So far, this looks like a good fig year. I counted forming figs on Lattarula and stopped at 50 figs. There must be at least 30 on Desert King, and at least "several" in Brunswick (a special treat) and even Petite Aubique (heavenly but a poor producer). I think buds are forming for a fall crop on Celeste and Louisiana Tiger. The fig trees that bear summer crop have branches drooping to the ground. The wood is willowy, new growth and figs are heavy. That would be great, except it places the ripening figs at salad bar height for deer.
I tie the branches upright, using the trunk or other branches for support. I was cleaning the garden shed and found more yellow jacket traps, so cleaned those and added new bait.
For fig trees that make a fall crop, removing the tips from vigorous new growth stimulates new figs to form. It's simple. The growth tips are brittle. I just bend them and they snap off. Before.
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