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Marseilles VS question

7 years ago

I'm about to repot my Marseilles VS into a large pot. It is already putting out fruit, which is still very tiny. Should I remove the fruit before transplanting? It seems to want to fruit in late spring here, but the temps are already up to 90 during the day. I want it to grow so it can have a good fall crop.

Comments (3)

  • 7 years ago

    The stress or shock of repotting it may cause the plant to drop the fruit anyway. It could also lose a few leaves in the process. If those tiny figs drop off it may or may not replace them in time to ripen a fall crop. There are lots of variables in play. You have a warm zone working in your favor, but its really anyone's guess. Hope it works out.

  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    DG, I usually prioritize the first (Breba) crop as when the summer rains kick in and the rust fungus explodes, the fruit will be much lower quality as much of the tree's foliage will come down. Our area (North Central FLA) weather can be problematic in getting and sustaining a good crop in fall due to the rust fungus. My trees are looking awesome now (loaded with little figs) and am keeping my fingers crossed for a delayed summer rain start. Lots of figs on my trees already approaching midsize. I am leaving all figs on my little plants (3 gallon plants and up), unless they are a just rooted cutting in a 1 gallon pot. When re-potting I usually pull the plant with roots undisturbed and bump it up to next size.

    1 Gallon to 3, 3 gallon to 7, 7 gallon to 15. All of the trees bumped up have some fruits on them. .. This spring I have already bumped up a few from 7 to 15 and many from 3 to 7. I have not seen any plant stress as long as the roots are not disturbed nor seen any shock on plants upgraded.


  • 7 years ago

    Ben, I have my Marseilles VS in a 7-gallon pot now, because it had to be sized up, and I didn't have time to clean up and prepare the large terracotta pot I wanted to put it in. It seems to be doing well, holding onto the fruit, which I've decided to let stay for now. My "Settler's Fig" (Celeste most likely) is putting out a lot of new growth since I put it up into a 10-gallon pot. It had lost some small limbs this winter, but it has lots of new branches and a new trunk coming up from the base, so I'm hoping for the best.


    Yes, the rust is a problem. I'll probably try to be proactive with some fungicide. This is the first year I'll get a crop, because I've been concentrating on letting them grow. I'm excited to see how many figs I'll get.

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