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Buttafli1277
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Jennifer
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Fig Trees
Anyone here have a fig tree? If so what kind of figs? I didn't realize there were many different types of figs. Whats' a good one to get?
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BsMomma2014
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nicole
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Re: Fig Trees
My parents have a white fig tree that is probaboy about 25 years old and gets about 10 feet high in the summer: I swear my dad loves that tree more then us sometimes it is totally his baby.
FM me if you have any questions
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| Posted 5/24/11 4:55 AM |
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Deeluvsvinny
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Re: Fig Trees
We have a white one and purple one.
They're both about 30 years old. My grandparents started them and we've kept them (since I now live in their house and they have passed)
they are HUGE and grow more every summer, even though we cut them back. We already have a TON of figs starting..but won't be ready for a few months.
I personally like the white ones better..they're bigger, firmer & sweeter.
The purple ones are good too, smaller and not as sweet, softer.
I love any figs!
FM me any Qs.
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| Posted 5/24/11 8:53 AM |
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babyfever08
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Antonella
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Re: Fig Trees
My parents have fig trees. They are over 30 years old. We have both the white and the purple figs. I like the white ones better because they tend to taste sweeter. The trees take up basically the whole yard.
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| Posted 5/24/11 8:59 AM |
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Cheeks24
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Cheeks
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Re: Fig Trees
We just cut ours down. It was a white fig tree and about 40 years old.
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| Posted 5/24/11 9:39 AM |
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tray831
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His Baby
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Re: Fig Trees
I would love more than anything to have a fig tree but my concern is the animals.
With all the birds, squirrels and chipmunks that wander around......Im afraid as soon as a fruit bud forms......they will eat it....and I will have no figs that will never mature. LOL
Message edited 5/24/2011 10:11:42 AM.
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| Posted 5/24/11 10:11 AM |
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MrsA714
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Re: Fig Trees
We had a purple fig tree but we moved it to my MILs yard since she has much more room than us. She has a ton of fig trees (seriously I don't even know how many) - a good mix of purple and white. All I know is that we have figs coming out of our a$$ by summers end  
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| Posted 5/24/11 11:44 AM |
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Buttafli1277
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Member since 8/05 2638 total posts
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Jennifer
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Re: Fig Trees
Thanks! I don't think I have see white figs only purple and green. I will check it out. How much room is enough room for a fig tree?
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| Posted 5/24/11 9:28 PM |
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Deeluvsvinny
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Re: Fig Trees
Posted by Buttafli1277
Thanks! I don't think I have see white figs only purple and green. I will check it out. How much room is enough room for a fig tree?
white=green. They're called white figs, but they're green on the outside..
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| Posted 5/25/11 8:53 AM |
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Jax430
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Jackie
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Re: Fig Trees
Posted by Deeluvsvinny
Posted by Buttafli1277
Thanks! I don't think I have see white figs only purple and green. I will check it out. How much room is enough room for a fig tree?
white=green. They're called white figs, but they're green on the outside..
I didn't know this! I guess we have a white fig tree too, in that case. It was there when we bought the house, and we get tons of figs in the late summer/early fall. We need to trim it back a bit. We honestly do nothing to take care of it, but we've been told that it does well since it is next to our chimney. When I bring them to work to share, people always say, "Oh, you grow figs?" My response: "No, the figs grow. I have absolutely nothing to do with it!"
Ours isn't as big as what everyone is describing.
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| Posted 5/25/11 10:25 AM |
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Linda1003
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Re: Fig Trees
Posted by Jax430
Posted by Deeluvsvinny
Posted by Buttafli1277
Thanks! I don't think I have see white figs only purple and green. I will check it out. How much room is enough room for a fig tree?
white=green. They're called white figs, but they're green on the outside..
I didn't know this! I guess we have a white fig tree too, in that case. It was there when we bought the house, and we get tons of figs in the late summer/early fall. We need to trim it back a bit. We honestly do nothing to take care of it, but we've been told that it does well since it is next to our chimney. When I bring them to work to share, people always say, "Oh, you grow figs?" My response: "No, the figs grow. I have absolutely nothing to do with it!"
Ours isn't as big as what everyone is describing.
wow ditto to everything... we don't tough it but it is on the side where the chimney is.. weird... did they say why that makes a difference?
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