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Nick,
 Thanks very much for posting the videos, enjoyed watching them. I live in North Jersey and none of my trees have fruited yet hopefully with the warm weather maybe they will start by the end of the week. I know what you mean the last couple of years my figs also have not had the same intense flavor. I think the weather is to blame either to cool or to hot and humid like today
 
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The leaves of my flanders fig have only a single-lobed. Will they change as it grow or it will remain like that?
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Aww, disappointing that Flanders doesn't have much flavor. Hopefully it improves.
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The leaves of my flanders fig have only a single-lobed. Will they change as it grow or it will remain like that?


That is kinda weird. Where did you get it from?
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That is kinda weird. Where did you get it from?

I got the cutting from one of the big name in my country that have more than 700 varieties in his collection. Here a picture from my facebook group, that have single or tri-lobed, but mine all single-lobed no tri-lobed.
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Thank You for posting. When you plant a fig tree in a pot the flavor and quality of the fruit becomes unpredictable from one year to the next depending not only on the elements but also on the way it is handled.
As an example my Celeste which was in a pot yielded some super sweet figs and was one of my most productive figs in pot for two years in row. However, this summer I do not recall picking one good fig off of it. Some of the fruits looked like your Sicilian and had no flavor.
I'm willing to bet that that same Sicilian would taste totally different in another location or under different conditions. Don't give up on those figs. It is a matter of what you feed them and how you handle them. As you know input = output.
I would look for an in ground tree that could do well in your area. In the end,  it might beat all your trees in pots when it comes to flavor as it ages and becomes fully adapted to its environment, but there are some varieties that no matter what you do are not adapted to your local conditions and will never taste great.
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