It looks more beautiful than I have ever seen it, the golden color is perfect. We planted this tree 35 years ago.
The Texas Brown Turkey Fig.
Josephine,
That's a beautiful fig tree. I planted 4 little fig trees and 2 persimmons late October, but didn't have time to mulch them as I left the following day to go spend 2 weeks with our 2 sons. I got back just in time to get most of my potted plants in the greenhouse. I just put them in any which way temporarily because I had no time to get the pots ready for the greenhouse. So, I've been spending all my spare time moving pots around and cleaning up the plants and pots. Funny, they all had plenty of room last winter. This year, I acquired quite a number of Brugmansias.
I sure hope my little trees survive.
Thank you Veronica, that tree has frozen down to the roots three times in the 35 years we have had it, but every time it came back strong, we are very fond of it, it is the centerpiece of our backyard garden.
I hope yours will do well for you.
Josephine.
Hi Josephine,
Your fig tree is gorgeous. The baby one you gave me is in the greenhouse for this year at least. One of these years I hope mine is as pretty as yours.
Sharon
Thank you Sharon, I hope yours will do well too, and live a long, long time, it does come from good stock. I will be potting more cuttings in the Spring, for anyone that wants them.
Josephine.
Hi frostweed. We also have a HUGE fig about 30 years old and love it. It looks very tropical in the summer with banana trees and such. I was wondering how you go about doing cuttings in the spring as I would like to give it a try. Jeez kinda hard to think spring as it was 7 degrees here Friday morn. This is more like Jan&Feb temps. Very rare to even get under the teens anyhow. I live in the country down in a river bed and it felt like South Dakota to me!!
You are right about the cold, I don't like it either.
For the cuttings I have found that it is best to take some of the short mature wood shoots about six inches long, with a little of the parent branch attached, sort of like a heel, it helps make the roots easier.
Pot it in a cup and keep it moist, and in about six weeks it is rooted.
I hope it works for you.
Josephine.
Thank you. Cant wait to give it a try.
the top leaves on my fig tree got freezer burn, will it be OK? I just got it last spring. it is about 3 ft tall now.
How do you know if it's a brown turkey fig? Mine was just labeled "fig tree" and has purple figs, they're very good to eat.
I have two trees, one is about 4ft tall, the other is little because Bleu "pruned" it for me. He likes to chew on it, so I had to move it outside the fence.
C, if you're asking me, mine was labeled Celeste when I bought it, but I figured care would be the same. I know Celeste and Brown turkey are supposed to be great for texas. Sorry for highjacking.
The Texas Brown Turkey fruit is about 11/2 inches across the widest part, a mediun to dark brown, and very sweet when ripe.
I love figs, fresh or in jam, or any way you fix them, however the last two years, the squirrells have eaten all of them before they ripen, they just sit there and munch away.
I have threatened to trap them and take them to Veterans Park, but so far I haven't followed through.
Josephine.
Vossner, your fig with freezer burn will most likely be okay. One of my figs had a good eight inches of the branch ends killed a couple of years ago. It looked a little funny the next spring, but went on to produce heavily as usual. I have a Lattarulla variety that I planted about eight years ago. It is now huge and produces so much I don't mind that the birds harvest the top branches. The other tree is a Petite Negra variety - a smaller tree (to eight feet usually - mine is about 12) that also produces abundantly. Both trees had two crops this year. Yuska
Here is a website that has IDs for figs. I don't think I have a brown turkey, maybe a mission fig. It has a neck. I need to print that page out and go look at my figs.
uh oh, forgot the website. I'd be interested in checking it out. About birds, my little tree had a lot of tiny fruit, the size of marbles, but they're gone. I figure kritters helped themselves.
Uh oh, where is my brain today? Here is the link http://home.planters.net/~thegivans/id-dark.html
Thank you for the link, it is very interesting, it is amazing how many kinds there are.
Josephine.
yes, thank you.
I remember going to California and getting fresh figs and I remember they could grow the brown turkey in TN. A lady that came to the garden center had 3 or 4 different figs and she would bring me fruit sometimes, but I had no idea there were lots more varieties. I love fig preserves!
I remember reading that there is a difference between Brown Turkey and Texas Brown Turkey figs with an admonition not to confuse the two. I don't remember the reason why. Does any know the difference? Is the Texas Brown Turkey a healthy tree?
I planted a Petite Negra, an Alamo, a Black Jack (genetic dwarf cutting I brought with me from California), and a Celeste in mid-October. They were just tiny babies when I planted them so I hope they survive this winter. I'm hoping that with that many trees, I'll get to eat a few.
I have another fig that I brought to Texas as a cutting. The fruit turns slightly yellow with amber flesh when ripe. They are very sweet and produce two crops (at least in the Bay Area). The fig was given to me years ago. The person from whom I got it didn't know its name.
My tree is a very healthy one, in the 30 plus years that we I have had it, it never had any desease, except for being killed to the ground by cold weather 2 or three times.
It came back from the roots every time stronger than before, and last fall we removed 4 of it's trunks because it was taking up too much space.
We love fig jam too, it is our favorite.
Josephine.
maybe your extension office knows the diff?