and here it is. with some TLC, i hope to keep it alive for years to come.



pete

There ya go and a backup for you can easily be made this season from the new shoot down low if you wish.

Pete,

Congrats! I consider this one the Grand Daddy of all figs.
Hope it does you well.

I agree with Martin,
Once the sucker get another couple inches or more get a coffee cup and poke a hole large enough to where you can stick the sucker right through and fill with potting mix. After a couple months then just clip it off and re-pot it into a larger pot.

Personally, I had trouble trying to root cuttings off this one. Just so you know.

Good luck

Rafed,

I think I'll follow you and Martin's suggestion and air layer that sucker at the bottom. Good idea :)

Pete

Pete,

I want to remind you::::::Patience Little Grasshopper!

Good looking plant, Pete! Congrats on your purchase.

no... didn't purchase this one. it was traded with another generous member of this forum. i haven't seen this for sale in US. i think adriano in canada might sell it.

pete

It was on EBay last Summer. A well known seller had it up for auction.
Surprisingly it didn't bring that much.

I have a feeling this won't be the case the next time around.

i'm sure once the members start getting figs off GN and start posting about it, it will become more popular. i'm very curious as to what it will taste like.

pete

I tasted one last season at Adriano's to me it had a grapelike flavour like when you eat a wine grape or dark grape that flavour you get from the skin that's what was the first thing that came to mind not too sweet dont believe it was fully ripe either it Was ok I would need to eat a few more to make a judgement on this fig. 

my VdB tastes like raspberry.. Paradiso tastes like melon.. and GN might taste like grape.

i want to know if there a fig that taste like black cherry.

pete

Isn't it funny how a fig can taste like so many other things lol.

For a black Cherry tasting fig look up Eve's Black Cherry fig on the forum should have pics.

I prefer that figs just do taste like figs!

Ditto Gorgi

Yup.

two weeks since it came. one of the member asked what the tree looks like. so here is the latest update.

pete

Beautiful fig Pete. I can't wait it looks like my GENOVESE is gonna fruit for me this season.I will share photos of It's fruit when they do.I hear this is the one of the best tasting figs we'll see.Have a great Memorial Day everybody.

thanks robert, do let me know how your GN tastes. i'm very curious about it. i have heard this is one of the best figs out there.

pete

Good looking tree and a variety on my wish list! Don't think I'd perch it on a railing though, too precious to chance a fall!

BLB,

only while i'm taking mug shot of the trees :) it's firmly stuck on concrete most of the time.

pete

Pete,

An alternative to layering the sucker would be to wait until the tree goes dormant, bare-root then clip the sucker at the base.  It will form roots as this season goes on.  Once clipped and potted on its own, it will continue to establish roots over the off season and be ready to grow next spring.

~james

james,

that's another option.. what's the difference between sucker and branch below soil? i can't tell the difference.

i guess depends on how they grow this year i'll do one or the other. that tiny sucker is growing fast, putting out leaves and so on.

thanks,

pete

Nick that sucker with a sharp knife right at the base where it meets with the mother tree or even cut into it a 3rd of the way or so, mound soil up around it at the base and watch it closely. You should have a new start this summer. I did that successfully last summer.

more than likey, i'll dig it out as sucker early next spring.. the branch is too thin to chance nicking it.. hopefully i'll have some cuttings by fall of 2013. i keep cutting my trees and they are more and more looking like european dental work.

pete

Be brave!! LOL I do understand but I promise you that sucker will get big by the end of summer