Warming things up at night - ourfigs. com After reading the recent posts here regarding if high heat matters in fig development and ripening, I was wondering what we who live where night time temperatures are below 60 (even in the summer!) can do to keep the figs in a warmer environment during the night Do you cover? Or use lights? I'd really like to hear what you've
High tunnel fig progress - Ourfigs. com We finished construction of our high tunnel this past summer and I relocated all container grown figs into it this winter in hopes of giving them a strong head start They started leafing out in late February and thanks to the protection afforded by it they never received any damage from subsequent frosts that arrived I’ve
Is it normal for brebas to drop? - ourfigs. com This is my second year growing figs so I'm still learning a lot Is it common for brebas to drop and then have an good main crop on well established trees? Tags:None Techno101 Veteran Join Date:Dec 2018 Posts:600 Share Tweet #2 06-26-2019, 10:50 PM
Enough of the Rain Already!! - ourfigs. com After 6 straight days of rain, and over 6 inches total, my figs have had enough And more than enough! This is following weeks of very high humidity and
Aborting figs? - Ourfigs. com Pretty good amount of rainfall last week But I did spray sulfur pyrethrin at about an hour before sundown on them 10 days ago The upper photo is a socorro black that looks like its about to do the same thing Lower pic are the remaining figs on the smith Last edited by FLgrower407; 06-01-2022, 08:41 PM
Companion trees for figs? - ourfigs. com Figs are warm-weather-loving plants that grow fast if around the right plants and under the right circumstances In areas where the winters drop below freezing for several weeks, try planting figs near a southern facing wall where more warmth will collect
Teach me about Breba? - Ourfigs. com I'm new to growing figs and found this forum Could someone tell me more about quot;breba quot;? All I know is that breba is fruit found on old wood When a variety of fig is said to bear two crops per year, is the first crop the breba crop, and the second crop the non-breba crop? For a young tree, do breba tend to drop
Swd - 2019 - Ourfigs. com SWD is a sourge I will add that skin thickness offers no protection SWD females have a saw like ovipositor that cuts into the fruit and then lays it eggs They burrowed into my thick skin figs just after turning dark but were still hard as rocks
Fig varieties for 7a? - Ourfigs. com This will be the second year of production for the CH, might be first year for the BT, and never any ripe figs for the in ground tree I'm looking for some tasty varieties to add that produce well in 7a What do you recommend? What's the best way to get them? Wish list: Improved Celeste, Smith, Florea, LSU Tiger, LSU Hollier, Campaniere Tags
Ripening figs indoors - ourfigs. com Today I was finally able to pick the first LSU Strawberry fig This was a rooted cutting I had started in the early spring I waited all summer for it to produce a fig It seemed as if it was not going to show it’s wonderful bounty to me Late summer after loosing hope, two little figlets decided to grace me with its presence