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I just got back from Bill's.. All I can say is what an incredible person. He has Beautiful trees. He also helped me pick out some nice trees.

So I bought a Black Spanish,Melanzana and Fig called King.. I said Desert King and he said no just King.. Does anyone have have any info or pictures of the King?

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This is the only picture I can find. Im sorry, I couldnt help it. The f4f varieties page lists King as Desert King and also White King. Not sure if your King is different than DK though.

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King is same as Desert King. I had one of his melanzanas, it was a breba only fig.
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Thanks guys.

Nice picture ;)
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I was wondering about Melanzana from last summer as none of the figs ripened. @johnnyq627, are the brebas any good? Guess I should find out next year!
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I was wondering about Melanzana from last summer as none of the figs ripened. @johnnyq627, are the brebas any good? Guess I should find out next year!


Tim they were good. I got three the first year and none the second year. I gave my tree to Shailesh, so hopefully he has better luck with it than I did. For me, such a large tree with only a few breba if you're lucky wasn't worth it with so many other varieties out there.
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So after speaking with Bill I picked up a bag of lime.. The problem is I bought the wrong one.. Bill uses the Granular I bought the Pelletized

I guess I'll keep looking.
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That will work just fine!
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Ok I wasn't sure if it would work.. I thought it would break down. to fast. What Ratio to Pro-Mix should I use? Can I also use this to top dress the soil?

I left my notes at Bills :(
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Ok I wasn't sure if it would work.. I thought it would break down. to fast. What Ratio to Pro-Mix should I use? Can I also use this to top dress the soil?

I left my notes at Bills :(


I have yet to find a mix that doesn't work with figs. I tend to use a mix of peat base like pro mix, perlite, shredded pine bark, compost, with a couple of cups of lime and a couple of caps of osmocote. Experiment and have fun!
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Nick, which osmocote do you use? Is it 14-14-14 or 19-6-12?


Whichever I have handy :) I would think in the spring the 14-14-14 would be best as we want strong new growth for our figs to grow on. I bought a bunch on sale at Lowes so that is what I will use. I also water with miracle grow. I will likely switch that to flower booster once I begin pinching, although I honestly dont think it makes much of a difference with figs.
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