Fig Tree

I planted Fig Tree at entirely the wrong point in the growing calendar and spent the first few months wondering what I'd done wrong. fireblight bacterial disease affecting pears and apples didn't help matters. Once I understood thinning fruitlets in early summer to improve individual fruit size thin…

I've been growing Fig Tree for a full year now and want to capture what each season offered. blossom opening in spring requiring frost protection was the clear high point — everything you're told about Fig Tree at that time of year is true. But the plant has something to offer in every season, which…

As a complete beginner I was nervous about starting with Fig Tree. It turned out to be more forgiving than I expected, as long as I paid attention to thinning fruitlets in early summer to improve individual fruit size. I grow mine in a sheltered south or west-facing garden wall as an espalier which…

I've grown several varieties within the Fig Tree family and have some observations to share. harvest of home-grown fruit with exceptional fresh flavour varies noticeably between them, more than catalogue descriptions suggest. The care fundamentals are shared — mulching around the base to retain mois…