How Many Years Before a Fig Tree Bears Fruit? A Detailed Explanation of the Fruiting Timeline

Fig trees grown from cuttings generally bear fruit in the same year they are planted, while seedling trees generally need more than 3 years of growth before they bear fruit. After that, they bear fruit twice every year, though the yield is very small in the first three years and only increases gradually later on. Generally, a first-year plant can yield 250-500 kg per mu, a 2-year-old plant can yield 1000 kg per mu, and a 3-year-old plant can yield 1500 kg per mu.

Key Points of High-Yield Fig Planting and Management Techniques:

Point One: Fertilizer and Water Management

The base fertilizer for figs is generally applied together with the winter plowing around the leaf-fall period, and topdressing is applied when the new shoots are growing and the receptacle fruits are swelling. It is best not to apply it all at once but in stages. During the flowering stage, young fruit stage, and swelling stage, spray Huaguo Zhuangdiling once in each stage to regulate the internal nutrition of the fruit. This can avoid poor development and flower and fruit drop caused by insufficient nutrition, and has a clear effect on preserving the flowers and fruits of figs.

Point Two: Training and Pruning

Fig plants should not be too tall, and the tree form is mainly a stub type. In the first year of planting, the plant should be kept at about 20 cm, in order to promote branch growth at the base. Then select 5 branches from the branches as main branches to begin training, and train the branches separately in the directions of side branches and fruiting branches. Pruning is mainly winter pruning, supplemented by summer pruning. The purpose of summer pruning is mainly to preserve flowers and fruits and improve yield and quality, while winter pruning is mainly for the plant's sprouting and nutrient accumulation in the second year.

Point Three: Harvesting and Storage

The ripening time of figs is relatively long compared with other fruits. Figs are harvested in batches, and the fruits begin to gradually ripen in summer. A ripe fig has a small hole on it, and the net-like pattern on the skin can be counted clearly with the naked eye. When there is market demand, they can be harvested early. Harvesting should be done in dry weather, and to avoid damaging the branches, the movements during harvest should not be too rough. Because ripe figs rot and spoil very easily, storage must keep a low temperature of zero degrees and a relative humidity above 80%.

Point Four: Disease Control

Figs are affected by many diseases and pests, such as the diseases anthracnose and angular leaf spot, and pests such as the yellow slug moth and scarab beetles. These diseases are all caused by inadequate orchard management; most pathogens and insect eggs overwinter attached to the soil and diseased plant debris. After temperatures rise in spring, the pathogens and insect eggs begin to breed and multiply, parasitizing the tree and causing damage and disease. The orchard must be disinfected regularly, diseased plant debris must be cleaned up in a centralized way, and after harvesting the soil should be cultivated and disinfected to reduce sources of disease.

The above is the Tuliuwang editor's introduction to how many years it takes for figs to bear fruit and to high-yield planting and management techniques. We hope it is helpful to everyone.