Hi, don't give up on your fig twig just yet. I live in the Canary Islands and had the same problem.. just a single twig that would not seem to grow at all. Then, one day, I bumped into an old lady who had lived on the islands all her life and has the most beautiful garden filled with big healthy trees. She told me that it took 7 years for an old stem to settle ... she actually said ( in Canarian Spanish ) "That the fig needs to decide if it wants to live with you and wants to share its fruits with you". She was right.. almost to the day.. in the 7th spring of me owning the twig.. it started to grow and is now a huge, healthy tree that bears more fruit than we know what to do with. Maybe there is something in old wives tales after all!
Hi, don't give up on your fig twig just yet. I live in the Canary Islands and had the same problem.. just a single twig that would not seem to grow at all. Then, one day, I bumped into an old lady who had lived on the islands all her life and has the most beautiful garden filled with big healthy trees. She told me that it took 7 years for an old stem to settle ... she actually said ( in Canarian Spanish ) "That the fig needs to decide if it wants to live with you and wants to share its fruits with you". She was right.. almost to the day.. in the 7th spring of me owning the twig.. it started to grow and is now a huge, healthy tree that bears more fruit than we know what to do with. Maybe there is something in old wives tales after all!