Fig Tree - 'Brown Turkey' Fig Tree for Container Growing [TE007]
This is an old time favorite in the southeast for fresh eating and canning whole.Brown Turkey fig is hardy in zones 8-10 but with winter protection it can be grown as far north as zone 5. When fully dormant, fig trees can tolerate temperatures as low as 10 to 15F. Even if frozen, figs often will resprout from the roots and produce a crop the following summer.The medium sized, bell shaped fruits are purplish-brown with light pink flesh. This small productive tree will produce delicious sweet figs in summer and usually a secondary crop in early Fall, which makes it a good choice for those who want to container-grow on their patio or have limited yard space.Figs grow nicely and will bear fruit when grown in containers. This is convenient for two reasons: cold climate growers can move their figs indoors in winter and the plants can be removed from the patio when the fruit begins to (over)ripen.For those of you enamored of home fruit production, figs will delight you with two crops of fruit per year. The first crop is small (referred to as the breba crop) and arrives in late spring or early summer. Later, your main harvest ripens in early fall and is considerably larger.The fruit is medium to large in size, and sports a reddish-brown skin tinted with a deep purple hue. The meat of the fruit is a deep pinkish-red and of excellent quality when it comes to the various fig varietals.Hint: Never pick your figs green, and always let them ripen fully on the tree before picking for the sweetest and richest flavor.Our sale trees are actively growing in 3-inch pots and are 3-4 inches tall. Larry's Orchids & Tropicals, Inc. Toll Free: 855-262-4442. On Jan-29-13 at 09:58:42 PST, sell...