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Common Fig Ficus carica

How to sow Common Fig: Cuttings, young tree, or seeds

Sun requirement for Common Fig: Plant in Full Sun

Common Fig has been planted 16 times by Growstuff members.

The fig is a perennial, flowering, deciduous shrub or small tree in the Mulberry (Moraceae) family. Figs are native to the Middle East and western Asia and are grown for their fruit, which are also known as figs, and as an ornamental plant. In the right climate, they can grow as tall as 10 meters, but they can also be grown in containers and brought indoors in the winter in cooler regions. The plant has smooth white bark, deeply lobed fragrant leaves, and multiple, spreading trunks. Flowers are often pollinated by fig wasps, and develop into 3-5cm long fruit with green skin that, depending on the variety, can ripen to a deep purple. Figs need to ripen fully on the tree before harvest. They are ripe when they droop and are soft to the touch. If they ooze a white sap when they are pulled from the tree, they are not ripe. Fig trees have an aggressive root system that searches for groundwater in aquifers, ravines, and cracks in rocks. Once established, they can tolerate seasonal drought and are affected by few pests. Figs are propagated through cuttings or division, and generally produce fruit the year after planting. In warmer climates, they can produce two crops, one in early summer, and the other in fall.

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Predictions

Perennial

living more than two years

Height

800cm

Spread

300cm

Row Spacing

500cm

Companions

elderberry

Photos

Common fig crops

Common fig plantings

'The Orchard'
'The Orchard'
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fig tree
fig tree
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Baby ffig tree
Baby ffig tree
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Fig tree
Fig tree
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20201103_131445
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What people are saying about Common Figs

Orchard

by oakandsage,

Banana s have taken off. Both doing well. They only have about a month before the weather starts getting a bit cold, nights are already getting down to 50F some nights. Will have to think about frost protection soon.

Grapes that survived are doing well. The on…

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New house, new garden

by Skud,

So, I am in my new house in Ballarat (zoom in!), a reasonable sized city of 88,000ish people an hour or so west of Melbourne. The move was gruelling, not least because of the garden, but it's all done now and the keys to the old pl…

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