Quality isn't as good as summer but still very welcome on a 19F morning.


Clockwise from three Bronze Paradiso of varying ripeness, Kadota, 2 Sultane, 2 Beall.

I admire not only your grower skills, but also your willpower to take some nice pictures before you ate those tempting figs!

Which of those was tastiest to your palate?  Any of them rate as highly for you as your Strawberry Verte?

Greenfin:

These are all new plants started at varying times from cuttings last winter. So I didn't get any fruit from Bronze Paradiso when it was hot. But I do like that fig for a combination of fruit size and taste. I did have Jon's Paradiso earlier and it tastes very much like SV. I think BP will prove to be a keeper.

Beall and Kadota did ripen figs during summer heat. Both have good size and are sweet but just average flavor to my taste.

Sultane wasn't quit as good as St Rita or RDB in summer. It's a very pretty fig when the skin cracks but may not end up being a keeper.

Thanks for the insight.  I agree that Sultane is a very pretty fig, bummer that it was a step down from St. Rita and RdB in terms of taste.  Hopefully it'll make significant strides next year and earn its keep.

can u show a pic of the tree sorry its so cold there

Bronze Paradiso on left Panevino Dark on right. No ripe fruit from later yet.

thyre loaded with figs how do you get them to grow that many

Great job Steve!
What temperature do you run your greenhouse at?

Figs180 only thing I do is shoot for moderate vigor. Not too much water or fertilizer. Under those conditions many varieties set a fig at every node as long as they keep growing.

Pino above is my sunroom. I'm shooting for 90F/32C by day and move to house that drops to 10-15C at night. Greenhouse is now set for chilling of other fruits so that's 5-12C. In summer 32-34C by day and we run 18-20C at night. Greenhouse has 270 days with highs above 20C, mostly 30-34C.

ok thank you ill remenber to do that next year with my 1st year cuttings next year

Steve,
I've moved all my trees inside (or rather two f4f members came over and did it for me), and I already miss fresh figs. Your photos make me really want to go back in time a couple of months.

These pretzels are making me thirsty!

Picked a Peter's Honey today, still a couple more outside that are ripening.  It's been getting down into the mid-40s at night, maybe mid-60s days.  I didn't think I'd see another until next year.