where did all my figs go?

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bigpepperplant
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One minute I had about 30 on my little tree, the next most were going brown and shrivelling and falling off. I did get four exquisite ones, though, but wonder where I went wrong with the others.

In the spring I pinched out the growing shoots as the books say and the fruits came thick and fast. I'm wondering if I then didn't feed the tree enough to sustain all the fruits?

I'd blame erratic watering (in my case) but my aunt is having the same problem on her fan-trained tree and says she's been watering regularly. Anyone know where we're going wrong?