Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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January 10, 2016 | #16 | |
Tomatovillian™
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Actually, fig trees are very possible in our locale IF you know how to appropriately manipulate the growing conditions and are willing to put in the effort. My dad in Metro West has four or five he's been successfully overwintering for decades. Check out this place located not too far from us -- http://www.figtrees.net |
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January 10, 2016 | #17 | |
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Also I am curious as to how much light does it take to make that long day. Could I not put a flood light on mine and you cover yours up? Another thing that has caught my attention. If the onion goes dormant and comes back to life it thinks it is in it's second year and goes to seed. Why then do they sell dormant onion bulbs. Every one I have ever seen planted goes to seed the first year. What you want to have is an onion as big as it can get the first year before it goes dormant. This is where I dont understand why the short day onions are going to seed the first year like they say they do in a long day zone. Worth |
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January 10, 2016 | #18 |
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F'sDaughter, I remember reading about this in a previous post you made, most interesting. It appears most of this is container growing, brought inside for the winter. Or smaller trees where one can cover/insulate them.
Here I was referring to folks who, thinking fig is a "fruit" tree, would plant it in the ground like they would an apple tree and forget about it... then be disappointed come spring. But yes I agree, with special/extra care and limitations, it could be done. Does your dad grow in-ground or in pots? I knew an old Greek fellow who grew a big fig plant, in a large pot on casters. He had a sky-lit family room opening through sliding patio doors to an outside deck. In the fall he simply wheeled his tree inside. Both DW and I are mediterraneans who grew up eating figs, and making jam in the fall. My family had a few very large trees (both black and white) on a land we owned when I grew up. We used to climb them in the summer, sit in a crotch, and gorge on ripe fruit. Thanks for bringing up sweet memories. |
January 10, 2016 | #19 | |
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January 10, 2016 | #20 |
Tomatovillian™
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Dad has two in pots and at least two or three in ground. The pots go into the basement. The in ground trees used to get buried, but now he either wraps and digs out the root ball enough to lay them down, or just wraps and leaves them upright. I don't think he's ever lost one.
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January 11, 2016 | #21 |
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There are different kinds of fig tree. And it is very easy to propagate by rooting cuttings.
I new an Italian man in CT who had a fig tree, overwintered for many winters but he had a technique to lower the branches and wrap them with burlap and other insulation. Gardeneer |
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