🌳 Fig tree
Ficus carica
In cool climates, figs are planted in spring, against a south wall if possible. Common varieties fruit in August-October; pruning is just a clean-up in March.
The calendar at a glance
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planting | ||||||||||||
| Pruning | ||||||||||||
| Harvest |
When to plant fig trees?
Plant fig trees in March and April.
When to prune fig trees?
Prune fig trees in March.
When to harvest fig trees?
Harvest fig trees from August to October.
The tips that matter
- Choose a self-fertile, cold-tolerant variety ('Brown Turkey', 'Ronde de Bordeaux'): others will give nothing.
- A fig is ripe when it droops on its neck and weeps a drop at the eye — picked firm, it will never ripen.
- Young figs freeze below about -12 °C: mulch the base and fleece them the first years.
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