Planting fig trees - you must pay attention to these points

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• Planting fig trees - you must pay attention to these points
• Which fig varieties are suitable for garden or balcony?
• The optimal location
• The right time of planting
• To multiply a fig tree
• Convert fig trees
• Put a fig tree in the garden
• Which substrate does the fig love?
• Tips

Spring is the best time to plant a fig tree

Planting fig trees - you must pay attention to these points

Even in our latitudes, figs can thrive magnificently and, with good care, produce many juicy-sweet fruits every year. How and where to plant the fig in your home garden or on the balcony is answered by this article.

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Which fig varieties are suitable for garden or balcony?

Fig trees no longer thrive exclusively in the Mediterranean climate. Self-pollinated and winter-hardy figs also bear fruit in our autumn latitudes. When choosing a fig tree for garden or balcony, pay attention to the following points:

The optimal location

Figs are heat loving and need a sunny spot in the garden. The chosen place should also be sheltered from the wind. Figs thrive especially well when planted in front of a heat-retaining wall or in a sheltered courtyard.

Also on the balcony you should choose a sunny and sheltered location for the fig. Windy balconies with little sun are not suitable for figs.

The right time of planting

The best time to put a fig in the garden is spring. The soil should not be frozen anymore. Wait for the time after the Eisheiligen, because then, according to experience, no Nachtfröste be expected. A fig planted in the summer or autumn has too little time to grow enough roots and get used to the environment. Therefore, avoid planting fig trees outdoors at this late date.

To multiply a fig tree

You can multiply figs by cuttings or seeds. The offspring succeeds well and it is well worth trying to make offshoots from a well-behaved fig tree.

Convert fig trees

Mustard must be implemented only if the fig has become too big for the plant container. Both the repotting and the planting of a pot fig in the field should always be done in the spring.

Put a fig tree in the garden

If you have to implement an already rooted fig in your own garden, this should happen in early spring. Important is a pruning of the tree, so that the supply of the plant is secured by the inevitably reduced root mass. If the fig stands on a rather loamy soil, it is easier to move, as it forms a smaller root system in this ground than in a sandy soil.

Which substrate does the fig love?

Fig trees cultivated in pots can be planted in commercially available potting soil or balcony potting soil of good quality. In the garden, the fig loves a permeable and nutrient-rich substrate. A mixture has proved successful, half of which consists of topsoil and sand mixed with fine gravel.

Tips

First cultivate frost-sensitive seedlings in a bucket on the balcony and overwinter the figs in a frost-free room. Since they do not freeze back the plants already carry in the first years.