So any reports? Did the figs drop?

I got an El Molino in a trade. I root pruned it a month ago or so. Leaves got burnt and it's growing new ones, but the fruit is still on the tree. 

I have one too, it dropped it's first fruit, but before it was where a wasp could pollinate, so it tells me nothing. It is a super strong grower with thick wood, impressive! Just wondering if we could confirm it's common or not. Mine has new figs, I'll report at the end of the season.

Any updates on the Raspberry El Molino if it is a common one or needs the wasp? On the other forum someone said it does need caprification. Can anyone growing it in the non wasp regions confirm the type?
Mine had only one fig this year and it dropped but it is a two year old and was just put in the ground the start of summer. It does grow very fast and quite robust!

Mine has fruit this year.  We have no wasps here.  Just starting to color up.  If fruit does not drop in next week or two, I may be able to shed some light on what it is.

Sounds good Mariana, will be looking forward to your update. How old is your tree and is it in the ground? Thanks for the post!

My tree is 3 years old and still potted. Has wintered over outside under a pile of straw and leaves for the past two winters. Like to wait till scaffold has some diameter to it before putting them in ground where I really cannot protect them. We can have anything from a zone 6 to a zone 8 type winter as we are at the foot of the mountains. Once stems are over an inch in diameter they seem to hold up pretty well at least for the average winter. Should go in ground this year in late winter when the worst of the cold is over.

I have Molino but I just sold my last start of it. I don't think I'll have cuttings but I'll check.
I will have limited cuttings of KB.
Mine came directly from the source tree ( in Gene Hosey's front yard-been there 2x to get cuttings) so demand is high as a lot of folks like to make sure they have the right tree. My poor KB looked like a stick this spring as I took so many orders for it so, again, cuttings will be very limited.
thx,
mgg

Hopefully the first pictures of my El Molino have loaded successfully. Picked and ate my first El Molino today.  Not totally ripe but it was me or the squirrels and I aimed to make sure I got at least one before they discovered some of the trees in the nursery had figs on them.

First figs were about the size of a Celeste and although the center was hollow, the fig was syrupy and quite tasty. Not quite sure how to describe the flavor. Not berry like an RDB, maybe a bit melony but definitely not watery or insipid. Pretty sure it will become more distinctive as the tree matures.  Even at this stage, I know its a keeper.  Its texture was the biggest surprise like a well aged bourbon....smooth as silk. Seeds were not noticeable.

Fig is somewhat stripy with a blue haze over a purple background and appears to be closed eye. Did not post a picture of the entire plant but its a spreading plant with lots of branches.  Each of the branches has figs on them.  So far as I know, I have only dropped 2 figs.  One I am pretty sure was due to insufficient watering during a dry spell the other one was just a few days ago after a T-Storm that littered my yard with broken branches.  Fig was within a day of being ripe when it dropped. Fig neck seems to soften as much as the fig itself which may be why a lot of people have dropping figs. May be one of those figs you do not let hang that extra day. the haze over the outside while it ripens sort of makes it look sort of uninspiring and like it has a long ways to go to ripen even when it is ripe based on the touch test. The taste definitely makes up for it being sort of an ugly duckling in the dark fig world.

Nice presentation and congratulations Mariana! Photographs look good too! You gave a good answer to a huge question mark on the El Molino and its dropsy's. Thanks for letting the fig fans know your results! Keep us updated on your tree.