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simbamara

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« on: October 18, 2013, 12:22 »
I read in the Telegraph gardening section:
In the autumn,remove unripe figs BUT LEAVE EMBRYONIC FRUITLETS.How to distinguish between the two?Just size?
I have plenty of unripe figs on my tree,some quite small.Even when I removed bigger unripe figs,there was a milky flow where I detached from the plant .
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Re: Growing Figs
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2013, 13:47 »
Embryonic fruitlets are no larger than a match head, whereas the unripe fruits are much larger and green


They are easily snapped off, and white sap oozes out for a minute or two normally, so don't worry.

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Re: Growing Figs
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2013, 15:06 »
I generally remove anything over pea size but last year left much larger (20mm) which suprisingly survived the ice and snow and developed this year. :)
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« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2013, 16:31 »
I find if you leave them they drop off when it gets cold.
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