Last year or year before last when everyone was talking about the tissue culture black ischia, I jumped on the band wagon and bought one for a few bucks. Well here in south La everything is starting to grow. My little TC black ischia is forked at the bottom and the 2 little trunks are about 2' tall. One side is perfect but the other side is a bit deformed.


Has anyone ever seen this or knows what is causing this?

I was told that it is some kind of insect getting into the buds before they open. Were can i get a black ischia fig or tissue calture black ischia. I want one real bad !!! Richie from louisiana zone 8

I don't remember if it was hurts or welling springs but there was some talk about them not being true to the name, I think fmd actually got a green fig from his if I remember correctly. That doesn't mean they are all like that,only time will tell.

Thank you. Richie from louisiana

Hey Richie.my wife bought me one as a gift from Amazon and it was very inexpensive. Very cool little plant that I planted at the wrong spot and almost killed! It lives in a pot again and coming back nicely!

I bought one also from Hurts.....they were calling it a blue ischia..... But I don't believe it.......One of our members did get a fig last year from their blue ischia that was green.....There was quite a few members who purchase this fig......looks like your plant mite have FMV....

Hey Richie I wouldn't bother with it unless you plan on using it for root stock...... It is a good grower for me ......I got mine as a tiny tc that was mybe 2 inches last spring and grew a bunch by the end of the summer.

Looks like FMV.  Feed it.  It'll probably grow out as it gets a little bigger.

Well so much for fmv free tissue culture, lol

anyone notice how q/master and d/hunters leaves look totally differant.
my b/ischia leaves look more like d/hunters.
looks to me more like a nutrient defficiency than fmv.

Here is mine now.it was about a foot tall when I got it and grew quite a lot that first year. No fruit or signs of fmv. Then came winter of 13/14 and polar vortex. Killed it back to the root while in my unheated shed. I took the rootball and planted it but it only grew a limb about a foot long very late last summer. I stuck it back in a pot this past fall and it looks like it survived the winter intact. I will be taking better care of it this year and even if it turns out to be an ischia green I will be happy to keep it. Only time will tell!

Ryan,

A 'Verdal Longue' I am growing in the ground in Texas has the same issue. It has frozen to the ground every year I've had it. The new growth is mostly deformed by FMV. There is one clean limb which will grow more than 5X the other limbs combined.

Hi Quackmaster,
There is a chart on the forum about dirt deficiencies where one of the cases looks like that -Veins darker in the leaf - from memory iron deficiency - don't quote me on that one :) .
It could well be lack of sun . Is that stem heading North and shaded by her sister ?
If so try to gently bend the sister towards the dirt to allow more sun to the odd looking one - "gently" like in try to not break it.
Did you fertilize that tree this year already ? If not, time to do so . At least, it will help the stems grow and reach out for the sun.

I would check as well around for rodents. There could be rodent activity on that side of the tree and the roots got cut, thus leaving that side with less food .
Good luck !

I did fertilize it and it is shaded by the other branch. I put this plant on the edge of my property so it is backed against the forest and the sun comes from the opposite direction in the morning which the other branch would be right in the way.