Hi,
I organically garden using raised containers in the back yard and clean practices in the front yard. I do your normal suspects in the back yard like tomatoes and such.
Anyone know much on fig trees and cross pollenation factors? I can see the charts but live experience is always better!
Going back many years, my wife's grandfather had one and it produced. It was the only one so I guess it was self pollinating.
Read up on "fig wasps". I have had a fig tree for 20 years, and this last summer was the first time I've gotten more than a few ripe figs. I did notice several other fig trees nearby last year, most smaller than mine.
Sometimes, people who post such gardening questions - will also reveal what part of this big old planet they live in. Tuktoyaktuk or Timbuktu ? or somewhere in between ? Just sayin'. John T.
Not many fig trees in Montana so I guess we can rule that out.
Figs are a little strange:
Fresh figs are fantastic but they're so delicate they seldom make it to supermarkets.
I used to see them once a year in the market. At best it was for a very short time and you had better enjoy them in a couple of days.
On my tree, they ripened fairly regularly for quite a while last summer, which was nice.
Well get going. You can be the modern Johnny Figseed.
Gorbal warming has a ways to go although we did make it from Zone 5a to 5b (-15F to -10) last year. The USDA might have to reconsider after that spell of -20 this year. I had enough trouble keeping my aged butt warm let alone a hothouse full of figs.
"Five Fresh Figs"
My grandparents had a fig tree, and AFAIK it was the only one around. These were big figs and five of them was a lot.
Thanks!
Virginia Beach.
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