Oh Fig!

Oh Fig! was Originally Posted on January 30, 2012 by lavarock

I forgot to mention that yesterday, as I was walking past the Brown Turkey fig tree, I spotted a big, almost ripe fig. This was the biggest one yet and finding it 2 days before it was ripe was a plus. The problem with figs here is that you must cover the trees to keep birds away. The birds eat the figs the day before they are ripe enough to pick, so fining a fig 2 days early was great!.

The Brown Turkey figs appear to be sweeter then the White Kadotas so far, but the WK have not really produced much yet so I will hold off final judgement.

I am still getting lots of Meyer Lemons (the improved variety) and dancy Tangerines. I have 3 Ruby Star Grapefruits that are reasonably large but not yet ripe. I also am seeing some Calamansi (Calamondin) Limes starting to fruit. So far I only harvested 1 and that was a season ago.

The Curry Leaf has berries but I have no idea what to do with them because I think the leaves are what people use. I have to do more research.

The cacau has pretty well died off and I will not replant them. They need shade and water that they don’t get there. Even so, a bit of bitter chocolate would be nice to have as a conversation piece.

The Miracle Berry bushes are still tiny yet still are able to produce a few berries every few months.

A couple of the Monoa Sweet Acerola trees have produced enough berries that I will probably plant lots more. I really like the taste.

I have had a few of the other tangerine trees bear fruit but not much.

You have to remember that these fruit trees were planted 15 months ago and I think to get fruit this early is amazing. They need to get on a fertilizer schedule and mulched. I just have to get time.

I have someone going to look at my pump and see if they can fix it for me. I have been using catchement water without much pressure to irrigate and need more forceful flow for the 1st zone of coffee. Luckily the coffee has been in a couple years and well-enough established that I don’t have to worry too much if it would just rain.

NOW I am off to the coffee field as I mentioned in the other posting today.