[NAFEX] Ripening figs
Diane Porter
dporter at birdwatching.com
Sun Aug 18 18:34:22 EDT 2002
Hi mIEKAL-
Thank you for replying to my question about the figs. I have read on
the internet about Brown Turkeys ripening in July, so I got kind of
worried about my little green rocks!
You give me hope, though. I've got the trees in the sunniest spot in
the yard, against the southern white wall of the house. It's been
really horribly hot until the last couple of days, and I guess that's
good. I painted the black pots white because they got so hot I
couldn't touch them, and the leaves wilted every day, despite plenty
of water. Since I painted the pots, the leaves don't wilt much any
more. (It took about six coats to do the job.)
But I guess the trees like the sunlight and the heat. I hope they get
enough. My mouth is really watering for those figs!
Diane Porter
At 5:04 PM -0500 8/18/02, mIEKAL aND wrote:
>I usually ripen brown turkey, celeste, alma, petit negri &
>especially hardy chicago of the
>varieties I have in my portable fig orchard. Im maybe 150 miles
>north of you in southwestern
>wisconsin. This time of the year they need the most southern spot
>you can give them & hopefully
>they are pruned in such a way that sun & air can move thru the
>plant. Also Ive had luck once
>frost comes (last week of sept to first week of oct) of picking all
>the fruit & laying them out
>& ripening in the window. They dont have grade A flavor, but at
>least the green fruit doesnt go
>to waste..
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