Just picked these.  Sequoia on the right weighs in a 132 grams (0.29 pounds) and 184-15 came in at 109 grams (0.24 pounds).  Both are sweet and taste very good.  I have other figs on the trees that may be larger.

Harvy looks great

My fat thumb doesn't serve as a very good scale.  The 184-15 is now gone.  The half of the Sequoia shown exposed was must measured as being 2-5/8" in diameter.

Nice!!! 

Your thumb is pretty fat there harvery. I seem to have seen some pics some where of a whole hand of your.

Thanks for posting Sequioa pic's. I hope to get some main crop Sequioa next month.

My sequoia has been a fast grower, Sierra not as vigorous.
D you have any Sierra figs forming as well?

Yes, Dan, I have manly hands, rarely see lotion! ;)

The 184-15 is much longer than it appears in that photo, maybe about 3.5 inches long with stem.

I don't know, would still rather have a 1/4 pounder on a hamburger bun than as a fig. : )

Bass, Sierra is extremely vigorous for me.  I pruned it heavily and it has new growth about 6' long with the new branches about 1.25" in diameter at the base and even 3/4" about 6" from the tip.  But it is not putting on much fruit yet, maybe 5-10 figs on this tree which receives negligible fertilization (on drip connected to chestnut orchard microsprinklers which get injected fertilizer).






Steve, slice these babies up and they would be fine on that bun! :)

HarveyC,

You mentioned inline sprinkler system fertilization!!!  I've been thinking about that for the last few days for my watering system for all the hanging baskets, veggies, containers...   Thanks to you I found a unit that will work perfectly on Amazon and will be finishing that project up next week.  As if my container plants weren't big enough with the absent minded tossing handful of slow release into the pots every now and then.

Hi Meghan, I've used an injector from http://www.mazzei.net/injectors for 14 years for my chestnut orchard.  I will typically apply 125 gallons of fertilizer each month April-July but my figs don't get much of the water being applied (my chestnut trees are much larger and require a lot more water to produce well).  Injection systems are an easy and effective solution.

I don't need anything quite to that scale.  I have set up a system for my yard so I don't have to worry about plants when I go out of town.  Timer at the faucet, 1/2" line routed 150 ft along the back of the house.  Every plant has it's own line with a drip or adjustable micro sprinkler head. 

I just got tired of my plants dying every time I went out of town for a few days so this year I put a stop to that.  And it has worked beautifully!  I found this on Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000XTK92W/ref=pe_385040_30332200_pe_309540_26725410_item  that will connect into my 1/2" line (with a few connectors) and automat the fertilization.

Now I need to hook something like this up for my tree line along the fence....

Those are nice looking figs.

goss

Wow, very nice Harvey!

Thanks, Donna, they are waiting for you! :)

Harvey,

How would you describe the taste of Sequoia in comparison to Sierra?

If you had room for only one of the two, which would you choose?

I have not harvested a Sierra yet and it seems to be slow to produce even though it has grown very vigorously.  Further, Sequoia produces a breba fig (first ones came this year but were of poor quality) while Sierra does not.  I would probably not bother to grow Sierra again.

Harvey,

Nice meaty figs !

Francisco

Fig season ended a few weeks ago for me and we've had some chilly weather for a couple of weeks (ice 3/4" thick yesterday morning).  Most fig leaves have dropped off.  I can't say I'm at all impressed with the quality of the Sierra fruit thus far but am amazed at what a vigorous grower it is.  Looking from the right, Sequoia is the first tree and then there is Sierra.  Many branches grew 8' or more and are very fat branches.



So far, 184-15 is my favorite large fig.  Very productive and tasty figs.  I usually let them get riper than the one in the photo above.  I took a dozen or so of them to Jon's Fig Fiesta in September and I think everyone liked them a lot.  Jon said he has an informal name of something like Strawberry Teardrop.  Mine were probably caprified.  Jon said his don't get as big as the ones I brought but that might be partly due to mine being in the ground also.

Thanks for Posting Harvey.......Will have to buy some figs from you next season.

Armando, I will probably have a lot of figs being produced last year.  Maybe you can pull weeds in exchange for figs. LOL

Thanks, Harvey, for posting the photos.
I agree with you, the 184-15 was my favorite large fig at the Jon's Fig Fest.
If you remember, I got some seeds that day and about 10 from the 184-15 have germinated. They are tiny now, about 1.5" tall and probably will never grow as a 184-15 but your wasps have done a great job!

Harvey, very good barter indeed.........


Ong

Jakarta, indonesia

Igor (Greenfig), that's great.  Will be interesting to see what develops from your seedlings.  I haven't had the patience to try that yet but may discover some sprouting on their own since I dispersed caprifigs amongst my other figs this year.  Good luck!