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Welcome to the forum, Nina.


Thank you! Happy to be here. :-)
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Originally Posted by FrozenJoe
Welcome Nina.


Thank you Joe! :-)
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Originally Posted by ThaiFig
Hi Nina,

Great to see another tropical fig grower posting on this forum!  

Figs are getting more and more popular here in Thailand (and grow really well, at least this time of year  - the dry season).  But if we grow them outdoors here, I've been told the birds will eat them all unless we cover the figs individually with small bags made of tulle netting, or cover the whole bush with bird net.  


Hi! Thanks!

It's not that popular here in the Philippines yet. Been seeing a lot of fig growers from Malaysia at facebook. I am just a newbie. I just have a few small plants which are a few months old. Trying to get other varieties right now and expand my budding collection.

What varieties do you grow? :-)

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Most of the fig growers here post in the Thai language on Facebook, I get my wife to translate as she's Thai and has her own collection of Figs. I have only been growing mine myself for the past few weeks. I have Japanese BTM6, Masui Dauphine, "Australian" (Flanders?), Brown Turkey, Black Jack, White Genoa, Black Genoa, Peter's Honey and Violette de Bordeaux. But they are all just very small plants started from air layers. So far all but one of the air layers I potted have successfully taken to their new home, one however didn't and had to be discarded.


Hi. Sorry, missed a sentence or two on my post. I have seen some Thai growers, but seem to see more from Malaysia at Facebook.

Is Japan BTM6 the main fig variety they grow in Japan?

How much are fig cuttings in Thailand, on the average?

Which one is your favorite when it comes to taste?

Sorry for the numerous questions. :-)
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The most common Japanese fig I believe is Masui Dauphine. BTM6 is just the first variety that made it from Japan to Thailand many years ago. I have been told it's a version of Brown Turkey, but larger and sweeter. I can't say as my plants are too young.

My favorite? I don't know, ask me again in a few more months when I have had a chance to taste more figs. So far a few of the figs I've had tasted strongly of peach and/or apricots for the first second or two. Those are the ones that convinced me I should grow my own figs.

Cuttings in Thailand are generally about $10 U.S., though common varieties may be half that.But mostly people here buy air layered plants if the variety is grown locally. The price is the same but the risk of failure much lower.

Ask away I'm happy to try to answer based on my limited experience so far.


Thanks for bearing with me. :-)
It is cheaper here. But variety is severely limited. Maybe one or two kinds. Some are unknown. :-) I asked about Japan coz I have a friend from there, who is bringing home some cuttings. Am wondering what varieties are available there. Its hard to look at Japanese website coz mostly, its not in English. :-)
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I don't speak Japanese either, but I found an article about Japanese figs in Thai:)


Lucky you! :-)
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