Dear All ,

I have Syrian Long Figs ( 6 Months of Age ) in pot  , but it drops the fruit before they reach maturity.
Could Any one  share information about Syrian Long Figs , or is Syrian Long fig is   a Smyrna or San Pedro type..?


Thanks and Best regards

See Trees of Joy

Thanks John , for the 3 of Joy Link .
Waiting Bass and others  for further information.

Have a nice week end

Rgrds
Zaitun

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/fig-caprification-in-Syria-4350338

zaitun, I can understand your frustation seeing what could well be excellent figs (I am sure they are!) dropping from the tree before maturation. I am inclined to believe that you may have a Smyrna variety.
Have a look on the above link that BASS, a forum member, posted a couple of years ago.
It is a 1st class piece of documentation and very educational for all of us dealing with figs.
If you go carefuly through the pictures on that link you will see a couple of them showing a fig tree being caprificated;This tree has leaves with deep cut lobes probably 5, or may be 7 which
are about common on some Smyrna varieties.
These leaves (if Iam not wrong!) are comparable to the leaves of your young trees. Are there any caprifigs in your area ?

I collected this vriety from a local syrian immigrant, although the fg wasp is found in Syria, this vriety bears figs here with no caprification. I did have issues with several varieties from the Mediteranean dropping figs the first 2 years, but they start bearing consistantly after. if it's only 6 months old starting rm cutting, I will give it a chance to grow bigger.

zaitun, In addition to previous message, I would like to show what may happen to a Smyrna fig if the pollinator is not available at the correct timing (pls see attached picture).
In my area we are right now, a week over the limit for effective caprification.
The Smyrna fig shown on the attachment is a 45 year old tree and has just lost its full crop for the first time in its life.
The nearby parent caprifig (15 meter aside) was destroyed to make room to widen a local country road back in April, and nobody gave any thought to what could happen.
Regards
lampo

Some Smyrna fig will keep some of the figs but drop most of them.
I vote with Lampo,you got a Smyrna fig.
You can keep it and will ripe some fruits but it will allwayes frustrate you by dropping some no matter how well you take care of it.
Figs are ,variable some self fertile some partial self fert=ile and some totally cauducous (will drop all fruits without pollination).
A random seedling (most likely what you have)will most likely be of questionable quality.

Lampo and Hermans , Thanks for your detail explanation and advise , its very helpful to Understand about Smyrna type of figs.
Unfortunately i dont have Caprifigs or Fig wasps in my country .

Bass , Thank you for sharing your experience growing of Syrian varieties. I'll try to keep it for another 2 years . Wish me luck....
The other Mediteranians figs that I have , sucha as Red Israel , Green Yordan and Purple Yordan are producing figs very well in my area.

Once again , thank you all  and have a nice week-end.

Regards
Zaitun

Salam ,

Just for an update.
After have been waiting less  than a year , my Syrian Long fig could produce 2nd ripe fruit.
I still dont know yet whether its common fig or San Pedro type of fig..?

but it looks that SL has a similarity with   " Brunswick fig cultivar  " in term of its  leaf shape .


Best Regards
Zaitun