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  • From: Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fig flavor
  • Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:25:54 -0400

Has anyone tried reflective surfaces on the ground, or putting pots by south walls, or both, for ripening figs or other heat and sun loving plants in cooler areas?

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada



mIEKAL aND wrote:
This of course makes a huge difference. Here in Zone 4b in SW Wisconsin I'm growing my figs outside in containers with no greenhouse. Last year I barely ripened anything tho I had a good fruit set. This year I'm keeping my fingers crossed. The weather the last 2 weeks is helping a lot. I have a lot of varieties that come awful close to ripening, if only the season was about 2 weeks longer. All my trees come out of the basement first week of May, just beginning to break bud & the season is over here anywhere between Oct 1 - Oct 15.

Also Anton mentioned Atreano which I have a few 2 year olds that are loaded with fruit & looking like a good choice for container culture. We'll see if they ripen here. I'm hoping to get the producing varieties inside a greenhouse next year.

~mIEKAL



On Sep 5, 2009, at 9:58 AM, Lee Reich wrote:
By the way, it would be useful to indicate where you all grow whatever plants you're writing about, and if, as in my case, it's in a greenhouse, pot, etc. I'm in NY's Hudson Valley, Zone 5.




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