Q: The leaves on my fig tree are covered in brown spots and some are falling off. What can I do? A: The most likely culprit of these symptoms is a common fungal disease called Fig Rust, caused by the ...
Don't wait any longer on these critical care tasks or your fig harvests will suffer.
With April ending, experts say it’s the last chance for crucial fig tree maintenance to ensure a healthy growing season. Key spring tasks include dormant pruning, fertilizing as new growth starts, and ...
Q. Last year my fig tree produced an abundant crop, my largest ever. This year the figs developed about halfway, then went dormant. Not one fig ripened, and then this past week they all dropped. The ...
Hot buttered biscuits and homemade fig preserves. Need I say more? Figs are one of the most widely planted home fruit trees in Louisiana. They thrive with little effort and produce crops of juicy, ...
The fig, Ficus carica, is native to Asia Minor and is thought to be one of the earliest fruit trees cultivated by humans. It belongs to a group of plants that have milky sap, or latex, and includes ...
Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The common fig (Ficus carica) is a small tree native to southwest Asia but ...
Figs are one of the most widely planted fruit trees in home landscapes in Louisiana. They thrive in the New Orleans area and are remarkably easy to take care of. With little effort, they will produce ...