Had 2 Turkish fig falling sick.
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| Withering Turkish Fig. |
One is withering.
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| Rotting Turkish Fig. |
The other has rot.
Dug up the cutting for inspection.
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| Rotting Turkish Fig. |
The tip, used to be green & growing turns brown & dried.
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| Inspecting the Turkish fig cutting after cleaning. |
There appears to be some section that is still green.
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| Inspecting Turkish fig. |
The cutting measured about 6 cm. Base on my record, this is what I call Istanbul. A friend of mine Edward named it Turkish Vampire.
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| Measuring Turkish Fig. |
The soil in the polybag don't looks too wet, but the last watering was yesterday.
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| Inspecting soil in the poly bag housing the Turkish fig. |
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| Inspecting the soil from the top of the poly bag. |
The soil at the top section of the soil is not wet too.
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| Small root at the internal. |
Further inspection shows a small root at the inside, no roots / roots died off at the outside.
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| Seal up the rotten part. |
I clean up the rotted part and seal them off with tree dressing.
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| Re- potted Turkish Fig Istanbul / Turkish Vampire. |
Had the cutting re planted. Kind of like the name Turkish Vampire.
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| Withering Turkish Fig. |
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| Ants making nest at the rooting section of fig. |
Upon digging up the cutting, noticed a colony of red ants were making home at the section of the fig root.
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| Inspecting the cutting after cleaning. |
Clean off the cutting and identified this cutting is Acropolis from my previous record.
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| Measuring the Turkish Fig Acropolis. |
This cutting measure 7.5 cm.
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| Roots still intact. |
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| No rot at the new growth. |
There are some roots that are still intact and the new growth of green is still good.
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| Replanted both Turkish Vampire & Acropolis. |
Replanted the Acropolis. Shall review them when I go back to the farm 1st May.
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