Here is a handful of LSU Purple I picked this morning. These are better than the first ones I picked that were small, tastless,mushy texture. These are more full size, somewhat sweet & juicy, but still lack flavor. I understand this variant may takes several years to start producing quality figs( it better, I've got three in the ground). Hoping next season, they will be better. What's you're experience been with this one? Any & all comments welcome, as always.  Thanks

 Edit: This plant is in it's second year in ground.

Pictures!!
Are you teasing too. Well, as long as Martin can see the picture then it is fine.

Edit: Now I can see the pictures and the fruit looks yummy. I hope some day my LSU will bear fruit like this or close (though I ma getting impatient with it in its 2.5th year).

HaHaHaHaHaHa!!!!!!!!!! Tim you're a riot. lol
"gene"

Okay the pictures are there. I've figured out what I've been doing wrong. I often forget something in the original post, so I go back & edit the post and that is when the pictures don't show back up even though they show that they are still attatched.

Hey guys , at least it keeps it entertaining!

Tim,

Comedy relief is always a welcome thing!  ;)  And look--You discovered what was amiss and you learned something to be able to tell all of us.

Vivian

Tim they sure are a pretty looking fig I have also read where quality will improve with time. How was the seed crunch?

 Tim, I saw a LSU Purple in South La. that was loaded with beautiful, shinny, wonderful tasting figs. The tree was 4 or 5 years old and about 10' tall. "Water it heavy and don't give up on it" the words a fig expert said to me.
 J.A.

Vivian, thanks for your support. As you know, I'm kind of a joker anyway.

Sal, the seed crunch was nonexistent. Very mush jelly like. The second ones were a little better texture wise, but they have a long way to go.

Joe, thanks for the reminder on patience, I don't always have any, but I'll be a good boy and wait it out, patient or not, lol.

Regarding the LSU varieties--Does LSU have any kind of a cutting distribution program (similar to the one at UC Davis)?

I have grown ten varieties of figs for the past 27 years. I have had the heaviest crops of the best tasting fruit on my LSU Purples. Here at a new location I am fruiting three other varieties and have purchased my new LSU Purple this morning. I waited till the nursery had little trees with fruit on them to purchase my tree due to the misname errors I have seen over the years.

You will find that the LSU Purple will be VERY vigorous in it's second year and prepare to be pruning more than you think you should every year. The fruit when dull black tastes like Fig Jam.I find this to be, in my opinion, the best of the figs I have ever tasted.

Hello To the forum members.
Travis Callahan, Abbeville, LA

Welcome to the forum Travis
I agree LSU Purple just keeps getting better mine is in its trird year and its so much better this year and it grows like a weed.
Nice web page by the way

I have 2 in pots and I am having to water them 3 times a day in this heat, figs are comming along nicely so far.

David   Bowling Green

Those figs look very tasty, YUM YUM

Tim,

I almost cut down my first LSU Purple fig tree because the fruit were so bland tasting.  And mannnnnnn...... that would have been a BIG mistake. LSU Purple figs are excellent tasting. Those are LSU Purple figs that you have there and the flavor WILL improve as your tree matures.

There is little to no seed crunch in an LSU Purple fig. Without a doubt it is one of the better figs to come out of the breeding program.

Dan
Semper Fi-cus

When we lived in Texas I grew a couple LSU Purple trees.  They were very good tasting in just their second year (the year we left) and good producers.

Hi Tim.

I almost dug up our LSU Purple the first several years.

The taste was not good.

DON'T!!!

The flavor will develop in time.  Now the LSU Purple is excellent in flavor, one of our very best, and it gets better every year so far is better than the last.

Be patient my friend, and you will be rewarded, but it will be a while for it to reach full flavor.

Best wishes.

John

Picked my first LSU Purple this morning, picked it maybe a day early, taste was about a 6 out of 10. It is a 2nd year fig tree and the tree grows so full, it will need prunnung but I will need some advice before I start.

David    Bowling Green

how do you prune a fig for size and no one mentions root knot nematodes which "ate up" my Black Jack fig in a year.   I live in Central Florida zone 9b.   Anyone near me growing them so I
could come and taste from an older tree?   I was going to put
my LSU purple in a pot due to nematodes.   I also like David need
advise on pruning just so I can see what I am in for.  My figs are
only 12" tall now so it will be awhile.  Also I don't see much on
dealing with rust.   Would like the most replies to be about LSU purple as that is the only one I intend to grow.   How much do the
roots invade other spaces?   I have a tiny nursery growing dwarf
apples and some grapes and veggies as well as several fruit trees.

Hello Sharon from Space Port USA, I am also in zone 9b just on the other side of the state from you. A search using nematodes or RKN should bring vast information up for you on this site. You could also search the UF IFAS web site. That being said the short answer is yes grow in white pots. It causes a lot less headaches. Do not set the pot right on the ground. I use pavers to set my pots on. It works but it is not fool proof. Critters can dig in the soil then in your pots and transfer nematodes to your pots. On pruning, it kind of goes like the line in Karate Kid, see the tree you want in your mind and prune to make it. Remember the main crop will form on new wood. Again using the search engine on this site with the keyword pruning or pinching should bring back a wealth of information. On rust, I have learned to live with it as the tree get older it has less of an effect. Some might say use oil of neem. However, I used it on one of my slingshot trees once, only spraying half of the tree . It defoliated that half of the tree. The heat we undergo with the humidity we suffer through, the oil of neem just cooked the leaves. Some might say a copper fungicide spray. I just live with the rust. The question concerning roots. This is solved growing in pots. Being a new member it might be in your best interest to start your own topic. Introducing yourself and asking these and any other questions you might have. I have personally found this site to be a great community when it comes to figs and other things. Welcome to the community.