That is a great crop! Bravo! I just started pinching....yesterday. Fingers crossed.

Below is a photo of one of the dozens of trees on the old family homestead in Italy. Not even one of the big ones. No little trees in pots here....I'm there next month and plan to devastate the crop! (featuring my cousin and zia)

 
 

Yes with that blue clear sky everyday you would not have to worry about figs production

lol...i suppose it's close but if i need to choose between figs or a stable economy.....

Toronto Joe if you want good producing fig trees let me know. I will tell you a couple of places in Ontario that have good trees and not expensive.

I appreciate that. Please send me a private message. Thank you!

Toronto Joe - I live close by.  I have potted figs in almost identical conditions to yours.  There's lots of great advice on here already, so please forgive me if I'm repeating any of it.

I started pinching this year, and it has helped with fruit production.  I bury the bottoms of my pots about 20cm into the ground.  It helps them gather nutrients and water during the growing season.  I also fertilize them very weakly through the spring and summer - a 20-20-20 mix at less than half the suggested amount for potted plants every few weeks. 

Also, despite my best efforts and hopes, I didn't get any fruit for the first two years I grew figs.  I got lots of foliage, but no fruit.  Oh well.

Good luck!

Thank you asimina_triloba - I think you're correct and that the pinching will do the trick. I want keep on with the sheep manure fertilizer for the time being but I may very well go for something different if I don't see something by next year. I'm now up to 2 Chicago hardy, 2 negronne and 2 other fig trees that I think are Celeste. I'll keep trying and definitely report back here when I have some results. Good or bad. I just pinched this week so I'll let you know if I see anything.

I just love how passionate everyone is about figs...This is like no other forum I've ever been on...and I've been on many...

You are all great! We should have an annual FIG FESTA - where everyone gets together somewhere and we talk figs - with show and tell and have fig experts speak... Great group!

Hi Joe:

You just need Patience, read post from Ascpete about fig riping need windows of 30day-60day-90day.
It means that if you see small figlet, You still need 60day + 90day = 5 months for fig to ripen.
Do you think that your tree can ripen your fig at -10C cold winter? probably no.

I have 2 newly planted in ground Chicago hardy at Spring time, They are bearing many figs on it now from April and hoping that it will ripen at Septmeber, Your CH looks very healthy, once its roots spread out and find jackpot nutrition, it will bear fig for you at right time next year, I used lots of sheep manure as well,

I have 3 small negronne/VDB from difference source for testing, They will bear "Breba" fig next year Spring time while leaves out same time, I just need them to grow more nodes now but not figlet to waste nutrition.

There are couple not clear theory, For In ground young fig tree, since roots is not spread out, you might still need to water them occasionally, but for potted fig tree, you must water them, If it has more leaves, you need to water them more often, or If weather is very hot, you need to water them more often as well, you should fertilizer them occasionally because the soil gets depleted quite quick.

Good luck for all your fig trees.





 

Thanks Ricky. No figlets so definitely nothing this year

Ok. I pinched only a week ago. I don't want to get too excited. Is this a figlet?

That is indeed a figlet. Congratulations! You will probably want to think about how to protect your fruit from critters down the line. It'll be awhile before it ripens, and if you have problems with squirrels or birds, they can go after the fruit once it gets big/colorful enough to attract their attention.

Amazing! t this point it's terrific to see anything at all. I feel like a proud new papa! I'm doubting that I'll be eating any ripe figs this year but just seeing that makes me hopeful. I'll post more as the figlets grow. Maybe someone could help me to identify the species. When I asked the guy I got them from the response was, "is-a-fig"

Well some of my fig tree I don't pinch, just chop them off something like half of the main stem.
After a month or two the plants will produce some new shoots and later turn into branches.

Here is what I did to one of my plants.#Negronne.

 
 

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malikyusof, w.msia

I just got 2 Negronne plants. I'm really getting hooked on figs. Maybe it's the challenge of getting them to grow here.

VICTORY IS MINE!

Well after many false alarms and much dissapointment I just returned from our family vacation to this. This lone little figlet on one of my Chicago Hardy planted in the ground.

I know I won't be eating any this year but this is my very first actual fig that I succeeding in growing myself. I feel like a proud papa.

Thanks all for the great advice. I think it was a combination of things but the pinching seemed to have a pretty dramatic effect.