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Quote from: ExpertPruning.com on December 29, 2017, 09:04:33 PM.Do you plan on saying thanks to those who have given you advice?I would say something about fig vs loquat but have no idea where the f you are in California which has a million different climates. I see that all people replying to you have their locations listed.
I'm in San Diego, 5 miles inland. I'm in zone 10a
Quote from: ExpertPruning.com on January 02, 2018, 04:25:16 PMI'm in San Diego, 5 miles inland. I'm in zone 10aI would grow fig. You have the dry weather they like and that concentrates their sweetness and flavor.Loquat is also good but only if its a variety with high flesh to seed ratio and is a prime variety in other respects. For loquat I would visit a Chinese or Asian owned nursery. They might have some excellent varieties from Taiwan China etc.
Quote from: zands on January 02, 2018, 07:46:55 PMQuote from: ExpertPruning.com on January 02, 2018, 04:25:16 PMI'm in San Diego, 5 miles inland. I'm in zone 10aI would grow fig. You have the dry weather they like and that concentrates their sweetness and flavor.Loquat is also good but only if its a variety with high flesh to seed ratio and is a prime variety in other respects. For loquat I would visit a Chinese or Asian owned nursery. They might have some excellent varieties from Taiwan China etc.I've heard that fig trees do not fruit as heavily when planted in the ground. Something about their roots being restricted in a pot triggers their fruiting. Is this true? And given that, should that sway me towards loquat?
I have added two LSU gold and two LSU purple this year and trying a method of planting I saw on YouTube planting them in a 5 gal. Bucket with the bottom cut out buried in the soil leaving a 1 inch lip. So far a few fruits but not tasty. Personally I would the figs over loquats any day.
I've heard that fig trees do not fruit as heavily when planted in the ground. Something about their roots being restricted in a pot triggers their fruiting. Is this true? And given that, should that sway me towards loquat?
Going to have to try that fig in a bucket trick when I get back to the world next year. I never thought about it but my ingrounds die off pretty rapidly while my potted does great until its roots go through the bottom of the pot and into the top soil, then I notice a decline. Really weird since my neighbor back in GA lives on a very rich soil island and has a garden most of us would be jealous of and he has a row of in ground figs that are huge and spread out.