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Originally Posted by MuddyBuckets
I planted what was labeled a Brown Turkey Fig three years ago, have pruned it back some each winter and it grows into an enormous bush by late summer...but no figs, not a single bud that even looks like a fig! Any ideas on why it is not producing fruit? The plant appears healthy, green large leaves and grows like crazy. There are no other fig trees around it so it is isolated.
Crepe Myrtles (large) in the same bed are growing well but not blooming like they did several years ago. Could this be a soil/nutrient issue of some sort? I am in zone 7b.
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I think some varieties only produce fruit on wood grown the year before. Maybe what you prune off is what would have produced fruit? Brown turkey fig is not a variety that needs pollination to produce fruit. Vigorous leafy growth with no fruit makes me think maybe you have too much nitrogen in your soil? Do you fertilize the tree?