Quickest way to fruiting fig trees from a cutting
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Figgin' A
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Exactly what do you find so funny and not serious about my young trees?
Photos of branches from two different four year old trees grown from cuttings from same parent tree, 7 feet apart, same soil, same soil amendmdnts.
The first photo is of a branch from the first tree which was NOT cut in early spring.
The second photo is of a branch from the second tree from which about 18" was cut off in March.
There is also another branch on the tree in the photo WITH the fruit from which about 18" was cut off in March. And that branch looks exactly like the branch in the photo showing no figs.
Also, in the 3rd year after taking the cuttings to grow these same trees (last year), only one fig was produced. Now, there are more than 70 figs, and all are on branches of the same tree, the one from which only one branch was trimmed in early Spring, AND, the only branch on that tree NOT producing figs is the branch that was trimmed.
When considering the above, it seems that the fruiting pattern I am experiencing has less to do with soil and site conditions and more to do with maturity and hormonal characteristics of the variety of fig I am growing and the region in which they are growing.
These trees are being grown for subsistsnce, not for hobby. So it is important to know whether I am experiencing something typical of figs in general.
The only way to rule out that what I am experiencing is not typical of figs in general is to know whether or not other growers in zone 8A are harvesting 40 plus figs from a fig tree within 36 months of placing a cutting into rooting medium.
So, that I can abandon growing the cultivar I am growing or recognize that it takes more than 36 months to produce a substantial crop of figs starting with cuttings, please let me know if any of you are routinely harvesting 40 plus figs from a tree in zone 8A or cooler zone, within 36 months of placing the cutting into rooting medium.
Thank you!
The first photo is of a branch from the first tree which was NOT cut in early spring.
The second photo is of a branch from the second tree from which about 18" was cut off in March.
There is also another branch on the tree in the photo WITH the fruit from which about 18" was cut off in March. And that branch looks exactly like the branch in the photo showing no figs.
Also, in the 3rd year after taking the cuttings to grow these same trees (last year), only one fig was produced. Now, there are more than 70 figs, and all are on branches of the same tree, the one from which only one branch was trimmed in early Spring, AND, the only branch on that tree NOT producing figs is the branch that was trimmed.
When considering the above, it seems that the fruiting pattern I am experiencing has less to do with soil and site conditions and more to do with maturity and hormonal characteristics of the variety of fig I am growing and the region in which they are growing.
These trees are being grown for subsistsnce, not for hobby. So it is important to know whether I am experiencing something typical of figs in general.
The only way to rule out that what I am experiencing is not typical of figs in general is to know whether or not other growers in zone 8A are harvesting 40 plus figs from a fig tree within 36 months of placing a cutting into rooting medium.
So, that I can abandon growing the cultivar I am growing or recognize that it takes more than 36 months to produce a substantial crop of figs starting with cuttings, please let me know if any of you are routinely harvesting 40 plus figs from a tree in zone 8A or cooler zone, within 36 months of placing the cutting into rooting medium.
Thank you!
