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Figsation

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Posted 1373141220	Reply with quote #1

I ordered three trees form Burnt Ridge Nursery. Inline image The one on the right is a King fig. I paid extra for it because it was a 5 foot tree. I have never seen such a fig tree. It has a trunk size of a pencil, has no branching and can't support itself at all. It's like a whip. I am not sure what the best thing to do for it is. Should I live with it and just stake it when I plant it in the orchard or is there something I can do to get a better form? __________________ Figsation Coastal California Zone 10a

Johnparav

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Posted 1373142747	Reply with quote #2

I would air layer it at the halfway point . In 5-8 weeks you will have 2 trees and the bottom section will be forced to make multiple branches . Otherwise stake it . I guess it depends what tree shape you want . John

americanfiglover

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Posted 1373143559	Reply with quote #3

i would also air-layering it to force it to grow thicker and side lateral growth. __________________ Jarrett Spokane, WA ZONE 6A Proudly Serving in the United States Armed Forces, 2009-Present Everyone should have a green thumb Figs: Nero600m

Figsation

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Posted 1373152668	Reply with quote #4

Thanks for the air-layering idea. I didn't think of that. I have never done it before, but I guess I don't have much to loose. __________________ Figsation Coastal California Zone 10a

pitangadiego

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Posted 1373153100	Reply with quote #5

It depends on what you want. If yhou want it to be low growing, prune it, air-layer it, etc. If you want a tree, stake it and let it grow to the trunk height you want, then top it and force branching. I have trees that look like that because some customers want taller trees. Others want to grow more like a bush. There are reasons for both styles. __________________ Encanto Farms Nursery http://encantofarms.com http://figs4fun.com http://webebananas.com "pitangadiego" everywhere

javajunkie

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Posted 1373153229	Reply with quote #6

I got my pencil from Burnt Ridge as well and it can't support itself either. It was going gangbusters even taller so I broke off the terminal bud in a moment of anger. Yes, I'll own it, I threw the damn thing after I did it. That was just a few days ago after I was admiring a cutting I had gotten from Tim fatnsassytexan and grew myself. The cutting cost me about 1/10th what the pencil did and it is beautiful. I like it so much that today I took it out of it's 1 gallon and put it into a 15 gallon beside the pencil. Perhaps it will embarass the other one into becoming a proper tree! They are both Violette de Bordeaux BTW. Some people have said how much they like this nursery but I certainly won't buy from them again. __________________ Tami SE Texas

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