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Post by maggyd on Aug 9, 2007 20:00:41 GMT 1
My fig has really come on this summer BUT some of the leaves are turning yellow and a couple of the smaller ones have dropped off. I dont feed it very often as I understood that they grow better if you neglect them a bit ! is that right or should I feed it ? or could it be too much water with all the rain we have been having? Having said that the leaves were drooping the other morning and I had to water it before I had had breakfast.
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Post by The witch on Aug 9, 2007 22:02:04 GMT 1
Is it called Brown Turkey maggyd? Do you have it in a large pot of loam based compost? Is it in a sheltered position in full sun? How old is the plant?  |
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Post by maggyd on Aug 9, 2007 22:32:14 GMT 1
I dont remember what it is The witch it was one I bought from Wilkinsons about 3 years ago! I first of all planted it in a large clay pot but it started to turn brown at the edge of the leaves, so I repotted it into a long narrow plastic pot just in multi purpose with a little bit of sharp sand added I then planted that inside the large clay pot  it took on quite well and this year I counted 13 fruits of which only a couple seem to be a decent size but Im not bothered by that but it has just caught my attention this week when it was looking a bit sad and droopy Im wondering if I should spray it with epsom salts ! it will lose its leaves anyway but I was very proud of it I will take a pic if I remember to-morrow.  |
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Post by The witch on Aug 10, 2007 8:01:28 GMT 1
They need to be pot bound maggyd, but in loam based compost really, John Innes number 3 is best. If it's not in a 18" pot (not plastic) then I would pop it in one, using John Innes - they need plenty of water too. Perhaps yours is just ready for a feed. 4P has a fig too - mine lost all of it's fruits when we moved house sadly, I counted 19 of them too - it has 3 fruits on it now but I doubt they will ripen.  |
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Post by 4pygmies on Aug 10, 2007 8:05:03 GMT 1
Mine has no fruits at all this year....still, I top dressed it with JI3 in the Spring and the leaves look much better. Figs have a strange method of fruiting - you have to remove one set to allow the others to mature but I can't remember which! Is it remove the Autumn babies to allow the Spring ones to mature? Or the other way round? It's too early and I'm too lazy to google it......
You must restrict the roots a bit but give it some good growing soil so I would put it in JI3 and in a clay pot as suggested above.
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Post by The witch on Aug 10, 2007 8:08:08 GMT 1
Remove the autumn ones 4P, although I know someone in Norfolk who doesn't do that, but instead covers the plant with fleece for the winter.
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Post by sweetleaf on Aug 10, 2007 8:08:15 GMT 1
I think you remove the spring ones to allow the Autumn ones to mature, they take a long time, tell you what........ Ill look in my fruit expert for you |
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Post by The witch on Aug 10, 2007 8:09:19 GMT 1
What a good idea Sweetleaf seeing as we have a difference of opinion. ;D
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Post by sweetleaf on Aug 10, 2007 8:18:22 GMT 1
Right! You thin out fruits in late September by which time all last years fruit will have ripened, and been picked. You retain pea sized fruits at the ends of the shoots for overwintering, and protect with fleece. Larger unripe fruits are removed at this stage. Feeding is simple.. Growmore in spring and a high potash liquid feed when the fruits begin to swell. |
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Post by maggyd on Aug 10, 2007 13:31:29 GMT 1
Well it looks as if Ill have to repot! but when? Ive only got 3 fruits left out of 13  I havent noticed them on the floor so I wonder who has had them? if Ted,s had them thats probably why we have had some loose stools .Ive spraye with epsom salts first Ill see what happens and then Ill repot. Here is a pic I HOPE!!  |
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Post by 4pygmies on Aug 10, 2007 14:05:27 GMT 1
Last year my fig had about 13 figs on it, all ripening nicely until most of them disappeared overnight without a trace.......never did found out who'd pinched them all so cleanly....but it was sooo disappointing...
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Post by The witch on Aug 10, 2007 14:26:19 GMT 1
Well it looks as if Ill have to repot! but when? Ive only got 3 fruits left out of 13 I havent noticed them on the floor so I wonder who has had them? if Ted,s had them thats probably why we have had some loose stools .Ive spraye with epsom salts first Ill see what happens and then Ill repot. Here is a pic I HOPE!! Never heard of using epsom salts on plants - what does it do exactly? Repotting should really be done when a plant is dormant, but according to Alan Titchmarsh if it's urgent do it now!! He says the same about moving plants in borders too. |
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Post by The witch on Aug 10, 2007 14:26:58 GMT 1
Last year my fig had about 13 figs on it, all ripening nicely until most of them disappeared overnight without a trace.......never did found out who'd pinched them all so cleanly....but it was sooo disappointing... Blackbirds I reckon. |
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Post by 4pygmies on Aug 10, 2007 14:30:59 GMT 1
Well it looks as if Ill have to repot! but when? Ive only got 3 fruits left out of 13 I havent noticed them on the floor so I wonder who has had them? if Ted,s had them thats probably why we have had some loose stools .Ive spraye with epsom salts first Ill see what happens and then Ill repot. Here is a pic I HOPE!! Never heard of using epsom salts on plants - what does it do exactly? Repotting should really be done when a plant is dormant, but according to Alan Titchmarsh if it's urgent do it now!! He says the same about moving plants in borders too. Epsom salts are an emergency mineral feed really The witch, sulphur and magnesium I think. It's an old fashioned cure for yellowing leaves and pot bound damage for evergreen plants. It works too! And so did the quote button.... : ;D |
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Post by Sleepy on Aug 10, 2007 14:31:32 GMT 1
Well it looks as if Ill have to repot! but when? Ive only got 3 fruits left out of 13 I havent noticed them on the floor so I wonder who has had them? if Ted,s had them thats probably why we have had some loose stools .Ive spraye with epsom salts first Ill see what happens and then Ill repot. Here is a pic I HOPE!! Never heard of using epsom salts on plants - what does it do exactly? Repotting should really be done when a plant is dormant, but according to Alan Titchmarsh if it's urgent do it now!! He says the same about moving plants in borders too. It's a magnesium feed The witch |
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Post by The witch on Aug 10, 2007 14:40:12 GMT 1
Thanks for the explanation - does it come from Epsom though? |
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Post by maggyd on Aug 10, 2007 15:16:12 GMT 1
I think its magnesium or something The witch my late F.I. used to tell us to use it on tomatoe plants when they go yellow. Well it looks as if Ill have to repot! but when? Ive only got 3 fruits left out of 13 I havent noticed them on the floor so I wonder who has had them? if Ted,s had them thats probably why we have had some loose stools .Ive spraye with epsom salts first Ill see what happens and then Ill repot. Here is a pic I HOPE!! Never heard of using epsom salts on plants - what does it do exactly? Repotting should really be done when a plant is dormant, but according to Alan Titchmarsh if it's urgent do it now!! He says the same about moving plants in borders too. |
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Post by maggyd on Aug 10, 2007 15:19:59 GMT 1
The leaves are going to fall arent they? Ill wait till then and I might put it in the geenhouse till it gets established in its new pot. After Ive eaten my Fig.  |
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Post by Sleepy on Aug 10, 2007 15:23:21 GMT 1
Thanks for the explanation - does it come from Epsom though? Originally formulated by a bloke who ran a gardening corner shop in Epsom. |
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Post by Sleepy on Aug 10, 2007 15:26:56 GMT 1
Thanks for the explanation - does it come from Epsom though? Originally formulated by a bloke who ran a gardening corner shop in Epsom. It's interesting how things get their names. Take jubilee clips for instance. They used to be called hose clips, but one entrepeneurial young man displayed them in his shop window during the Queen's (God bless her) Silver Jubilee back in 1977, next to Jubilee plates, jubilee mugs and Jubilee egg cups. They proved so popular they took on the name Jubilee clips, and have been known as such ever since! |
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Post by maggyd on Aug 10, 2007 15:37:46 GMT 1
SLEEPY I never know whether to take you seriously or not!!!Epsom Salts are medicinal and Im sure Jubilee clips have been named for longer than that. : Originally formulated by a bloke who ran a gardening corner shop in Epsom. It's interesting how things get their names. Take jubilee clips for instance. They used to be called hose clips, but one entrepeneurial young man displayed them in his shop window during the Queen's (God bless her) Silver Jubilee back in 1977, next to Jubilee plates, jubilee mugs and Jubilee egg cups. They proved so popular they took on the name Jubilee clips, and have been known as such ever since! |
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Post by sweetleaf on Aug 10, 2007 15:50:22 GMT 1
SLEEPY I never know whether to take you seriously or not!!!Epsom Salts are medicinal and Im sure Jubilee clips have been named for longer than that. : It's interesting how things get their names. Take jubilee clips for instance. They used to be called hose clips, but one entrepeneurial young man displayed them in his shop window during the Queen's (God bless her) Silver Jubilee back in 1977, next to Jubilee plates, jubilee mugs and Jubilee egg cups. They proved so popular they took on the name Jubilee clips, and have been known as such ever since! Hmmmm Pinch of salt, never mind Epsom Salt Maggy ;D |
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Post by The witch on Aug 13, 2007 8:11:54 GMT 1
Originally formulated by a bloke who ran a gardening corner shop in Epsom. It's interesting how things get their names. Take jubilee clips for instance. They used to be called hose clips, but one entrepeneurial young man displayed them in his shop window during the Queen's (God bless her) Silver Jubilee back in 1977, next to Jubilee plates, jubilee mugs and Jubilee egg cups. They proved so popular they took on the name Jubilee clips, and have been known as such ever since! Nah they were called jubilee clips well before then Sleepy. |
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Post by 4pygmies on Aug 13, 2007 8:37:57 GMT 1
I was quite pleased to note that even the large fig tree at Barnsdale didn't appear to have any fruit on it. I couldn't see any anyway.
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I havent noticed them on the floor so I wonder who has had them? if Ted,s had them thats probably why we have had some loose stools 
