Hello,
I just joined the forum. I am Alexandra from central Texas. I grow a lot of fruit trees in my garden and looking for figs as my more cold hardy barrier to protect my more cold sensitive plants.
This year I got to try my first fresh fig from my LSU purple tree and was hooked. Looking forward to learn more about all the great varieties there are and want to collect them all :P

Howdy and welcome from a fellow Texan!

Welcome to the forum. 

Welcome texas_girl!

Welcome to the forum, another texan here!

Welcome!  Wait till you taste others that are 10 times sweeter than LSU Purple!  There are some varieties that you have to hold on to the fence when you eat them!  They are that good!

Welcome!

Welcome!

...and if you dont have a fence you better get one cuz it's serious when it comes to figs :-D

"looking for figs as my more cold hardy barrier to protect my more cold sensitive plants"

Figs will not protect your other trees and they drop their leaves during the winter. If you're looking for a wind barrier you might want to consider an evergreen one made of Italian Cypress as an example .

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome to the forum.  Our Texas delegation continues to grow.

@Sas
I know Figs loose the leaves in the winter. But since I am creating a food forest on my property I mix all the plants with each other. So they still provide kinda of protection.


Thanks for all the welcoming.
Where are all the Texas folks located?

Welcome from Canyon Lake. The fig world is a great place to play.

Oh well that seems to be a bit different. I have my brown Turkey Fig tree now for like 3 years and never protected it. It haven`t died back, just went dormant. But for some reason is not doing so well. I assume to much water, cause I planted strawberries around it and watered each day.
Well I will see how it looks next year.
I just mulch my trees just real heavily with dead wood, woodchips and yard clippings. Works great.
How cold does it get normally in Bonham?

That is cold

Welcome to the forum!

I'm in the space between 2 tiny towns most people have never heard of, about halfway between Austin and Ft Hood. Our coldest temp so far was a drop to 18F for a night last winter.

Normally it doesn't get below about 25, but hey. Texas weather. You could be in shorts and flip flops for new years day, then bundled up in sweaters for Easter. I think we get about 4 weeks of winter, but they only show up a few days at a time. Winter exercise if hauling your post of tender perennials in and out of the house 2 or 4 times a week as the weather keeps changing.

Hi texas_girl,
Welcome to the forum!
Start thinking on the bushes you have that can get out... so that you have more space for more fig trees.
The "problem" with fig trees is that you buy one tree and have 10 from that same strain 5 years later. All you need is more land to plant them in :)
You need at least two more fig trees (from different strains) : one with dark fruits and one with light colored fruits :)
And try not to hit the 50 head count too soon ... That is the challenge ...
Did you already try to root cuttings ?

I have 1.5 Acre that should be enough.When not we need to buy the neighbor house lol.
I already started to get ride of some of the bushes. It is always a argument with my Hubby, cause he don`t like that when I do that. But I can use the native bushes until my plants are big enough and then they need to go.
Yes I tried it once before. Made a cut from my brown Turkey tree. I just sticked it in the dirt. I think it rooted before I forgot to water it. That was like last year ago, since then my thumb turned much greener.

Welcome to the forum!

Hey there Alexandra, Welcome to our little World! Please enjoy the Forum! If you have any questions please feel free to ask! ; )

Frank from Bama

Welcome!  Cutting season is upon us and you'll have 157 varieties before you know it.