The Brown Turkey fig tree (Ficus carica "Brown Turkey") is a popular fruit tree prized for its sweet, mild figs and adaptability to West Texas. Native to the Mediterranean, this variety thrives in ...

The mature size of the Brown Turkey fig is between 10-25 feet tall, but container-grown figs tend to stay much smaller. Still, you can expect your tree to get up to 8 feet tall and almost as wide ...

Brown Turkey figs typically produce two crops each year. The first crop is called the breba crop and develops on last year’s growth and ripens in early summer, around June or July. The main crop ...

Q: My 6-year-old ‘Brown Turkey' fig tree looks great, but has only a few tiny green figs that look like they are not going to ripen. — E.P., Missouri City A: This problem can be caused when a ...

The brown turkey fig ( Ficus carica) is the hardiest of figs and a fun addition to an Ohio garden. Its leaves are 5 to 8 inches long, deeply lobed and a frosted bright green. Like other members of ...

I mentioned Brown Turkey fig trees, or Ficus carica, have 850 members in the family. This year I have seen fig fruit growing on fig trees inside Brad 's hot houses, which means there are different ...

Rather than growing into their potential 10- to 30-foot tree form as they do in the southern parts of this country, in more northern climes figs grow as bushes. Most years mine has died back to ...

My neighbor used to have seven Asian persimmon trees planted in his front yard. Come fall, he would be out harvesting the sweet orange fruits. A friend from church had a huge brown turkey fig tree ...

Fig trees/shrubs prefer sandy-loam soils with a pH of 6.0 to 6.5. Fluctuating winter temperatures is a major problem for fig trees in Rowan County.