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  • Answered by
    Heather on
    July 1, 2011
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    This is typically a sign the plant is not getting enough water. Being in a container, and a metal one at that, the plant needs to be watered 1-2 times a day in the summer. Increase water to your tree and hyou should see improvement.

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    Heather on
    July 24, 2011
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    This can happen for a number of reasons. Because you are seeing it on two different trees that were producing before you , I am apt to think it may be frost that is causing the problem. Light frost will kill the blossoms but not the leaves. I would keep it covered lightly, at least at night, later into the spring until all danger of frost is gone.

    Also, try giving them a little bone meal. This will give them some phosphorous which will help increase blooming.

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    Nikki on
    August 9, 2011
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    This past winter was an odd and cold one for many parts of the country. While they have reached about the age of maturity for producing, if you had a late cold snap, this would have killed the fruit while it was still small.

    The other possibility is that the plants have too much nitrogen. Have their soil tested. Too much nitrogen or too little phosphorus will cause them not to grow fruit.

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  • Answered by
    Nikki on
    September 14, 2011
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    The older a plant is, the less likely it is to survive a move. With a tree that old, you would really want a professional to move it and even then they would not guarantee that the plant would survive. It may be better to try to get more light to the tree through other means, such as thinning the branches of near by trees a bit. Also, try a little phosphorus fertilizer like bone meal. It may be a lack of phosphorus that is keeping the tree from producing. Pruning at the top of the tree and any branches that are growing up (instead of out) will encourage the tree to grow wider.

    What symptoms is the dwarf fig showing? Is it stunted, not producing, getting yellow leaves? Let us know and we can give further advice.

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  • Answered by
    Heather on
    March 18, 2012
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    There is nothing that can be done for fig mosaic. in most cases, it is recommended that the plant be destroyed and replaced. I am sorry. :(

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  • Answered by
    Nikki on
    May 3, 2012
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    This article will help wtih planting cuttings: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/figs/fig-propagation.htm

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