Common name for *Ficus* a genus of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes, and hemiepiphytes.
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How do I take care of a Port Jackson fig bonsai?
A few years ago (4ish, I think) my girlfriend at the time brought me a small bonsai, a Port Jackson Fig (if I remember right!).
I have managed to keep it going so far. At this point, it is more a ...
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How do I care for a young fig tree?
I received a foot long rooted cutting of a fig tree that is hardy in zones 7-11. I have it in a clay base soil in the ground. It currently has two small leaves. I am completely ignorant of how to care ...
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How do I tell if a Green Fig is ripe?
There is a Kadota (I think) fig tree in our yard - the fruit is massive, slightly squishy, and the holes at the bottom of the figs are starting to open and they're starting to pale.
How do I tell if ...
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None of my fruit/nut trees are flowering
I live in zone 8/9 in northern FL and I have the following fruit/nut trees:
2 Pecans
2 Meyor Lemons
2 Peach trees (uncertain of variety)
1 Black Mission fig
Most of the trees have been planted for ...
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Encouraging fig or similar into canopy: what to do with site of severed limbs?
This is a fig tree which has been pruned with a chainsaw down low and with normal secateurs up high. Down the bottom on the left you can see the nodule where a limb about 13cm (5 inches) in diameter ...
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What is the proper way to prune a Fig Tree?
I have a fig tree that is 5-10 years old. Currently I just remove the dead branches. What is the proper technique for fig pruning?
