This year I decided to reduce some of my potted and perhaps unproductive two year old fig trees by planting them at a remote location that I have.
I consider this to be a test run. I was encouraged after planting a fig tree last summer and left it unattended most summer.
The original tree totally died but a new sucker came out this spring, it looked healthy enough to encourage me to undertake this experiment.
These trees will not be irrigated regularly. If time allows it perhaps once a week as I intend to be hauling some water during the summer from a nearby well and see if these trees will adjust to the climate.
The trees in my backyard get drip irrigation so it is easy to see if they need more or less, but these trees will be on their own.
I kept my harder to get varieties for a second run at a future date. After doing this and rooting some new varieties this past winter, by my last count I still had about 100 potted varieties in my backyard. I'm puzzled as to how I ended up having more fig trees after removing these ones from my collection. I guess less means more!
This non irrigated row contains the following varieties in the following order:
Tashkent
Celeste
Lemon Fig
Col de Dame Blanc
Magnolia
Black Mission
Africana
Improved Celeste
Italian Lost tag///??
Black Mission
Beer's Black
Italian Lost Tag///
Goklop
Italian Lost Tag///??
White Brogiotto
San Vincenzo
Melanzana
Italian Lost Tag///
Black Brogiotto??
I consider this to be a test run. I was encouraged after planting a fig tree last summer and left it unattended most summer.
The original tree totally died but a new sucker came out this spring, it looked healthy enough to encourage me to undertake this experiment.
These trees will not be irrigated regularly. If time allows it perhaps once a week as I intend to be hauling some water during the summer from a nearby well and see if these trees will adjust to the climate.
The trees in my backyard get drip irrigation so it is easy to see if they need more or less, but these trees will be on their own.
I kept my harder to get varieties for a second run at a future date. After doing this and rooting some new varieties this past winter, by my last count I still had about 100 potted varieties in my backyard. I'm puzzled as to how I ended up having more fig trees after removing these ones from my collection. I guess less means more!
This non irrigated row contains the following varieties in the following order:
Tashkent
Celeste
Lemon Fig
Col de Dame Blanc
Magnolia
Black Mission
Africana
Improved Celeste
Italian Lost tag///??
Black Mission
Beer's Black
Italian Lost Tag///
Goklop
Italian Lost Tag///??
White Brogiotto
San Vincenzo
Melanzana
Italian Lost Tag///
Black Brogiotto??
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