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Re Lattarula Fig

Does anyone know if this Lattarula Fig is suitable to grow in container or not ? How does it taste ? Sweet and bland ?
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Does not do well in container. Does very well in-ground, bountiful, reliable with 2 crops. Honey like taste, certainly sweet. 2nd crop
is smaller but taste better. Pick ripe figs when some blotches of brown sugar spots shows up on the skin. My in-ground tree currently
has over a hundred brebas.
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Does not do well in container. Does very well in-ground, bountiful, reliable with 2 crops. Honey like taste, certainly sweet. 2nd crop
is smaller but taste better. Pick ripe figs when some blotches of brown sugar spots shows up on the skin. My in-ground tree currently
has over a hundred brebas.



Thanks Paully22.
I bought one from Costco yesterday, size is about 7 ft tall great look fig tree. Since I do not have place to put it in ground where it can enjoy more full sun a day, I am thinking to pot it in a large container, so that I can move it to somewhere that has more sun a day.

Do you think that Lallarula Fig tree will grow well in ground with 4 hours full sun a day or not. Once I have your responds by return which way will you recommend then I will proceed rightway :
1) Plant in large container, so I can move it to a place where can get 5 to 6 hours full sun in a day (summer time)
2) Plant it in ground where it can get max 4 hours full sun a day in summer.

Thanks for your great help !
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4 hours of sun -- in my opinion it is not enough. A large tree in a pot is a lot of work for the volume of figs it would
produce. You would need regular root prunning. On top of root prunning chores, you need to balance canopy size to root
ball size. if you really want to put in ground, I would recommend either Granthams Royal or RdB. Just excellent. Note --
RdB main crop is earlier than Latarrula.

Looks like its time to consider relocation for the luv of figs. Worth it -- my wife is so happy to be able to enjoy fresh
figs. Best of all, the high quality variants apart from regulars like DK, Latarrula, Florea, Osborne Prolific. Certainly space 
for a small green house is a bonus -- like jump starting late ripeners grown in pot culture like Blk Maderia, JH Adriatic, Negronne,
Bellone, Noir de Barbentane, Jordanian, Cdd's, Native Blk, I-258, Gypsy, Noir de Caromb etc
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4 hours of sun -- in my opinion it is not enough. A large tree in a pot is a lot of work for the volume of figs it would
produce. You would need regular root prunning. On top of root prunning chores, you need to balance canopy size to root
ball size. if you really want to put in ground, I would recommend either Granthams Royal or RdB. Just excellent. Note --
RdB main crop is earlier than Latarrula.

Looks like its time to consider relocation for the luv of figs. Worth it -- my wife is so happy to be able to enjoy fresh
figs. Best of all, the high quality variants apart from regulars like DK, Latarrula, Florea, Osborne Prolific. Certainly space 
for a small green house is a bonus -- like jump starting late ripeners grown in pot culture like Blk Maderia, JH Adriatic, Negronne,
Bellone, Noir de Barbentane, Jordanian, Cdd's, Native Blk, I-258, Gypsy, Noir de Caromb etc


Thanks paully22. I have finally removed two other plants and put them in pots for the time being then placed Lattarula Fig in ground due to no extra place to plant in ground. Not sure if able to produce fruits to taste by end August or not. 
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When I first started figging, I had Latarulla growing in pots. For a couple of years I have some figs, maybe a dozen or slightly more.
After that its all downhill --- root bound, tree gets too big and stunted growth which means less figs. Pot gets bigger & bigger. I ended
with 4 or more pots to get enough figs for my wife to eat. Now I have one tree in the ground and walla, the whole family have hundreds
of figs. We share with neighbours and friends and still have surplus. Hence why grow in pot when it is a productive tree. Winterisation is
another issue.

These days and another agri expert on Vancouver Island grow figs in pot and we allowed roots to feed out to ground. This way we can at least
manage root ball size and canopy(Controlling tree size). Variants sold in the Fraser Valley that produces and ripen are DK, Latarrula, Osborne
Prolific. Others that ripens a small portion are Hardy Chicago & Atreano. I have Vern's BT and it turned out to be similar to Osborne P. Also,
Art Knapp Langley sells Improved Celeste -- not sure where the source came from.
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No one is allowed to proclaim a fig tree "improved Celeste" ...new rule.  
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Originally Posted by paully22
When I first started figging, I had Latarulla growing in pots. For a couple of years I have some figs, maybe a dozen or slightly more.
After that its all downhill --- root bound, tree gets too big and stunted growth which means less figs. Pot gets bigger & bigger. I ended
with 4 or more pots to get enough figs for my wife to eat. Now I have one tree in the ground and walla, the whole family have hundreds
of figs. We share with neighbours and friends and still have surplus. Hence why grow in pot when it is a productive tree. Winterisation is
another issue.

These days and another agri expert on Vancouver Island grow figs in pot and we allowed roots to feed out to ground. This way we can at least
manage root ball size and canopy(Controlling tree size). Variants sold in the Fraser Valley that produces and ripen are DK, Latarrula, Osborne
Prolific. Others that ripens a small portion are Hardy Chicago & Atreano. I have Vern's BT and it turned out to be similar to Osborne P. Also,
Art Knapp Langley sells Improved Celeste -- not sure where the source came from.


I have been trying to look for Hardy Chicago here in Vancouver, B.C. but so far this variety is not available in most nurseries. However, i was able to buy some other varieties from Costco and they are much cheaper than other local nurseries. I found Honey Delight in one local nursery at C$100 each. What do you think of this variety ?
Good or not good ?
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Dear friend, I bought "Hardy Chicago" few weeks ago from Port Kells for $30, 3 gallon pot, 6 Ft tall with thick body, I am hoping that it grows well at windy corner with full sun.
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Dear friend, I bought "Hardy Chicago" few weeks ago from Port Kells for $30, 3 gallon pot, 6 Ft tall with thick body, I am hoping that it grows well at windy corner with full sun.

If I knew Hardy Chicago is available at Port Kells in Surrey, I would buy one from them because I was in Surrey last Sunday morning with my family. I might go there later next week to see how it looks like. 
Thanks for letting me know !
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