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Fertilizing
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7deuce: Most members use 1/4-1/2 strength for young plants. But many members stop fertilizing around now to harden off the wood and stop green growth.
Daughter Enjoys Fig
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susieqz: totally adorable. susie
Excessive rain good for one thing
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FiggyFrank: Good for my rain barrels too! I don't like mowing so often though.
Tacoma Violet,Finally some breba ,I got before the birds.,Pix
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jenniferarino83: VS!!! How are you? Wow they look tasty Jenny
War on bird starts
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garden_whisperer: Pin wheels work great. get em for 99 cents in the toy section at walmart. just make sure they are shinny. works with tree rats too. Navid i cant...
How to address fig leaf rust in the dormant season
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mgginva: I radically changed the way I water and no longer do the leaves get wet every day. Between that and using Serenade I seem to have no rust currently....
Hi, I'm New Here...
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MariannaMiller: Hi, I am also in the foothills and zone 7 Welcome. I am also in zone 7b but in the SC side of the mountains. Neither my husband or I are...
Hi there!
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figqueen13: Hi Michael, good to hear from you! Thanks for showing me fig softwood propagation. Three weeks ago, (I think) a racoon, in an attempt to reach my...
Brisbane article on fig tree management
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james: Hi Grasa, If anybody wants to see what I hope my orchard will look like in a few years... it will be pretty close to the first pic on this page.
My new bird deterrent
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mgginva: CH - I just love the Phoebes. They are so tame and spend all day picking up bugs for me. thx Cal -- that's actually not all of them but the camera...
Good summer read
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cookie_dr: Thank you for the suggestion.....I added it to my book want list.
OT: birding?
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bullet08: i can see how people can spend money on things that they believe is important to them. i mean, i won't buy cloth on full price or i'll refuse to go...
Bush form vs. tree form
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tamarness: The main reason I am asking is because I'd like to replace a sickly dogwood in our front yard with a fig tree, but want a fig hedge in a tier in our...
Barnissotte USDA/UCD.
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FrozenJoe: Hey Pete, I have a UCDavis Barnissotte that I started from a cutting back in 2010. I found that it's health was very fragile when young. A couple...
New member, new figs
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greg88: has been a crazy weather year,,,
Green house wintering (not trying to rush the season)
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Luke: My trees where in a greenhouse last winter, and they where fine, but we had a mild winter and the temp never really goes below -8.
Alma on Ebay
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cis4elk: Tamar, if it was dormant you should have put it in the sun immediately.
Any thoughts on Smart Pots?
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Jed: I have used Smart Pots for several plants, including garlic and shallots which worked well for me. Carpet Roses also did very well in a 3 gallon...
Newly purchased fig leaves turned yellow?
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figlicious: Thanks for all the responses! Really appreciate them. I can see a bit of roots circling around the pot. It's not too bad and I was planning to...
Fig Leaves Edible
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JustPeachy: I've never had fig leaves but I did try batter fried kudzu leaves once and they tasted like fried green beans. It was awesome!
Orchard floor ideas for ripening
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pitangadiego: Zach, The pots in the front row, which get the most reflected heat do require more water. Probably a small price to pay if you get good, earlier...
What causes rotting?
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pitangadiego: Thanx for the ID and info.
Zingarella breba
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rafed: Thanks for sharing Mike. Still waiting for mine to produce.
Creating Dormant Cuttings???
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Darkman: I was thinking of those times when you are away from home and found a tree you wanted a cutting from but it really wasn't a great time to take...
i miss good old days when i didn't have any fig trees..
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jdarden1963: Pete, I thought I was the only one with this problem. Last year but July 19th I had canned 34 pints of figs. This year, as you said with yours,...

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