My Tiny PlotPlanting a New Fig Tree
I’ve always wanted to grow a Fig tree, I’ve just never had the room. I used to work in an office where there was a beautiful and quite large Fig tree outside the window. It was covered in Figs come late Summer but no-one ever picked them. It was so sad.
So here is my opportunity to put things right and grow my own Fig tree. I planted it on a south facing wall in a protected corner of the garden. As per RHS Fig planting instructions I prepared a pit and put stone slabs on all sides to contain the root system. Then I put rubble and broken bricks on the bottom too. It seems a bit harsh but apparently it helps the tree fruit better.
All I know is that, if and when my Fig tree produces fruit I will definitely be picking the fruit and none will be left on the tree!
How lovely that you now have your very own fig tree and can look forward to wonderful fruit in the future.
Good luck with it!
I opened the front door this morning to a hard frost (back here in blighty) and praying my fig (in a half barrel) wasn’t damaged.
It’s been quite mild recently so i’ve been a bit lazy about checking the weather forecast and covering it up if required.
The figs on the office tree might not have been any good. I got quite excited by a fig tree similarly covered in fruit that grew near me on council property. I hated to see them go to waste and picked a couple on the way past. They were completely empty of flesh and seeds, just pithy. If they’d been any good, I think they would have been picked.