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Sopa e Vinho - an old large Common fig
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lampo: Thank you all for commenting this 'Sopa e Vinho' jdsfrance , Ripens around the last week of August in this climate. Colors will not change much...
Valenciana
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lampo: This is a very nice fig. It must be a Common... Understand practically all figs in Spain are Persistent varieties as they discontinued cultivation...
Sicilian Fig Varieties & Cuttings
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Figgyme: These figs are from Enna, Sicily. My friend cut it sending to me. Due to very hot climate in summer, 34-38 C. can stimulate fruit's ripening...
Root Pruning
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rafaelissimmo: February Fred
Taste Report: VdB, Panache, Strawberry Verte
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deerhunter16b: Very cute
My Dominick
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nycfig: Wow! Nice plate of figs, Coop. We're about a day out from 2 more ripe ones. Thanks for posting the pics.
Removing figlets on young Desert King
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Brooklynmatty: Thanks guys. Gary, I didn't think about trying to slow down growth for winter - that's a great point. I did read wood will harden with figs on it as...
Hurricane danny alert for southern gulf coast
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HooRay: Can't be worst than Katrina since everything here on the Mississippi gulf coast was lost to high winds, tornadoes, and a huge tidal surge. Hope it...
Hadoulis F kos
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Frankallen: For sure, it's not a "Stella" leaves are too fat!
Valley's Gold - PBS program on California Fig Production
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Shawn: This was a really interesting program. Thanks for sharing it!
Kathleen's Black
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snaglpus: In my climate, no matter how much winter protection I give my KB, she still dies to the ground and comes back. And the same goes for Beall and Black...
2015 Breba/fiorone log
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pino: Thanks John. Sergio and Rafael! Most of these figs are young and were rooted 2013/14 winter so they benefited from getting to sleep last winter in...
Picture - Salem Dark 17th Sept 2014
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FiggyFrank: 100% agree, Igor.
Potting mediums-what's your favorite/which works best?
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bullet08: to 1 gal, i keep same mix as in cup. 50/50 perlite/seedling soil from MG. when i move out of 1 gal, i use 5:1:1 soil conditioner/perlite/s. peat...
Supposed to be Badalhouce
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lampo: Gary, Badalhouce is an old Portuguese word rooted in the Iberian Arabic of the Middle Ages, apparently the name of the Spanish border town where...
Smyrna vs Common Figs for Fresh Eating
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FinleyFigs: As far as the dried fruit is concerned, it seems that the smyrna type varieties taste better (probably sweeter?) and have a corner on that market,...
is this a regular celeste ?
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Frankallen: Looks like a small Celeste to me also! : )
My first Florea w/pic
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jdsfrance: hi kubota1, Ain't florea supposed to be the same as Brunswick ? If so, I would rather say that the big figs are florea and the small fig is a mount...
Beautiful unknown black fig
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elin: BTW i found the same looking fig in this great blog and there it is called matitiahu, same red leaf stalk and same looking fig. ...
Now, the heavy weights - Bêbera Branca
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Jsacadura: Thanks, Francisco. I've been feeding her some liquid fertilizer (very diluted), with chelated micronutrients in it, including iron, and its roots...
New fig advice
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chucklikestofish: Hello! I am a total fig novice and planted my first onelast year. This desert king was a 3 ft twig last September and has grown like crazy. It is...
manure tea help.
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jdsfrance: Hi Brianm, Time to pot up, in my opinion. I would pot up to 1 gallon pots. IMO, those need space to expand their roots.
Verte or Strawberry verte breba?
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pino: This last fig turned out to be the last breba of the season. I had to pick a little early due to pending storm. Still not sure whether it is a...
Crushed by USPS
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kvkm: I've had pretty good results with plants that are sent in shipping tubes. I don't know if it is the odd shape of the tube that doesn't lend...
Old Brooklyn Italian 2015
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pino: Nice plate of figs Ed they look delicious! It is amazing to me how many mt etna type variants are out there.

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