Why fruitless fig?

hallo,
this fig is almost 10 years old but as yet has hardly produced a single fig -- this year it has one solitary baby fig on it but it looks as it is about to drop off -- fed up with this thing, if nothing next year, i shall say good bye....
its in a warm climate 30 deg summers, gets sun, sandy soil but i feed it and give it copious amounts of water and cover it up for winter --- last year i cut it back thinking new, young stems will produce fruit but i was wrong --- it is a bushy thing with about 5 main stems coming up from the soil.

any ideas?

cheers, karaman

 

Hi, where are you?
What variety is it?
They will not produce figs on new young wood, in my experience.
They usually fruit on wood at least one year old, and from very small embrio fruits that form the year before, anything bigger falls off the following spring.

I'm talking about in the UK climate, in warmer parts you might get two crops a year.

 

Looked back and noticed you are in Hungary. How cold are your winters?

Here they don't get copious amounts of water or fed and are certainly not covered up in the winter when they lose their leaves and rest.

 

hallo pete and victoria ----- yes am in hungary, winters can be hard to -15 but that hasnt happened for a few years now, usually down to about -5 for a week or two and some snow ---- so thats where i went wrong: i thought the new shoots bring the fruit so i deliberately cut them back, what a wallette! so i will save myself some work and leave her well alone, no snipping and no covering.

thanks for your help, appreciated, karaman