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1-Dec-2005
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Join Date: Jun-2005
Location: Rahway, NJ
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On a large ficus benjamina, the lowest branch is producing five small fig fruits. Should I remove them?
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1-Dec-2005
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Join Date: May-2005
Location: Daintree Rainforest & Great Barrier Reef
Country: Australia
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Hi Nancy, Wait until the seeds have turned red and go ripe, then remove them and gently sqeeze them into a glass of water.
Be careful as each seed has a small hook and if thats broken will fail to germinate. Allow them to soak for a few days and scoop out all the stuff floating on the top...the seed will remain at the bottom to be gently drained and then layed out on some newspaper to dry... You can plant the seeds when night temps are around 20c and sprinkle the seeds on top of the soil and lightly cover with spaghnum or peat moss... They germinate in light....That's it! Happy Growing tai |
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1-Dec-2005
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bonsaiTALK Journeyman
Join Date: Jun-2005
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Wow, thank you. I actually was not thinking at all about sprouting my own baby ficus, LOL, just was thinking more along the lines of: Do I want the tree's energy to go into seed/flowers/fruit or do I want that energy spent on the trunk/branches/leaves? Is it okay or beneficial to remove the seedpods?
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2-Dec-2005
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If the fruit is already formed then theres no need to remove it. Preventing the seed from forming would have added energy back to the tree, but once formed they take no energy to support (or very little.)
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2-Dec-2005
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Enjoy the few fruits, it won't harm the tree.
The seed will not be fertile so planting them will be a frustration. It is unlikely that your fig seeds will be fertile without a fig wasp colony to fertilize the fruits. Jerry
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2-Dec-2005
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bonsaiTALK Journeyman
Join Date: Jun-2005
Location: Rahway, NJ
Country: United States
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How does this affect....
Do these few tiny fruits/seedpods affect my fertilization schedule? I know that some flowering trees should not be fertilized at that time. Any connection here at all? Thanks. It is time to fertilize later today, if okay.....
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2-Dec-2005
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They will germinate in Taipan's location. I would estimate that he has several thousand F. benjamina within a mile radius, in his locality, that would have wasps fertilising them, as they are native to the area. I would be surprised if there was an active population of fig wasps in Rahway.
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