Fig 'Panache Tiger Stripe'

Ficus carica | Common Fig

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Also known as 'Tiger Stripe', Fig 'Panache' produces beautiful yellow and green striped fruits with mouth-watering flesh that ripens to a rich purple-red colour. The Tiger stripe fig can be harvested from late summer after a long, warm ripening period, and eaten straight from the plant or dried for using later on. This self fertile fig tree is perfect for clothing warm sunny walls with an attractive screen of large green leaves. Height: 3m (10'). Spread: 4m (13'). Supplied in a 9cm pot.

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Grow figs as a bush or trained against a warm wall in a sheltered, sunny position on moist, fertile, well drained soil. Figs prefer a soil that is slightly alkaline. Prior to planting fig trees, incorporate plenty of well rotted manure or garden compost into the planting hole. To restrict the vigorous growth of the plant a 60cm (2') square, open bottomed brick or concrete pit can be constructed around the root system. Alternatively plant figs in large patio containers using a well drained compost such as John Innes No.3. When growing fig trees in containers they should be repotted every two years. If figs are to be wall trained, install support wires prior to planting. Caution: irritant to skin and eyes, harmful if eaten.

Water fig trees regularly, particularly during hot dry periods. Figs will not require much feeding except for a mulch of well rotted manure or compost to the base of the plant in spring. In particularly cold areas container grown plants can be moved to a frost free position in winter to protect the developing fruits and fruit bearing shoot tips from frost. Protect the fruits and stems of figs grown outdoors by wrapping them in a layer of straw and hessian in severe weather.

Start pruning fig trees to form a bush in the first spring after planting. Select 8 to 10 well spaced branches on a clear trunk of at least 60cm (24") and shorten them by half to encourage more branching and to establish a framework. Remove the central stem to just above the highest of the selected branches. Remove any crossing, crowded or damaged shoots from between selected branches to create an open bush.

In following years figs require little pruning except to remove any damaged or misplaced shoots and to maintain the open framework. New shoots can be pinch pruned in summer back to 5 or 6 leaves to encourage fruit formation.

When growing figs in the UK climate the fruits will develop in spring and ripen throughout the summer for harvesting in late summer or autumn when soft. A second crop may begin to develop in late summer. Leave these figs intact - any that survive the winter will ripen the following year.

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