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My First Figs

Sorry:I thought you got them from me.
They do look the right ones.
It would not hurt to make a new post like this:IS this Sal Corleone or not.
For your totally piece of mind.

Thank you Herman. I thought about doing just that, but decided I'd wait until I get fruit to go along with the leaf making the I.D a little easier. I'm glad to know the Corleone and Guilbeau look right and I do appreciate your help.Thanks again!

Tim:Here is how Guilbeau,fruit looks,from someone in Texas!
It is ripe now

Also the person sent me Pixes of the Sal Corleone,also grown from cuttings I sent him.
Here they are at this time this year in Texas.

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Thank you Herman, that helps a lot.  I didn't realize the Guilbeau had such a long neck(nice looking fig). The SC does look exactly like mine. Here is a picture of one of the MBVS is started from cuttings I got from you. I started them in 2009 and planted two this spring. This one is covered with figs, so I hope to taste it this summer. It's about 2' high. 

Fantastic Tim, your pictures show how well you are taking care of your plants. Your little greenhouse is great, very clever shelf set up.

Very nice set up Tim everything is so perfect nice job
     Paul

Tim:That is a Breba fig,that is why it is got a long neck.
I say this because of the time it was ripe:June 6 2010.
It was toearly for main crop,so it was a breba.
Main crop have shorter neck!

Thank you everyone for the help. I have been reading about evaporative coolers(swamp) coolers and the just aren't recommended for areas with high humidity. They cool by adding moisture to dry air and won't perform in high humidity.

Herman, thank you again---I never even thought about that being a breba.

Tim--you're absolutely right on the cooler not working in high humidity. It's all I use to cool our house here in Tucson and it works great -- until our summer rains hit. Then you'd swear it wasn't doing a thing. A few times I've gone up on the roof to check it, thinking the float valve had malfunctioned, but it was only the high humidity keeping it from cooling efficiently.

For those who can use swamp coolers to cool a greenhouse, the botany department where I used to work had a nice set-up with the cooler pads being mounted in the wall at one end of the greenhouse, and a big exhaust fan at the other. It pulled that cool air through from end to end, and really seemed to work well.

Thanks Ken, I'm thinking just a small window A/C on a thermostat would help a lot. Maybe I'll try it---it just gets too hot for fig cuttings and most other plants as it is now.If it doesn't do the job, at least it won't be expensive and can use it for something else (like my workshop).

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