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Figs dropping

Hi fig friends 
I have these 2 fig trees with figs turning redish color and dropping.
Can't figure out what's wrong with them.
The other trees of the same fig are doing well not dropping fruit and the figs are green on them. 
In my perception I'm treating them all  equal.
Did it already happen to someone here ?
Anything I can do to stop this catastrophy.
All opinions will help .
Here are some pics.
Thanks for looking.

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There must be a million reasons for figs to prematurely drop and I am sure many many opinions. 

- some fig dropping is normal and part of plant adjusting to the season.  It may seem out of proportion when only a small plant.
- too many figs for the size of plant (most fruit trees have a fruit drop to remedy this)
- stress on plant
- not enough or too much water
- too much direct sun for potted fig
- too much or not enough or wrong fertilizer
- some varieties tend to drop figs more than others
- smyrna and san pedro main crop figs will all drop if not caprified

Will be interesting to see all the suggested reasons.



Thanks Pino.
I'll keep an eye on these two .

I fixed many of trees with a good dose of epsom salt every seven days for one month if it's a in ground tree

Hi Richie
Mine are poted trees.
I will try Epson salt  on one of them two.
Keep one without Epson and watch out for improvement between the two.
That way I will be able to see the dimension of the healing easier.
Thanks for the tip.
 

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