Petite Nigra

Gr8Figs
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First ripe fig from this Petite Nigra that I planted in July 2014.

Ripe fig 9-20-14

Good tasting fig

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kubota1
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Looks like an awesome fig, Barry. Nice pictures!

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musillid
1411305011

When the kids were young and wanted something they saw, we taught them to say, "I like that."

I like that.

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waynea
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Hi Barry, PN looks so good and you have a nice healthy plant, no signs of any virus. Big congrats.

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rafaelissimmo
1411307132

Nice fig. Are you able to trace this fig's lineage to Belleclare mother tree?

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Gr8Figs
1411378417 · Edited

Thanks for the compliments !

rafaelissimmo, I bought two TC Petite Nigra trees from Wellspring Gardens at the end of July 2013.

I am not a big fan of Wellspring Gardens as I have 4 of their TC "Black Mission" from 2010 that have not produced a fig yet. Three TC "Ischia Green" from 2011 that have not produced a fig. Two TC "Magnolia" from 2011 that have produced figs,but the leaves and figs do not look like Magnolia.

It is possible that the Wellspring Gardens Petite Nigra could be a Petite Aubique as the leaves and fruit are very similar.

I have several Petite Aubique trees from cuttings that I bought from Jon. Below is a Petite Aubique replacement for one that was killed to the ground in Winter 2014.

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GreenFin
1411379728 · Edited

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Originally Posted by Gr8Figs
I am not a big fan of Wellspring Gardens as I have 4 of their TC "Black Mission" from 2010 that have not produced a fig yet. Three TC "Ischia Green" from 2011 that have not produced a fig.

Yeah, that's the big knock on tc figs.

I got tc's of Black Mission, Ischia Green, and LSU Purple a couple of years ago and grew them up to big bushes (about 7' tall by 10' wide by 7' deep) over the ensuing year, but none of them made any figs, so I dug them all up and burned them. I then replaced those tc's with cuttings of actual fruiting wood (from Jon and some generous forum members), and pretty much all of those cuttings produced fruits their first year (which is this year).

A fig breeder explained to Harvey that tc figs often need to grow 5' uninterrupted before they'll put on any figs. For me, growing in short greenhouses with 7' roofs, it doesn't make sense to let the bottom 5' stay barren--that would kill my production potential. So for someone like me, I'd want to airlayer the fruiting wood at the tip of the trunk (when it finally appears), dig up and burn the rest of the tree, then plant that airlayer of fruiting wood so that the plant will fruit from the ground up). Rather than go through all that hassle, I decided to just dig out the unproductive tc's and start with cuttings of fruiting wood.

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