Most of my plants are a little ahead of last spring which was not a good one for me.
The tiny leaves are starting to emerge slowly with some breba at the bud tips that were not cut for scion but these usually drop eventually.

The Bad

Several plants do not look so good some have buds just turning green, some have tiny buds still brown. These are
Ronde de Bodreaux and Ischia Black and 1 of the 2 Santa Cruz Darks are the slowest , Ronde shows damaged limbs and crispy brown dried up buds same with 1 of the Santa Cruz Darks.  Ischia Black a very small plant is not showing me anything yet but  plants are still alive just way way behind the others.

The Good
Plant im most impressed with so far out of the new ones is Dark Portuguese after observing its growth habit last season its first full season and the amount of figs it grew on plant that almost ripened  and no damage coming out of dormancy as i was almost certain it would have some the way it grew last season just really fast.

Dark Portuguese reminds me of my Hardy Chicago and EL.Sals when young although Hc and El Sals i remember had minor damage first season of winter storage.
 Although its going into 2nd full season i would bet  that this type will produce well and be just as hardy as hc and sals growing in a container and stored in garage for winter, its just something i can feel , time will tell this season and i will be showing pictures of this particular one as it grows.
 I grew  Dark Portuguese for a small boy across the street last season and told him to put in his attached garage and have been telling him when to take out and bring back in garage this spring and it is about 6 to 8 inches tall stick,  no horizontal branches with nice green buds on it , he is happy and i said it will grow well this year and has been transplanted into a 1 gallon pot.

The others im not listing cause i dont want to bore are doing well also im happy to say.
Weather will be nice but plants will have to be put back in garage in another night or so as nightly temps will be back into the mid 30s again.
Best Health



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Hi Martin,

It looks like my figs all survived their first winter in the garage too. My problem is the rookie mistake I made of not labeling them well and have lost track of the 6 varieties. I guess it will be fun trying to identify them by their leaves and fruit later in the year.



Cheers

Hi Shenval,
 i looked at your profile and for some reason you look familar.
I also was in transprtation (rail).
Anyways did you ever post pictures before showing your plants perhaps you can refer back to them if so figure out there names in those different pots by reading what you mentioned about them .
If not did keep records of the types you bought and perhaps post them one day as plants grow by members viewing your list maybe they can identify some for you , just a thought.

Martin,

I did post some pictures of my very first fig started from a cutting over a year ago. It was a LSU Gold from Dan. Unfortunately, I managed to kill that particular plant, but the others survived. The other 5 varieties I also started from cuttings from UC Davis. They are Celeste, Mary Lane, Osborne Prolific, Kadota, and VdB. I'm able to identify a few either from labels of memory, but I've lost track of the others.

The good news is that once you get fruit, (and even before for a few of your varieties), it will be easy to tell them apart.  Just post some pictures and I am sure we can help you figure which is which.