General Chat

My. nan had a passionflower so I had to have one and it is going great guns. It is right up my front wall and almost covers my front window at the moment which was quite handy in the very hot weather. It is full of fruit which I am considering making something with once they are ripe. Then it can be cut back and we can have a bit of light in again.

Grandad had a fig tree which died when he did so I had to get a fig tree.it was tiny and I kept it in a pot where it did nothing for a couple of years. Since it has been put in the garden where it is doing better, it has some little figs on it.

Now, am I right in thinking that those are the fruits for next year?

No idea!

Thought my mums had fruit every year but I could be wrong, maybe someone might Google it but I kinda think Sharron would have done that already maybe... :-)

The guy who lived across the street from us until he died some years ago planted 2 fig against the south facing wall f his house 30+ years ago.

They are still producing ................. the family pick the figs every year when they are ripe.

Figs are picked every year out here Sharron. There are fig trees everywhere. The fresh figs start in July and finish usually next month.

What fruit you have on your tree can be harvested as soon as they soften. Figs stop ripening as soon as you pick them so make sure they are soft first.

Wasps love them so be careful and cut them open before you eat them - may be different there but there is a wasp that lays eggs in figs out here so we never bite into a whole fig as there could be a wasp grub inside.

In season my OH cuts one up every morning to have with his weetabix. :-D