Brown Turkey fig

[Maggiethecat]

Has anyone’s done well in a pot and where did you source it?

Nursery near me has run out.

In our last house we grew one in a large planter against a S/W wall. They like their roots restricted. It did well, but the one we’ve planted in the current garden West facing is doing better.

I got one from Roots plants - it arrived very healthy looking, beautiful leaves last year but I’ve only had it a year and although it did fruit I’ve not had any ripen yet.

Ive become a bit obsessed about getting one!

will check out that site @SBAM

if you’re obsessive about getting a fig tree, The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak. All my book group bought one after reading it!

I got one today from Morrisons for £4.29.

@SBAM I've just ordered a Brown Turkey Fig and a Profusion Improved' Crabapple Tree (Malus moerlandsii) from Roots - I've been thinking about a fig for a couple of years. My sister lives in France and she has always recommended "Rouge de Bordeaux" over Brown Turkey but she's 7 degrees closer to the equator than I am and I the climate is nowhere near as good as hers in general so I've gone with the usual BT recommended by every man and his dog for the UK. I have a spare 60L I can use (when it needs it) - my cordon conference pear snapped off from the rootstock in the very high winds a couple of weeks ago - it did this as few years ago but amazingly I managed to use silver/linen 2" wide waterproof tape to bandage it back together and it carried on as though nothing had happened. Frankly it's never been that spectacular a producer so I've not bothered repairing this time. I have successfully managed many damaged branches back on to trees - the damn pigeons do most of the damage to young tree branches in my garden.

The fig will arrive in a pot which means I can move it around the garden to catch the sun but I may plant it out in a few years. I've seen people use concrete slabs to make a pit to restrict the roots so I'd probably try that.

Brown Turkey is a lovely fig, deep reddish purple when you cut it open, very attractive, and with a rich flavour. It makes the round dark blue ones you can buy in supermarkets taste insipid. Don’t feel you’re being constrained by the climate into accepting second best!

Came across one in Homebase today.

Only about 20cm tall but glad that I’ve got one!

@Beebumble2 - that sounds a good summer read!!

I think my brown turkey may have died in the winter this year - last winter I remembered to wrap it up but this year I forgot, so all the fruit fell off before Xmas and now there's no sign of life at all. I'm in East Anglian so cold ...

I’d give it time, mine in a sheltered spot is only just showing signs of life.