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In a recent thread someone said they love figs and passion fruit. Brown Turkey figs? Ours are finally ripe and after I re pot my new plants, mow the front yard, go the assisted living and the Jewel...I am making fig jam! I pray you all enjoy your day! Oh! I forgot, I need to clean the greenhouse window! :)

I am the one that mentioned figs. I don't know much at all about them as I bought the trees for my daughter, tried one and was amazed.. I have four dwarf ones, two 'Petite Negra', 'Violette de Bordeaux' and ‘Little Ruby". I am completely new to growing them and they are small trees. One of the Petite Negra produced fruit this year. Do you need to do anything special to overwinter yours? I put mine under T5HO lights because they are small and still had figs.

I brought in my tub of goldfish for the winter this week. Temperatures have gotten cooler and I didn't want to stress them.

I ordered a guava shrub (had one years ago). My daughter (same one) tried a guava from the store and didn't like it. I know she will like these ones.... I also added two more passionfruits, a 'night blooming jasmine' (had one years ago...didn't take well to being downsized from the thirty-gallon pot) and another dwarf banana. I have no idea where I will put the new plants but, well, I am sure I will figure that out when they come.

Hope everyone else has a great Sunday!

I am the one that mentioned figs. I don't know much at all about them as I bought the trees for my daughter, tried one and was amazed.. I have four dwarf ones, two 'Petite Negra', 'Violette de Bordeaux' and ‘Little Ruby". I am completely new to growing them and they are small trees. One of the Petite Negra produced fruit this year. Do you need to do anything special to overwinter yours? I put mine under T5HO lights because they are small and still had figs.

I brought in my tub of goldfish for the winter this week. Temperatures have gotten cooler and I didn't want to stress them.

I ordered a guava shrub (had one years ago). My daughter (same one) tried a guava from the store and didn't like it. I know she will like these ones.... I also added two more passionfruits, a 'night blooming jasmine' (had one years ago...didn't take well to being downsized from the thirty-gallon pot) and another dwarf banana. I have no idea where I will put the new plants but, well, I am sure I will figure that out when they come.

Hope everyone else has a great Sunday!

I've been away for the weekened. We've visited a city a hundred kms away from home. I was there a few years ago but could visit a few places where I have never been before, almost all of them with military importance (since 12xx up to 18xx's).
Since this city is near the border with Spain, I also went there shopping and have lunch.
Now, I'm doing my supper and then I'll think about taking a rest from the journey.

"I am completely new to growing them and they are small trees."
Ours are Brown Turkey. They are hardy here and planted in our massive garden. We picked quite a few this year but, they were very late and still coming. They are huge shrubs and would never fit in a house. They die back to the ground each year and then get 8 ' high.

The dwarf varieties I bought should stay around two or three feet in height which is perfect for me. :)

Figs are mostly winter-deciduous even in a warm climate. Outdoor trees here drop all their leaves, even in parts of the valley that get no frost. I don't think it's helpful to try and keep them in leaf and growing over the winter.

Many people in cold winter climates put them someplace near a window in an unheated room that won't get down to freezing. They need just enough water during the winter to keep from getting completely dry.

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