{"id":70288,"date":"2017-10-28T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/alys-fowler-its-time-to-prepare-fig-trees-for-winter-and-for-next-years-crop-too\/"},"modified":"2017-10-28T17:02:51","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T10:02:51","slug":"alys-fowler-its-time-to-prepare-fig-trees-for-winter-and-for-next-years-crop-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/alys-fowler-its-time-to-prepare-fig-trees-for-winter-and-for-next-years-crop-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Alys Fowler: it\u2019s time to prepare fig trees for winter (and for next year\u2019s crop, too)"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPull off the remaining fruit now, so you get the same again next yearSince the light started to slant and summer slumber, I have been able to pick fat, juicy figs almost every day. But now the leaves are beginning to turn a buttery yellow, I must put my thoughts towards pulling off the remaining figs so I get the same again next year.At this time, most fig trees will have two types of fruit: the tiny, pea-sized embryonic figs that sit in the leaf axis, and larger, harder green fruit. In the balmy Mediterranean, you get two picking seasons \u2013 early summer and late \u2013 but with our damp, slow summers, only the embryonic ones tend to ripen. The larger ones will never do anything other than stay rock hard and sup up some of the plant\u2019s energy. So, if you have any hard large figs (a couple of centimetres in diameter) still left on the plant, pick them off now, but leave the embryonic ones undamaged. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Alys Fowler: it\u2019s time to prepare fig trees for winter (and for next year\u2019s crop, too)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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