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BronxFigs

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I like your style.  Maximum yield, for minimum work. 

I ain't no wet-nurse.  Sick trees quickly become history.  For me, I just won't take the chance, or waste valuable growing space with under-performing fig trees. 

My goal is eating, not collecting.  I'm actually glad that in my area, growing clean trees is a possibility.


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Hi Jon,

I have a black mission that I grew from a cutting from an old tree in Buena Park, the tree is absolutely beautiful large and lush with full coverage of leaves, the problem is that I have yet to get a good fig off of it, there are hundred of fruit on it, and then just turn brownish and soft and are dry inside. So just wondering if you have any thought on it?

Thanks, jeffrey
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Never saw a Black Mission that wasn't infected. But many are 20-40' tall, grow like weeds, and fruit like crazy. Their leaves do show a lot of splotchiness.


My Black Mission fig tree was well over 30 feet tall when I had to hire someone to cut it back. It shows no signs of MFV -- but of course that does not mean it's not there. It's about 16 years old and produces two enormous crops every year, without fail (breba in April; main crop in late August). I have given away a lot of cuttings and I have air layered it mercilessly and it is quite forgiving.

As for the alleged BM in the initial post, I have never seen that many lobes and thumbs on the Black Mission leaves around here. I have a multitude of volunteer caprifigs here and there on the land and they have leaf structures that look like the IP photo.
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