago.
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ivepeters says...
Yeah pretty fast, and nice large fruit.
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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?
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ivepeters says...
Mic,
The fig pictured was the only one on the tree from just before autumn, wasn't fully ripe at time picked.
Have a few more figs that have formed in the last few weeks, will post pic's of them when fully ripe.
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tbcha1 says...
Hi @MarkMelb
do you have a Pingo de mel fig? would you have any cutting to sell or swap? i only have a St Dominique variety.
email: tbcha1 at hotmail dot com
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Markmelb says...
Hi tbcha1 - im on the wait list for a pingo - may not bother now as im having to cull plants as run out of space - will only keep what i have & keep them dwarfed in pots.
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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

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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 ;)
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BT84 says...
Hi Tbcha,
I'd be interested in buying a cutting of st Dom off you if you have any spare.
Also chasing some Violette de Bordeaux if anyone has some.
Recently moved back to Aus so looking at starting a small potted collection
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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
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ivepeters says...
Can give you a 20cm tall st dom if you'd like one still, took cuttings winter.
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LilianT says...
Hi Fignut, sorry for being so late to reply but I'd still love to get cuttings from your Dad's fig tree. I'm in metropolitan Melbourne. Don't suppose you'd be willing to mail it to me? I'm happy to pay.
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Mumsue says...
I hung a rubber snake out of tree this year with great success .No bird strikes at all .
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Fruitylicious1 says...
Hi Mumsue

Mmmm...great idea. Never tried that b4. What sort of fake snake do you have; eastern brown, taipan, cobra, copperhead or tiger?

How many snake did you put up, one per tree?

Happy gardening :-)
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Julie says...
Tried that several years ago. It only works if you move the snake around every day or so, as the birds soon realise it is harmless.

Birds are smarter than you think!
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Fruitylicious1 says...
Hi Julie

Thanks for the fake snake tutorial. Much appreciated.

Happy gardening :-)
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Karmicguide says...
Hi sterling, do you have any black mission cuttings?
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