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That is great Brian!  I'm really hoping all goes well and they don't drop or a critter beats me to them.
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JoAnn, it's no secret.  It just WOWWED me at the results in only a few weeks.  I have 4 or 5 liquid feeds that I use.  BUT the one that I like the most is this one, Florilicious Plus (FP).  It's super concentrated and A VERY LITTLE GOES A LONG LONG WAY!  I think I use one teaspoon per 5 gallons of water!  Yeah, one teaspoon!  It smells real bad but it kicked started my 2 Black Ischias in high gear after 2 years and very little growth.  Today, both of my BIs are large trees that put out lots of figs every year.  I quit posting most pictures a few years back.  But FP is my favorite liquid feed.  The stuff smell real bad but my trees love it!

The stuff is not cheap!  But hey, I shop during the off season and get special deals that way.  Last year, I had broken the top on my FP bottle.  I kept seeing a lot of flies inside my garage.....the mean green ones!  Come the find out they smelled the FP dripping on the side of the bottle.  I ended up pouring the contents into a clear ketshup bottle with a pointy top for easy measuring.  That got rid of the flies!  But I kept the bottle as  a reminder.

Here's a picture of it:




Hey Dennis, down here the soil is pretty fertile and I can get away with using just a little miracle grow when needed. My question is, can I use this stuff in the place of miracle grow or should I use both?
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My 2nd year TC Olympian ripened its first fig, with several more coming. Despite having an enormous downpour during ripening, it still had a nice sweetness and dense texture. There was just a touch of syrup in the middle.


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I've got a bunch of decent sized figs hanging off my Olympian right now, but don't know when/if they will ripen. I will post pics soon and will update y'all if I get some ripe fruit.
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Here is my Olympian as it is today. olympian1.jpg 
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We have been experiencing heavy rains for 8 out of the past 10 days. This fig was ripening during all that mess, and tolerating it well considering everything.  I could have probably left it on the tree for another couple days, but with the hurricane coming, I decided now was the time. Olympianfruit1comp.jpg  Olympianfruit3comp.jpg 

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Here is a good one. olympfruit1.jpg  olymp fig2.jpg

Super sweet, super yummy!

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Just read this article from local newspaper about Olympian fig:
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/05/12/1183238/big-on-figs-a-retired-biologist.html

It would be interesting to see the result of growing this fig in other states. 

Scott




Mayhawman has planted an Olympian here in deep zone 9 in July 2016.
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Great looking fruit, SuperMario!
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Great looking fruit, SuperMario!
  Thank you!  Here is one from this year.  It is an absolutely wonderful cultivar... one of my favorites!

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Mario,
Thank you so much for all your Olympian pictures. This is a new one for me here in zone 9 Southern Louisiana.
Nice fish

Mayhawman (Travis)
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Pete,
Only pics from the Web...
Olympian Fig Wellsprings.JPG Olympian Fig.jpg 

And the Wellsprings TC plants when they were delivered.
Fig_OlympianTC_3-20-14.jpg  .


If Olympian have blue Fruit, it can be Blue Bozener/Blue Dolomitenfeige. Its a very winterhart Fig.
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If Olympian have blue Fruit, it can be Blue Bozener/Blue Dolomitenfeige. Its a very winterhart Fig.



Olympian is its own genetically verified unique variety.  It does not produce blue fruit.
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Mario,
Thank you so much for all your Olympian pictures. This is a new one for me here in zone 9 Southern Louisiana. 
Nice fish

Mayhawman (Travis)


Thanks!
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These are the last ripe figs off an Olympian I purchased last year at a local nursery. It started out around 3ft and has grown quite a bit this year.

I really like this fig. Sweet with a little crunch. It reminded me in flavor (and looks) of Dauphine, but tastier.

Overall my Olympians fared well, all were overwintered outside and showed no harm, not even the TCs.

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These are the last ripe figs off an Olympian I purchased last year at a local nursery. It started out around 3ft and has grown quite a bit this year. I really like this fig. Sweet with a little crunch. It reminded me in flavor (and looks) of Dauphine, but tastier. Overall my Olympians fared well, all were overwintered outside and showed no harm, not even the TCs.
Good looking brebas.  Do you have any main crop?
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Hi Ema:

What a good looking brebas? How many figs your get for your 1st year tree? Do you consider that it is high productive tree?
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