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nelson20vt

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Here is my father's little Figo Preto plant. It is about 1.5ft tall from the soil line.
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Looks great.

Have a new cutting in 1 gallon growing well but slowly. Fed it triple 20 fertilizer at 1/8 strength and then at 1/4 for the last 8 to 10 weeks.
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This variety must be an early fruiter because I have a plant the same exact size (from cuttings this year), and it has just as many figs on it.
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Nelson,
Is this the same Preto from Sue?

Or is it something like it?
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Nelson do you have black madeira to compare to your preto ?
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nelson - i thought i read on few threads that on small young plants is best to remove the figs....is it not so?
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Rafed, yes this is the Figo Preto from Point Loma. Received cuttings from Sue feb/mar. 2010 I believe. I Know I rooted these when Jasmine was born so 16 monhts ago.

Martin yes I do have a Black Madeira but unfotunately I got no figs this year. Plant is alive thats good enough for now, next season I will kick things up a notch with a fertilizer program.

Eli, dont let the small size full you its 16 months old and my dad does not want trees he wants bushes. So after the first season he pruned it back and then started pinching in early June. His tree is actually ahead of mine. My figs on my plants are half the size. I did not pinch my tree.

Young rooted plants is best to remove most of or all the fruit in its 1st season. Specially in our climate.
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full me it did - thank you

you also grow your plants bush style?  
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Eli, some cuttings just grow into a nice form as it is others look wacky after the first season and need to be trained. If I only had half a dozen or so plants I would shape them into trees as I like that look better.
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Here's my beautiful healthy Preto.Look forward to eating figs off this one also.

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Your Pretos look great gentlemen. Mine is much smaller, only about a foot talland unbranched. I just got it in early spring, late winter, but in spite of it's diminutive size it is producing figs too. I am removing them as they appear of course as it is far too small to support fruit, but it sure is anxious to get started!
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Thanks for posting the photos. I'm really looking forward to mine getting there.
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So I notice that Jon's variety page has 'figo preto' as the page name and link name, but 'fico preto' on the same pages.  Which is correct?
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