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Is the jury still out on Blue Ischia?

Here is the Blue Ischia that was offered on ebay.  It has it's first shiny leaf on it and recovered from a partial stay in the cold greenhouse before I brought it inside.  I'm just wondering if anyone has ID'd it yet?


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Funny you should mention this variety again Tom , I just bought one from Hirt's on Amazon. I figured it was worth a try for that price. They sent a healthy albeit small plant . 
How old is yours now? Wonder who else tried one ?

I Planted mine in ground last November(bought it in July) and protected it from frost ,best I could.
It is alive tho the little stem,(just,like yours),Died close to ground but it has 4 buds growing at base now which mean it will start 4 Branches,this Summer.
Looking at your Pix,my opinion,is the leaves,are similar to UCD Ischia Black so there is hope ,no doubt.
I am not implying it is made from wood from UCD,because it is not.
Positivelly is not infected with the FMV,the other have.

I bought mine last year and kept it for part of the winter in the lean-to and then brought it inside the house.  I bounced back in the lean-to environment.  I don't think it looks like Ischia Black yet.  I have Ischia Black from Encanto Farms and UCD.  My understanding though is that it might look different for awhile because it was started from tissue culture.  Is this correct?

Absolutelly,It is known to have leaves in juvenile stage for a longer period of time.
My hope is that one of these will produce at least a couple of ripe fruits to look at,and make a better informed ID.
Even so I see on your tree,the leaves look like My Ischia Black from UCD,when I started them,in the first Summer,so,yes they look like Leaves of juvenile Ischia Black.

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Here's my Blue Ischia that I acquired from Hirt's in December 2012...
Hoping for a ripe fig at the end of the season.

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I purchased my "Blue Ischia" from Hirt's about two months ago...they sent me two trees in the same pot, so I separated them and placed each one in a 1gal. trade pot...they are small, but healthy and doing just fine...I have them both outside in full sunlight, and they seem to be very happy...as I look at the pictures posted by Tom and Frank of their 2012 trees, the leaves look exactly like mine, except that my leaves are a year smaller...I don't know what 'kind of tree' they are either, but I sent $6 and change to Hirts for 1 tree, and they sent me two trees, so thats about $3 per tree...can't go wrong.

That was a cool thrifty deal Vince .

I bought mine from Hirts back in November 2012. I sure hope someone can ID it soon.









Wow Henry, you've got that thing growing like crazy. Congrats!
I couldn't stand it....I bought one from Hirts today on Amazon.

Henry...what are you feeding that tree, "Wheaties" ??....that is one nice looking tree...good luck.

I'll have to take a closer look at mine because I just thought it was bush type growth with two stems.  Maybe there are two separate plants there.

Per this link, "Blue" and "Black" Ischias are the same:
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/fig.html

Tom (tmc2009)...actually, after separating the tangled bunch of stems and leaves, the two trees each had three main stems, which will eventually become the three main trunks of the trees....also, when I seperated the two trees, I was expecting to find traditional roots at the bottom...what I did find was two gauze sacks(each about the size of a large pecan nut, out of which came the three stems)...I'm still not sure what that was all about...maybe that's how they produce fig trees from tissue culture material??

My Blue Ischia from Hirts arrived today. Here are the pics right out of the box. Looks like I got 2 as well.

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Looking good Tami...best of luck.

I also got mine today. Could not stand the thought it may be what they say it is. Also got two in one pot. Tissue culture for sure. One already has about six suckers. Tissue culture figs will give many suckers and need pruning often and early. No FMV as viruses are not normally transmitted through tissure culture. Received several tissue culture plants last summer and they went from 3" to 3' before going dormant. May not be Black or Blue Ischia but cheap and healthy for sure. Just checked Amazon and Hirts Gardens and they are no longer available. Guess there must be others who visit here making orders. They had 14 left when I ordered a few days ago.

They had something like 76 on ebay awhile ago and I also bought mine on Amazon. Ebay is gone as well. I bet we have a ton of Blue Ischia closet buyers!!! Come on guys fess up :)

I took mine apart and potted them into 1 gallons. I didn't see any suckers yet but that's not to say they're not there. Eyes just aren't what they used to be.

Ok, I am a guilty one who ordered from Amazon :)
It arrived today, in a nice condition. 2 plants in a pot, one single stem and one with 3 stems. Nice roots! I repotted them right away.
Not sure how sun friendly they are, it looks they did grow up under some artificial lights.
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Looks very healthy like the rest of our do. I can't wait to see if they are the real thing.

They do look like they've been indoors, I am keeping mine under the oak tree for now and little by little I will move them into the sun.

This is a riot ! I bet they are Noss . I've been so busy , that I hadn't noticed that there's  more than one that small pot also. I'll repot this weekend .
It will be really interesting to see exactly what we all have .

oh GOD why did I just read this!? Now I want one.

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oh GOD why did I just read this!? Now I want one.

LOL!! I was looking for one too!

LOL that's why you have to browse the forum every day....by fall we should all have cuttings.

Yeap! No problem sharing cuttings if they grow nicely.

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