Have you guys scroll the face book lately? There are so many fig collectors and so many new(to me anyway) ideas that they practice in propagating figs...One f'em was (I think) air-layer style that made my jaw drop...each contained leaves and fruit...

   

See, to me this is an amazing achievement.

Also, I see these wonderful varieties that do so well in tropics...I think they are well ahead of us here in US...seriously.

    Just beautiful...Red Khurtmani Fig.

amazing air layering. 
probably they have alot of people to share these with. 

interesting

wonder of the nature/origin of this red khurtmani/eselyi variety. could be the big red i am growing.

will see next season.

I seen them on Facebook too. Alot of them ate set up outdoors on big cement lots with big square planters lined up neatly. They know what there doing. They have pics of the care they take to insure best resalts. Figs are originally from these countries probably so its in there blood more then ours but we are getting there!!

not true Richard.
most of these guys are new to figs.
they are very in to figging and are spending lots of $$$$$$$$
the only thing they have going for them is that the figs never go dormant...
so they grow them fast and have a huge market for them. if you see the facebook add you
will see that he is selling them (and they are mostly american known figs from this forum) for 
about 35.00 euros or $42.50 U.S. Dollars.

It did look like the,spent lots of money i just figured they been doing it all there lives. I said fig ured

It seems to be a recent fad in Indonesia and Malaysia. Most of the one I chat with a fairly new to fig growing and hungry for info and figs...

I have some good friends in Malaysia that are serious about there figs. Many trees were lost in the tsunami and are now being replaced. Many are collectors and some are resellers of cuttings at local markets.

I like the fact they show off with their setups.
Hopefully ill show of next season with my own fb page

Well its call creaming their local market with many varieties. Good businessman. Fig growing on this scale
is new to Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. I know a few people were disappointed as their figs run into
serious issues with rain -- rupturing, molding, souring and all kinds of bugs due to less than tight/close eye's.

Hmm i think everyone has issues with figs cold hot or rain
The fun part is dealing with these elements.

Hello everyone, Planting figs in Malaysia is relatively quite new to most of us   so to speak. The real craze started about  one year ago and the hobby seems to spread very fast just like a virus lol.. now hardly a year, some of the collectors are known to have accumulated hundred of varieties from all over the world. Yes it's true that cuttings were very expensive then but now the price gradually coming down as more and more people start exchanging
plants and cuttings among fellow figgers.

Thank you AaronUSA for highlighting about fig growing in Malaysia.

Figs of the ficus caricus family are a recent phenomenon in Malaysia. It was about a decade ago (correct me figgers in Malaysia if I am wrong) that interest in grow ini of fig plants began. Thanks to Dato Syed Elias who spearheaded this development. Syed Elias has since developed a large collection of fig varieties from Spain (esp from the collectivity of Monserrat Pons), France, Italy, US and today 5 Jan 2014 added a new collection from Russia.

Fig fever came late to Malaysia. Figgers in Malaysia bought their plants, cutting and air layering from Indonesia and Thailand. However, the more adventrous ones purchased from other countries especially from Europe and the US. Some even purchased from eBay and the prices at eBay became reference points for local sale.

Fortunately for us, the 2004 Tsunami spared us the misery. The areas affected by Tsunami were far away from areas planted with figs. More so, fig growing in Malaysia was just at the early stage.

None of the figs (ficus caricus) varieties are indigenous to this region (Indonesia, Thailand)) except for the ficus auriculata. However, the fruits from this plant are not as sweet as the ficus caricus varieties.

The following facebooks carried a lot of information on fig growing in Malaysia: Fig Malaysia, Fig Culture, Pokok Tin (Fig plants) Malaysia.

The best one I've seen on Facebook is "Fig Malaysia." They seem to have quite a large operation. I've noticed that they strip most of the leaves off the trees. Anyone know why?

https://m.facebook.com/figmalaysia?refsrc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ffigmalaysia

drmsafar,

Welcome...it's a duty of ours to support fellow Figers :)
It's nice to know the figs spread their wing where they have not been before.

Frank, you are right about redirecting the energy to the new growth and fruit ripening.
And Fig Leaf Tea ;)...

Nice VDS there
I tried deleafing completely and I will not do it again.
The fruit doesn't ripen well and I got bad fruit could be sunburnt fruit or could be the leafs cause leafs are needed for ripening too and not only growth.
Maybe I'll try doing it again at end of season, but no more playing with nature.

I got my organza , my pots are cool and irrigation is working .

Good figging is a combat against elements :)

sorry but they are deleafing for  2 reasons.
one is to show a better picture of the fruit for buyers!
and two the airlayer has small root system and will not suport all the leafs and fruit.
( i dont think all the fruit will make it... but it helps to sell)

Thanks elin..and here is the pic of VdS taken a few days before ripen.

 Very nice colour fig. I hope you get enough to eat as it looks very appetizing. Is VdS a new variety. I have VdB.

I think the deleafing is unintentional. It could be a result of pot culture and fertilizing. Fig trees in Indonesia,
Malaysia and Thailand grow year round and very fast as if they are on steroids.

Eli,
When de-leafing, one should always leave top 3-4 leaves of each branch. That way you don't shock the plant.

Malik,
That's one gorgeous fig. I thought it was Violet Dauphin at first...did your tree give a twin fig before you took that picture? Looks like there are two Stalks at the place if fruit, above the leaf.

One young lady who lives an hour northeast of me told me recently that she sent about 2,000 cuttings back to her dad in Thailand last year.  She says they are crazy about figs for sure!