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Post by fruitnut on Apr 7, 2011 8:55:26 GMT -5
I just picked up a young turkey fig about 10" tall and placed it in a sunny window at home. There used to be 6 good sized leaves on it. Three of them have yellowed & dropped off and looks like a fourth is about to go. Ouch... i have read they drop leaves when stressed but i am starting to get scared now! Its been only 2 weeks and i'm wondering if its about to give up on me.
I'm only watering when soil feels dry (so 1 - 1/2 x a week). Anyone have any tips for growing figs indoors & know what they like? I've looked for bugs & it seems clean. It also got a mild sunlight spritz when it first got home (my usual precaution)... could this have harmed it?
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Post by mjc on Apr 7, 2011 11:00:26 GMT -5
What size pot is it in?
How much water have you been giving it?
Any drafts? (cool or hot...if it is near a heat vent, that can be worse than a cold draft)
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Post by fruitnut on Apr 7, 2011 12:44:31 GMT -5
Its in a large 7" pot, but can tell its a recent transplant from a 4" pot. Giving it at most 1cup water, only enough that soil appears to dry after one day (& not enough to pour out the bottom).
No drafts, as its in a bedroom window, perhaps a bit cooler in the evening. It is in a south facing window as i thought it would like the sun... but the sun would warm up considerably during the day, perhaps i should stick it under my grow lights for my seedlings until it recovers.
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Post by jack66 on Apr 7, 2011 13:22:38 GMT -5
I have many fig trees it is necessary much, much water and a very deep box
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Post by mjc on Apr 7, 2011 13:43:42 GMT -5
You need to give it enough water to at least have some come out the drainage holes in the pot...at least one real deep watering like that a week, with lighter ones a couple of other times. Plus, until it's firmly established in that pot, a south window may be too much sun.
Figs don't like it particularly dry, but they don't like 'wet feet' either. Also, you'll be wanting to pot it up before too long, at least five gallon bucket, by June. A deep 24 to 30" pot (or storage tote type container) would make a good permanent home for it.
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Post by steev on Apr 7, 2011 20:41:08 GMT -5
I would do any potting up very gradually; figs seem to me to prefer some root crowding.
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Post by heidihi on Apr 7, 2011 20:59:13 GMT -5
pull it away from the window maybe too much too soon ..is it near a heater? ..figs I know!!!! I have figs figs and more figs! I get mine in the ground as soon as I can but do have some starting in pots all the time for gifts ..and those I keep on a sun porch ..you can grow them in doors but really they thrive outside so as soon as you can start moving it out .. ...I feel differently however on the pots you guys I have found great success with short wide pot and like Steev says crowed the roots ...but I am more the serious crowding ..transplant wider not deeper and yes water deeply once a week ..what ever your schedule keep it pretty even ..if i stick my finger in an inch is dry I waterI ...Mine have roots so crowded and I do not repot them until I see roots through the top of the soil .and then only a tiny size larger .. they like the soil sweet ... figs are durable Do not forget when you get leaves and your tree going those leaves are one of the most wonderful flavoring for wrapping fish or chicken on the grill and I use them to line my pot when I make dolmades...do not get me started on figs! My husband bought me a panache fig this year I can hardly wait to start cuttings ..maybe next year..it is the prettiest fig ..I just had to mention it here  figs that first one that you pick that literally leaks off the tree ..second only to a ripe tomato to me hang in the fig will come back they are tough |
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Post by bertiefox on Apr 9, 2011 6:28:47 GMT -5
Just on fig problems, we've a couple of trees against a south facing barn wall which have done well over the past six years, but for a couple of years they've had a grey mould in the summer on the ends of the branches, and now some of the main stems have died during the winter. Anybody any idea about what could be afflicting them? I've pruned off all the dead wood and hope they will recover during the summer. Should I spray them with anything?
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Post by heidihi on Apr 9, 2011 9:06:01 GMT -5
if it is the same thing I had happen ..baby figs left on the branches and the weather I ended up with what sounds the same ..there are years you can leave them on no problem and years you can not because of that rot ..so prunning should be enough if that is what it was ..that was all it took for me and now I always make sure each and every baby no matter how tiny is off the tree and gone from the yard...I do not leave figs on the ground either ...too much sugar I think and the fungus just loves that ! but really I do not know that is my guess and so far never again has that happened ..
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