I could give a fig!

[purpletigron]

N has sent me a baby fig tree!

It comes with a closely typed page of instructions. I'm not very good at following such detailed instructions :-)

Has anyone reading successfully had a bush-trained fig (Brown Turkey variety) fruit in a city in the South of England? How did you manage it?

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[maureenkspeller.livejournal.com]

I have a fig tree, it's fruited, and I've eaten the ripe fruit.

Managing it? Mostly, I've left it to its own devices then hacked it back irresponsibly, but I have figured out now that it helps to keep it regularly pruned back, in thirds, so there is always a mix of new/old growth, because it seems to fruit on last year's wood.

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

Splendid!