Fig Tree Fruiting Problems ?

Just got back from visiting my brother in Surrey . He has a two year old Fig tree about 8 feet tall , which only grows very small figs . It is planted in full sheltered sun.
Will a fig tree bear decent sized fruit in our climate ? What can he do to improve its fruiting performance ?

TIA

 

Ha! I actually know the answer to this one ... .... oops, sorry; got a bit over excited there for a moment

Yes, a fig tree can bear decent sized fruit - my neighbour had one and I got to harvest any that hung over my side
To improve fruiting performance, the roots prefer to be restricted - which means they fruit better when potted than planted into the ground and left to their own devices.

Which variety does he have @HarryS?

 

Harry
I have brown turkey figs that took a while to get going approx 4 years. I have done as M says and restricted growth by keeping them in pots.
I feed in spring with a granular all purpose feed and then use tom food to feed throughout summer. Usually get a reasonable crop.
They are grown in a greenhouse. My mum bought hers at the same time and has a much bigger crop she grows them on a south facing wall which she covers with plastic sheeting throughout winter.
Hope this may be of help.

 

Harry I get loads of figs, the blackbirds have a feast, and they are welcome.

They do strange things in out climate though, like forming a generation of fruit that will not make it, these are the ones which form late summer too late to grow big and ripen.

The only generation that makes it are the very tiny ones, almost insignificant, that form just before winter, in spring the larger ones fall of, but the tiny ones go on to form edible fruit.

Brown Turkey is totally hardy around here, even in bad winters, and mine are growing on the allotment which is exposed to some cold east and northerly winds most winters

 

I bought a tree in leaf, and now it has shed it's leaves, it's turned out to be
a bit lop sided.

This winter I am going cut off some branches, which I will then use as cuttings.

Hopefully I will get some new growth around the lower part, which will make for a better shape.

 

One thing I do do, is pinch out all growing shoots at four leaves, in summer, it keeps it compact and forces it to produce fruit rather than growth.

 

@"M" sorry not a clue what variety it is ?
Thanks all for the help and advice , I will pass this on to my brother and hopefully we will be enjoying nice fat juicy figs next year !