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SOIL AND POTTIING Adriano’s preferred soil consists of one- third peat- based pot ting mix, one third composted manure, and one -third com post, with some added perlitedolomitic limestone, and vermiculite.Repot every three to five years, drilling extra drainage holes along the bottomcouple of inches of the pot. WATERING AND FEEDING During the summer, potted figs require lots of water, but when dormant or growing slowly,over watering is the most common cause for failure. If water doesn’t soak into a root-bound pot, insert a large nail into the soil, then fill the resulting hole with sand, providing a channel for water to enter the soil. For feeding, Adriano uses rabbit manure tea and fruit or tomato fer tilizer.
TRAINING Train side shoots to grow horizontally, which encourages fruit formation. RIPENING AND HARVEST Embryonic figs are formed in late summer and carried through winter on dormant branches as bumps. These swell in spring with warm temperatures. Be careful of frost, which can damage the little figs once they begin to grow. Remove all but the closest leaf below the bottom fig to direct energy towards the fruitIn September, remove fruits that are too small to ripen, redi recting energy to those that will. Harvest when soft and the skin shows the impression of your fingerprint. Figs wilt at the neck and droop under their own weight. Splits and cracks often appear when ripe. Picked too early, they bleed a milky- white sap. OVERWINTERING Pick off any fruit remaining after leaves drop in the fall. They will not ripen. A |
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