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	Subject: Why are leaves turning yellow	Replies: 7
	Posted By: Beanie	Views: 252

Thank you so much. I have learnt a lot, and will now try various actions in the hope that I might save some of them. I hope those Brown Turkey fig sticks will eventually produce:

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	Subject: Why are leaves turning yellow	Replies: 7
	Posted By: Beanie	Views: 252

I have 30 or more Brown Turkey fig cuttings, and some of those I recently transferred from their plastic soup pots to John Innis No 3 in pots are looking rather sad (see the image). One is losing

its leaves. In Wales here the frosts have recently been light, and the figs kept in shelter from bright sun and frost. Any ideas why the leaves are turning yellow would be most welcome.

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	Subject: Wrongly identified fig	Replies: 4
	Posted By: Beanie	Views: 196

Thanks for the comments and ideas. In answer, That is the best and only picture I have of the inside of the fig. Yes, a ate it, and it was reasonably sweet.
I don't think we have the right sort of wasps in Wales, but we certainly have lots of the common wasp so prevelant in the UK!
Beanie

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	Subject: Wrongly identified fig	Replies: 4
	Posted By: Beanie	Views: 196

Last year I found a fig in the Tudor Garden of Tretower in Wales. In the write up about the garden the fig is described as a Brown Turkey, but it looked nothing like one. I cut into a fruit, and later took cuttings which are now beginning to sprout early leaves, but again, nothing like Brown Turkey.
The fruits are medium sized and the leaves are a darker green than many other varieties; large, bold and shiny. All four cuttings have taken, producing those brilliant dark green leaves.
Photos show: cut fig, leaf in August, the tree, a cutting with its first typical leaves on 20 April 2016.
Can anyone have a shot as to its identity, please? David "Beanie"

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	Subject: Can I root fig cutting now?	Replies: 17
	Posted By: Beanie	Views: 400

Thanks very much. I shall do some surgery at once.

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	Subject: Can I root fig cutting now?	Replies: 17
	Posted By: Beanie	Views: 400

Thank you, i

nteresting! As a result of reading your post, I have just been out and taken a cutting (28 August) when I had thought it would be the wrong time of the year. I have a 50/50 mix of vermiculite and perlite over gravel. I should add that I live in Wales, and the temperature at present is in mid teens. Have you left fewer leaves, and should I cut off the embrio fruit? I shall report when I see roots.
Have you a picture of yours?

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	Subject: An unidentified fig in Wales	Replies: 3
	Posted By: Beanie	Views: 209

Quote:

Originally Posted by eboone
Beautiful leaf!
Is the fig even ripe? Did you get to taste that?

The fig was not quite ripe. When I visited the Tudor garden about ten days ago I tried a fig from the tree, but, like all my figs, they have gone soft as a result of record rainfall in Wales. I sampled a chunk of one, and it was nice and sweet, but soggy!

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	Subject: An unidentified fig in Wales	Replies: 3
	Posted By: Beanie	Views: 209

Introduction
I am new to this, but let me give a brief introduction: I had some Brown Turkey and a Brunswick fig when living in Surrey, some set facing south in a high walled garden. Three years ago we moved to Wales where it is colder and a good deal wetter! During the last year I have increased my stock with about 14 varieties in an effort to compare tastes and to extend the fruiting season. I even have Panache which will probably never fruit in this climate. I also have twenty Brown Turkey cuttings doing well and ready to pass on to a list of friends who have asked for them. My family wonders about my sanity!

The issue
Tretower, here in Wales, is a 11th Century castle and a Tudor courtyarded house cared for by the Welsh government's heritage organisation, and open to the public. They have a fig that they cannot identify, and I wonder if any of you could help?

I attach photographs of the fig