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Tuesday, March 8. 2016

Hardy Figs

There is a new hardy Fig available nowadays.


Brown Turkey used to be the toughest, but even it sometimes died here with a bad winter. With the Chicago Hardy, worst case is it dies to the ground but recovers rapidly from the roots and produces that summer.  Hardy to Zone 5


Up north, figs tend to grow as shrubs rather than trees, reason being winter die-back. It doesn't matter. They produce a lot of fruit all summer given good loam, a little fertilizer, and plenty of sun. Mulch and water, especially the first year.


When ripe, pick 'em and eat them when hot from the sun.

Posted by Bird Dog in Gardens, Plants, etc. at 13:22 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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I like to walk all the streets in the towns where I live or visit. I am always on the lookout for wild and abandoned food plants. I have found a few fig trees and interestingly no one seems to harvest the fruit but me. I found a persimmon tree on a side street near me. Black walnuts are everywhere but I have found numerous English walnut trees to harvest.
#1 GoneWithTheWind on 2016-03-08 15:02 (Reply)
Damn global warming did a number on my fig trees the previous two winters with Yankee level freezes. Thankfully, this last winter wasn't big on global warming, it was just average. So I have hope. But they do grow back from a hard die back.

Maybe this year I can figure out why my Brown Turkeys aren't ripening. Might be a deer problem. Oddly the more delicate Petite Negra planted later does better.

This year I'm planting some Hazelnut trees
#2 JK Brown on 2016-03-08 18:20 (Reply)
In California I love the public fig trees in the cities. Planted along the streams, just walk along, reach up to pick a ripe one, wipe off the dust and enjoy!
#3 Whitehall on 2016-03-08 22:53 (Reply)
They grow like shrubs here in their native Mediterranean, too. Constantly sending up suckers from the roots.
#4 Ben David on 2016-03-09 08:09 (Reply)

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