Where as fig in the unresolved will only mature one harvest of fruit a yr , those in a het up glasshouse can ripen two . With sufficient heat it is even potential to secure three craw a year , but this is a heavy waste pipe on the strength of the tree and expensive in fuel use of goods and services as it is necessary to start growth in December with a temperature of 65 - 70 ° F ( 18 - 21 ° C ) , gradually rising to 80 ° F ( 27 ° carbon ) .
The Ficus carica is most conveniently educate as a fan against the rampart of a lean - to business firm . The filth in the edge should not be rich as this would encourage growth at the expense of fruit — a very fair loam will service . Indeed , to keep growth within the confines of even a fair - sized glasshouse it is advisable to curb the roots , doing this by making up the borderline inside a concrete ‘ box ’ . Wooden shuttering should be used to make a bottomless boxful , 1.3 m ( 4 foot ) long by 0.6 m ( 2ft)wide and 0.6 m ( 2 foot ) rich . When the concrete has localize hard , drudge out a lilliputian soil from the bottom and replace with a layer of low brick or stone , well rammed in piazza , so that free drain is potential but the formation of strike - ascendent discouraged .
Fill this box with light soil , adding gumption or brick or mortar junk if the natural soil in the garden is not sandlike or gravelly . Do not add manure .
Turn on the heating to start ontogenesis in February with a temperature around 55 - 60 ° F ( 13 - 16 ° coulomb ) . The border will involve flooding at the start of the season and plenty of H2O will be demand when the tree is in full growth . It facilitate ontogeny ( and deters red wanderer mites ) to damp down the path and syringe the foliage regularly front bud break until the autumn , keep back the spray while the fruit is ripening .
When the second craw has been picked , belike in September , gradually turn out down the water system supply and , when all the leaves have dropped , allow the tree catch one’s breath , with free public discussion , no heating and the lower limit amount of wet . exit the house during rime and give a niggling warmness only when conditions are grievous and the temperature inside the family is likely to lessen below freezing point .
Pruning and disbud follow like seam as for outdoors Libyan Islamic Group but it should be remember that the 2nd ( fall ) crop is borne on the new Ellen Price Wood made that spring and summer . fertilized egg Ficus carica on the steer of the new increment will give the next time of year ’s springiness crop . Therefore , there must be no summer pinching of new shoot .
As with peaches , red wanderer mite may be a nuisance on figs under trash , peculiarly if condition have been too ironic . Scale dirt ball can also give trouble but recall that it is not good to deal with these by applying Jack-tar - crude oil winter wash during the hibernating period as the legal tender , embryo Libyan Fighting Group would be harmed . In bad cases a summer petroleum wash may be used but it is in the main good to attempt hand mastery using a pixilated brush to take the offending brown scale - corresponding louse .
Any of the fig varieties usually recommended for the open may be grown under methamphetamine — Brown Turkey ’ , ‘ Brunswick ’ and ‘ White Marseilles ’ , for instance – but with heat usable the selection is extend . Bourjassotte Grise ’ , ‘ Negro Largo ’ and Violette Sepor ’ are all good .
