If the figs tree grow from the seed. Will it bear fruit without pollinate (assuming the mother tree is self pollinate) ? Just wonder
Thanks everybody

I believe the chance is about 20%. This was discussed previously, please search the forum. 

From what I have been reading on the forum this year, the odds are that it will not produce fruit or bad fruit, So most people copy the Mother tree by using cuttings. I believe that going through seeds you will get a hybrid, which will produce, maybe a different taste of fig, color, leaf shape.  It is best to start from a cutting, can you imagine waiting 3-5 years to see if it came out alright...??? In Malaysia and Indonesia a few are trying seeds...???

Thanks Armando
I found out that people in Malaysia planting the fig seed..... That's why I got curious how it going to end up......

I have planted figs from seed. It's a black fig from Turkey. There are 10 small plants. The tallest being 12 inches tall and the smallest is 2 inches tall. Some have single lobe leaves, some 3 lobes and some 5 lobes. The stems are different too, some are skinny and some are plump. I planned to make them rootstock where I can do bud grafting (in the future). And who knows since they are from seeds, they might ended up with all the good genes (therefore better than the mother) or they will inherit all the bad genes and becomes worst than the mother.

I planted 3 Black Missions last February, they are 6.5 feet tall now. I should have something on one seedling next year, I can see a lot of embryos on it.

Hi,
While traveling in the Mediterranean coast, I've seen plenty of beautiful wild fig-trees , four meters
high , ten meters occupied ground... Some near the flow of rivers...
These are generated from seeds. They are wonderful at shading a table outside in the garden.
I even saw one with a ripe fig . I took it , opened it , and threw it ... Inside, it was like cork - nothing edible, but the fruit was beautiful outside.
From seeds, you'll get 50% of these caprifigs.
But, if you have space and time, it is worth the adventure.

While talking about seeds: This year my "Dalmatie" had its breba crop with inside bluish figs... So no seeds.
I don't know if the breba crop from "Dalmatie" is always like that as it was the firsts breba from my Dalmatie.
The main crop of my Dalmatie had seeds / has always had seeds ( for 4 years ) .
I'm still wondering if the brebas of my Dalmatie had no seeds due to the cold spring, or because they never have.
Someone else with a Dalmatie, how are the brebas of your tree(s) ? Do they have seeds inside?

Ong888,
It doesn't matter if the mother is common (persistant...meaning doesn't require pollination) unless the pollen parent is persistant.  Common figs get the gene required to be common from the pollen parent only.  If the pollen parent is persistant then 50% of the seedlings will be persistant.  If the mother is a common fig then 50% of the seedlings will be female and therefore if the father is persistant and the mother is common then about 25% of the seedlings will be common figs that are genetically different from the mother common fig.
There is some possibility of nucellar offspring which would be clones of the mother, but I have no idea how common this is.

no. a seed is a product of sexual reproduction. think of it as a mother and a father having a kid and hoping that the kid is identical to the mother in every single way. not possible. 

Thanks for this informative thread, but I'm a little slow and need a bit more info.  I thought my Chicago Hardy fig, for example, was self pollinating, or at least doesn't need a pollinator to produce fruit.  So if I have that plant by itself and it produces a fruit with seeds, what would those seeds yield?  Would they just be infertile and not grow anything at all?  If not, (ie if they would grow a plant) then wouldn't that seed be 100% the same as the plant?  Doesn't seem like it could be 50% from each parent since there is only one parent??   Thanks in advance for the information.

Thecityman,

Seeds from your HC fig, a Persistent type, if pollinated in time either manually or by fig wasps (Blastophaga psenes), will be fertile, with solid kernels and if planted, will generate a fig tree (ficus carica Species only).

These new figs could be anything within that Species, but the majority will be wild types, a lot of Caprifigs, fruitless figs and in a very small % , some edible figs which could be Common, Smyrna, San Pedro, .. of a new variety.
All known  figs (exception made for the few hybrids and man made cross-pollination done in the last 100 years or so) came to light in Nature from fertile seeds dropped by rodents, birds, man, etc

You have to plant hundreds of good seeds and be ready to wait 4 to 6 or more years to see the results -(good or not so good).

Fertile seeds are heavier than water and a very simple test easily separates the good from the hollow ones which float

Pictures show fertile seeds on the bottom of a transparent glass and a dark and a light colored fig born from seeds dropped by birds years ago in my area
The tests on their seeds indicated they were 100% fertile. They probably are Persistent types pollinated by wasps which are readily available in this District.

Francisco

Thanks a lot Francisco...... For all the information you provided...... By the way, very nice figs there....

Ong

Jakarta, Indonesia

Thank-you, Francisco.  That was extremely helpful...and photos always help us visual learners!  Thanks for taking the time to educate me and others here.
kevin

Ong,  Kevin,

You are welcome

Francisco