The Brown Turkey fig, Ficus carica, produces large, sweet, juicy figs even in British conditions.

Fig Growing Tips

• Grown in a large pot they can get upto 12 feet tall but to encourage fruit prune in autumn and keep to a reasonable size about 5 -6 feet tall.
• Keep  plants well watered particularly when young.
• Grown against a south facing wall the full sun will encourage both fruiting and ripening.
• Expect fruit to ripen in August or  September and pick regularly leaving tiny, embryo fruit towards the ends of the shoots will over-winter and  will ripen the following year.
• Left to grow some Figs varieties can produce very large trees but they are not suitable for the British climate.
• Fig trees do not need a pollinator so one tree should suffice.
• Some winter protection may be needed in very hard frost.
• Constrain the roots to encourage fruit and suppress the desire for the fig to become a large tree.