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Posted Reply with quote  #51 

I think I'm going to airlayer that brach shooting off to the side (1st pic), too.
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Posted Reply with quote  #52 
Update.... this thing is STILL going.  Pic taken today after up-potting again.

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Posted Reply with quote  #53 
Still one of my best and easiest to root.

Looks great!
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Posted Reply with quote  #54 
What a beauty that little tree is.  Is that the Gino's tree?  Not quite sure I understood what it is.

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Posted Reply with quote  #55 

Here is a pic of my Gino from last year.  Truly one of the best black figs around.

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Posted Reply with quote  #56 
Very nice tree Jason, that thing is heading up. Dennis thanks for the added pictures, now I see what I have to look forward to. Mines is a newly started tree this year.
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Posted Reply with quote  #57 
Viv, it is an unknown called "Gino's black". Grows like crazy!! Supposed to have superb figs and be very cold hardy. Maybe I will get figs next year....
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Posted Reply with quote  #58 
Nice tree Jason.

Dennis, after looking a those figs, it will be nice when mine grows up. Will you please post a picture of one that you have cut?
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Posted Reply with quote  #59 
Thanks, Jason.  I'm looking forward to tasting my Gino's fig, but it's still a baby.  I hope it also might "like" the heat because we sure have it here.

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I thought this was pretty cool.  I found another picture of this Gino, so you can watch it over a period of 16 months - notice the "thumb" stump of the cutting clearly in the first and last photos.  That stump is also seen in the 2nd and 3rd pictures if you look closely:

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Posted Reply with quote  #61 
Dennis ,I agree with you:
This is the most dependable black fig I know,with taste and flavor comparable with other excellent tasting figs,but much more dependable in producing fruits in most climates.
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These are bad pictures - I had to pick my only fruit that will mature full size from this tree because ants were devastating it.  The trunk is about 2" thick now.  There are a lot of pea-sized fruit still on it, some turning color.  This one didn't taste that great - needed about 3-4 more days minimum to finish ripening.  Ah well.  Maybe next year.

 

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Posted Reply with quote  #63 
Looks great Jason
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Posted Reply with quote  #64 
Jason posting a bad picture of a dark fig to boot ?
Thats like me posting a good picture of a white fig !
 Wait is there such a thing as a white fig ?

Sorry could not help myself.
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Posted Reply with quote  #65 

JH Adriatic!  Good white fig.  If you want some cuttings this season, give me a holler in a couple months.
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Posted Reply with quote  #66 
 No thanks Jason.
Too many so called "good " dark figs that i'm starting to thin out no need to start on that other color type you mention..
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But I'm a fellow dark fig junkie that hates white figs!
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