[Ag-eq] Fig and sundry report

[Jewel]

New Zealand doesn't have squirrels but the introduced  Australian Ring-Tailed Possum, now a very 
significant pest, certainly would enjoy a nice, juicy fig, and the same can be said for birds.who 
can strip a tree of anything that the possums have left, or it could be the reverse:  the birds busy 
stripping between sun up and down, and the possums between down and up, so what chance does the 
human fig lover  have?  bugger all I would guess!            Jewel

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From: "Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 12:32 AM
To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Fig and sundry report

Hi Jewel.
I don't think it's too unusual for a fig to just relax a bit and then get
big.  I've missed a few, thinking they weren't doing anything, and then
suddenly they got ripe, and then they were gone.  Squirrels, probably,
though I guess some birds eat figs, too.
Tracy


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Subject: [Ag-eq] Fig and sundry report

Firstly, the fig.  The bush, for I will not give it the title of *tree yet:
has, apparently,
forgotten its child, because in the fortnight or so, since I carried out my
last inspection, said
child has shown no sign of further development, but its parent has done a
good deal of growing.  I
reached down into its protection barrel and my hand encountered leaves:
nice healthy-looking ones
much further up in the barrel than they had been.
The Honey locusts have sustained some slight damage from the sheep but not
too serious I think.  The
H L that had had it tippy tippy top bitten off is recovering.  When I looked
at it yesterday, the
damaged portion has one little leaf growing, where, two weeks ago, there was
just a sharp point!

          Jewel


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