Fertigation Will Produce More Figs

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ascpete

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Posted 1396800503	Reply with quote #51

Tami, Thanks. Thanks for commenting and Good Luck. Its not my method, just one of may in use, and has been used by many members. Chivas, USG Sheetrock. Waste pieces from Home Improvement store. Its almost pure gypsum, once the paper backing is removed. I checked out the granular gypsum available and it was closer to pelletized limestone. I will be using 2 table spoons / 5 gallons of mix to start. Haven't figured out the Ironite as yet, but I will be starting with 1/4 cup / 5 gallon of mix at the start of the season. Attached Files sheetrock-firecode-core-x-gypsum-panel-msds-en-54010006.pdf (275.83 KB, 15 views)

Tam

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Posted 1396832518	Reply with quote #52

Pete: Thanks for sharing a very good topic. Best, Tam

ascpete

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Posted 1396875549	Reply with quote #53

Tam, You're welcome. Thanks for commenting.

Chivas

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Posted 1396879426	Reply with quote #54

Diamond K sells ultra fine gypsum in 20 kg bags (or maybe its 50 lbs I cannot remember) if you have an ag supplier near by it may be worth check out. I can buy it here but I would have to pay for 1 ton at a time which is more gypsum than I could use in 10 years. I will have to go see these guys again as there is the powdered gypsum around, just weather or not they will give to me in 20 kg bags or not. __________________ Canada Zone 6B

ascpete

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Posted 1400948044	Reply with quote #55

Attached are a few progress pictures of a few fig plants in an experiment that are fertigated with 1 teaspoon of Miracle-Gro All Purpose fertilizer and 1/4 teaspoon of Epsom Salt per Gallon of water. The plants that were started from cuttings have produced figs at every leaf node. Most of the larger swollen figlets have been pinched, but I've left three main crop on one plant. Ive also left one fig on this 8 month old Tissue Cultured Petite Nigra, It's also producing a fig at ever leaf node. 4 figlets have already been pinched and there are 5 more that are forming. Chivas, I was able to find 36 lb bags of Espoma Garden Gypsum locally, its pelletized but dissolves quickly into a fine powder when wet. I'm using 1/4 cup per 5 gallon of mix.

ascpete

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Posted 1403924097	Reply with quote #56

Attached are pictures of 2 Fig trees being grown in 5 gallon buckets in a 5-1-1 +1(fullers earth / calcined clay) potting mix. The tree pruned O'Rourke has over 100 formed figs that are currently rice sized to pea sized. The bush pruned Champagne has over 60 figs that are currently bumps to rice sized. Both plants are being watered (fertigated) with dilute Miracle-Gro fertilizer @ 1 teaspoon / Gallon of water with 1/4 teaspoon of Epsom Salt. .

ascpete

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Posted 1407621899	Reply with quote #57

I made this statement in the OP of this topic, Quote: Comparing the node spacing at the base of the young tree (*the new growth from the cutting), its easy to see which plants have had good initial growth and which plants have struggled to grow. Close nodal spacing (measured in fractions of an inch) will result in slower growing trees, while longer nodal spacing will result in faster growing more productive trees*. Attached is a picture depicting the long and short (close) inter-node spacing. The long nodal spacing is less that 1 node per inch and the close nodal spacing is 6 or more nodes per inch. Fertilizing the rooted cutting early will create the longer inter-node spacing and a faster growing tree.

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