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cjwilson

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So this was my first good year of growth after finally switching to an appropriate potting medium.  My Peter's Honey gave 6-9 inches of new growth off the various branches since February. 

The new growth seems to have stopped and is already beginning to wood over.  I have lots of new fig buds that are now growing/maturing rather rapidly, at least doubling in size each week.

Is this the end of my limb growth for the year?

Since Im using diluted liquid fertilizers, is its safe assume i should be switching to more of a bloom type(less nitrogen, more phosphorus and potash) fertilizer to encourage strong "fruit" growth.  It would seem nitrogen contributions in excess of whats needed to maintain the current plant size would be wasted if I cant expect any more green growth.

The tree is only about 4-5 feet tall, so would this year's growth be considered good(my 5 foot potted Black Mission did around 9 to 12 inches...but its always been a stronger grower)?  Will it grow more after the fruit sets?
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Hi Wilson, wanted to ask the same question....

What do you mean by an appropriate potting mix?
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Remove the fruit so the plant will have energy to grow. If that's your goal. 
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I switched to HP ProMix over traditional potting soil.  Traditional potting soil kept my roots to wet, caused all kinds of problems last year.  The tress appear to be doing much better this year.

Remove the fruit!?!?!  :o  I can wait on more growth, cant wait for the fruit. :)
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growth will usually stop while the plant puts energy into the figs.
depending how long your growing season is, it might be all for the year.
plants will usually put on more growth after the figs are done, if you have a long enough growing season.
.... but you do not want too much new green growth going into winter.
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cool, good to know, thx.
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