Hie all, i have a Deanna fig tree i purchased in winter of 2016 (June-August in Australia). When i purchased it, it was a dormant 2 year old bare root tree and grew without any issues. 

Its growing in full sun (7-8hrs) in a 30gal container (~113Litres) and is about 4.5-5 feet tall with side branches spreading about 3 feet wide.  The fertilizer regimen has been the same with all my figs and i even resorted to using a non organic liquid potash (bloom booster) without any success. Pinching did not help but it worked with my other figs that are younger (except white genoa which did not need pinching and  is about ~3 years old).

The trunk is dark brown and the leaf has 5 lobes as shown in the picture. Did i get a temperamental Deanna or did i get scammed? I contacted Australian fig growers recently and they mentioned that their Deanna's are loaded with figs at the moment but did not get a chance to query about the physical description of the tree. Its definitely not the very common, White adriatic/black genoa/brown turkey as leaf pattern and truck color are different, and they are fruiting at the moment. 


 

 

 

Is it possible you're fertilizing with too much nitrogen? It's my understanding that too much fertilizer can produce tons of foliage and inhibit fruiting.... I'm told over-watering can do the same thing....

This is the color of my Deanna trunk. It is one of the most productive trees I have.
You could easily see the contrast between the old growth and new growth, but the grey color is light.
I noticed this year that after I pruned it and up potted to a 25 gallon container the crop was half of last year. So I've pruned it very lightly this year.
My tree has been productive since I got it from the nursery. As to what tree you have, it's hard to tell.
I would not give up on it and you still can get it to produce but might take an extra two years or more.
All I give my tree is some Osmocote, once per season and it seemed to be happy and never failed to produce. This one is a keeper. Good Luck.



Here's a photo of it earlier this year. It's the second tree from right. You could tell it by looking at the shape of trunk above.

Since summer i have given it a fertilizer high in potash (before that i gave it a chicken pellet fertilizer in spring). It is also in a self watering drum i  might add.

Just out of interest what is the NPK of your osmocote? my fertilizer i have it in summer has an NPK of 6-3-9, and a small sprinkle of sulphate of potash  0-2-41. I have not given up on it yet. Hopefully it bears next summer! Also does Deanna give a Breba crop?

I also have a Deanna fig it is very healthy and grows great but won't produce a fig except 1 very nice breba last year.
This summer I will plant in ground and see how it does.  
For me some figs seem to perform much better in ground.  Will see how this one does. 

Osmocote flowers and vegetables is 14 14 14
My experience with it so far at my location is that it is a one crop fig tree. It stays outdoors all year long without any protection.
The size of fruit varies from larger than average to super large.

@Pino I don't know how old your tree is, but this year and after four years of nothing, one of my Scicilian trees produced some unbelievable size fruit. It came as a total surprise, on a tree that was neglected and almost discarded.

hmm. i guess mine may not be ready to bear just yet. Its funny because some of my much younger fig trees have some figs on them. My 1 year old LSU pushed 2 figs and they both fell off :( too young i bet. its less than 2 feet tall. White adriatic is about 1.5 years with 2 swelling figs. I pinched it last week and looks like i have some more figs and branches. 

I've had a Ronde de Bordeaux produce in its second year then reverted back to vegative state with no production this past summer. Not sure what caused it. It could be many things.
There's no formula to predict how a tree will perform from one season to the next. In addition trees will do different things when in pot vs ground. I've been discovering that some varieties will not do well in pots no matter how much I fertilize. To be fair four or five years is not a long time to judge a variety. After four years, now that I started to see some produce for the first time this year. I intend to enjoy the producers while I wait for the others to kick in. The only reason I would start culling, is space or if I end up with a Smyrna type variety that is unable to ripen its fruit. I might even end up grafting it.

hello. I'm in Sydney and I purchased a deanna only this year. I did this even though a fig farmer I know is ripping plants out by the thousands because he claims that every time he prunes them they fail to produce. It is a mild tasting fig I'm told and a commercial variety. maybe I'll be ripping mine out sooner rather than later if the taste is not satisfactory once it fruits.  either way with so many superb varieties like peters honey available in Australia, I won't lose  too much sleep over deanna.

If you have the heat, then I recommend giving it a chance, unless of course you have a different Deanna than the one I know.

I have three Deanna trees that came from the same mother tree. All of them have been growing in the same condition for the past four years. Two of those trees produce abundantly every year. One decided to produce figs once in those four years. Boy am I glad I have the two others to enjoy while the one hibernates its fig production. LOL! On the bonus side the figs get better each year.

I think i'll give my deanna a chance. If it refuses to fruit next Summer, i'll sell it and put another in its place. i reckon.

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