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My fig garden

I've been lurking around the forum for about a year without posting anything really.
Now I've decided give a photo tour to my fig garden (If I suppose pots of plants can form garden)
I'm living in Malaysia so the weather is vastly different from most of the members here
As it is always hot and humid, and during rainy season it can be a disaster to those figs.

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First, this is my 2 year old BTM6 (brown turkey modified 6) and it seems to be quite different from the original BT.
It produces about 48 fruits combined in 2 consecutive crops (the 2 crops are only 1 month apart)
Over half of the fruit is lost due to rot and sour.
Surprisingly none of the fruit has splitting issue, since it had that issue last year.
Fruit is good if super ripe, very sweet and jammy.

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This is my almost 1 year old Purple Jordan.
I tried my best to find its common name but I just can't.
One special thing about this variety is it is very tall (6 feet) and it has huge leaf bigger than my face.
It has some serious issue with splitting, you can just see that fig is smiling at you like a flower

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This is SRH (super red hybrid) which is another variety I fail to find its common name.
It is about 4 months old.

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RDB ( 4 months old)

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Negronne (or some say it is the same as VDB), 2 months old.
One notable thing is, it is the one that grows fastest by far.
It seems to enjoy the weather here a lot.
You can also see it is putting out some fruit (about 1 month ago)

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Alma (2 month)
This poor thing was stunted due to wetness issue and now finally starting to grow back.
Just look at the difference between it and the negronne above, I bought them about the same time and same size.

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Qing Pi (lliterally means "Green Skin" in Chinese), 1 month

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Malta Black, 1 month

The Unfigs
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Surinam cherry, I'm so excited for its fruit, since it taste better than cherry IMO.

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Kasturi Lime (about 9 months) putting lots of fruits.

Thanks for your time and hope you enjoy!

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Another thing to note:
Since figs behave so differently in tropical environment
I am currently taking notes and recording the defoliation and fruiting time and duration.
I will be doing that for 5 years to make the data more reliable.

The reason I'm doing this is because when I was new to figs
I tried to find the research on ficus carica in tropical country
I found no results and it really limits me to my own experience
So I'm hoping to record down all my observation so others can at least have an idea how figs behave in the tropics

I'm open to any suggestion

Hi there,

From Indonesia here. If I may suggest, if you ever come down here, there is a fig garden in Mampang, South Jakarta, owned by a member here too (His forum name is Zaitun, CMIIW). He is famously known as the elder of Indonesian fig communities. He has been collecting figs (more than 300 different fig plants) since 10 years ago or so and still is. I'm sure he will be able to answer most of the questions you have. 

Regarding your fig garden, the figs are all looking happy and healthy. You must have been taking great care of them. May I know the secret? How much sun exposure do they get each day? I don't even see fig rust on the leaves. Care to share the potting soil you use on them and how often you water them during dry and wet season?

agree, the plants look great. thanks for the post

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Originally Posted by wsoelivan
Regarding your fig garden, the figs are all looking happy and healthy. You must have been taking great care of them. May I know the secret? How much sun exposure do they get each day? I don't even see fig rust on the leaves. Care to share the potting soil you use on them and how often you water them during dry and wet season?


I think direct sun exposure is about 4-5 hours.
The reason they are not having rust issue is because I keep they under the root. From my experience it is the only way to tackle this problem. Another alternative way I will be trying in the future is building transparent root on top of them so rain doesn't drop on them, yet sun light can get to them.

For the potting mix, I only mix burnt clay and organic soil in the ratio 1:1. It is very important that the clay is burned correctly, as I was warned the seller, since there are some in the market is under-burn, so water drainage will be an issue with those half-ass burnt clay.

I water them once everyday regardless if it is wet or dry. Unless it is very rainy or very dry, then i will skip watering or water them twice in a day, respectively.

It's actually not really a secret, it was just from my observation, trial and error.
Thanks for your input :D

Hey there,  mr bird!  Your plants all look very lush and healthy.  

I would be in serious trouble if I lived in a warm climate. Your plants looks fabulous.

I agree mr bird, it seems as though you really got it together. Amazing trees and fruit.

Thanks guys.
I think I will be in serious trouble if I live in seasonal climate. Just thinking of winter protection and moving around those clay pots makes me cringe.

Very nice.  Thanks for sharing. 

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