Texas Gardening: Fig trees, 1 by flyboyFL

flyboyFL wrote:
Hey guys:

Forgive my butting in, but a fellow Texan on another thread, suggested that I might be able to help with figs. I am a Bostonian who lives in Florida. I grow some figs. This has been a very, very good year -- so far.

I fertilize sparingly -- any good commercial fertilizer does the trick. But, and this is important to me, I also feed the plants with Pelletized Dolomite Limestone. The figs love it. But, give the roots a chance to get settled. It takes a couple of years before the plant really puts out.

I can suggest a couple of threads.

1. In Florida Gardening about this year's crop:

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/991569/

2. In Recipes, about eating them

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1018587/

You might find them interesting.

And here is a photo of some figs from my "Greek White," -- sitting on a 4 1/2 inch CD. It is the most prolific. It got its name from my Greek neighbor who brought the original cutting over in his suitcase. He calls it, "The White,." -- and was the donor of my cutting.

Be well

d()b