As my previous post"Two Crops early ripening figs!",show, pixies of my Atreano and Tacoma V,loaded with Breba,while last Winter was cold,with long frost periods,and a low of 10F,I came to the conclusion that this 2 cultivars adapted to cold climate,by not starting the Breba incipient buds in November,as they do in Mediteranean mild climates,but initiating breba buds growth only in March,and so successfully preserving the breba for the season.
This is the only explanation I ,can come with,to explain,how come that the little green incipient buds survived cold ,and came out alive ,while 3 of the main trunks out of 7,on Atreano,died about half way down,from Winter frost.
The Pix of Atreano tree is witness to this situation,and can be seen in the above mentioned post.
I personally checked the 2 trees in January,and did not see any breba fruits buds,with the magnifying glass, (3X magnifying glass,tho).
I am sure Fig tree is the most adaptable plant on the face of the earth,and once it lost the Breba fruits a few years in a row,in the past,it got smart enough to delete the formation of Breba fruits later when temp.,are ,mild enough for breba to survive.
No wonder why so many people get hooked growing fig tree ,because it is an adventure,and one find new interesting things about them all the time.

Wow Vasile , very very interesting. Thanks for sharing so much of your observations and knowledge.

 Plants can change the composition of their membranes. In cold conditions more unsaturated fatty acids are placed in the membrane affecting the  formation of leaf or flower buds as when hotter temperatures are present the ratio of saturated acids increases. This balance of acids is formed as part of cold weather adaption resulting in what I call the timing of leaf emergernce and buds. Fig scion acquired from southern or nothern climates will show the adaption from the parent, taking generally two seasons to migrate over to the local climate.

Interesting. My in-ground lattarula did the same thing this year. It has 7-8 dozen brebas on it right now after losing almost all of the brebas last year which had formed the previous autumn.

VS,
That's pretty interesting. 

My Colisanti dark, Dalmatiae both did the same thing, but the ones in the Garage did not, interesting since it was their first winters in ground here.

WOW,  VERY interesting.  I will be curious watching my own small but growing collection

I'm glad I obtained both of these from Herman they are both growing like weeds and the atreano fig is extremely sweet and has lots of breba's for only being 2 years old.

And there is more to the need of the fig tree to adapt:
Since Breba fruits are the true female flowers of the common fig,the ones that will  eventually become seeds,if pollinated with male polen by the wasp,the mother (female)plant,will do anything to make these flowers grow,in the hope they will be pollinated,and survival will be assured.
That is why it adapts and grow the breba 3 month later than in mild climates.
Of course the mother fig does not know that ,there is no male caprifig nearby,or wasps to complete the cycle.
It is possible that,if it grows for years ,and find out,that the flower are not pollinated not having the pollen then,that is why,the mother plant switches something inside itself,and create apomittic fertilized seeds,(without pollen,or wasp)from the same female flower ,(breba fruits),it protects so much.
That is because Common Ficus Carica,makes mule flowers,as  the main crop,and mule flowers are ,--mule,they are not capable of reproduction,they are only the gift the mother plant,gives the Gardener,for his work and care,as fig tree and Gardener can only prosper if they help each other.
On the other side of the equation,Female breba fruits are the reason,while the mother tree live for!!!.
Best Regards

Another of the many, many, reasons that this forum is essential for all fig growers. 

By careful observation, Vasile and others added to our understanding of this complex fruit tree.  Try finding this kind of information in some Gardening Guides for Fruit Growers, or, Fig Tree Manual.  I doubt you'll find it.

Thanks Vasile/Herman and others for added these comments.


Frank

thanks for sharing this with us.  GREAT information.


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