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A neglected fig tree In Texas

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Hi Frank,

I saw some fruit early last year when this tree was a giant, but never got a chance to see the fruit when ripe. After it was removed, all the growth that you see is from beneath the soil.
Every branch is totally green and no sign of fruit. I've seen this when I pruned heavily some of my trees in pots early this year. Most came back with lots of green and healthy branches but many failed to bear any fruit. The ones that produced some fruit did it on older wood or on growth from older wood.
I'm thinking that when the tree is putting some aggressive growth, most of the energy goes into the new branches. I'm hoping that they keep this tree long enough to confirm this theory perhaps next year.

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Growth since May 14th with no irrigation and no fertilization.

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It is setting some fruit on a couple of branches, but I suspect that it's getting late for ripening them. We'll see.
They look like a Celeste fruit, but very late.

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It looks like I might be getting some cuttings this time:)
First of all, I'd have to locate the owners and then make sure that the fruit is worth it.

Imagine how the tree would do with some fertilizer and water.

I'm no expert, but looking at that peach tree I'd say it's a minimum of twenty plus years old to attain that size with no fertilizer. I just lost one that size twenty-five years old, dang boring insects got it...

The roots must have found a vein to grow so well no?

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