So a long time ago, 2010 maybe?  I stole some cuttings from a wild tree growing on county property.  I got them to root, but no figs have appeared in four or 5 years.

One tree is in ground, not doing so good in it's spot.  The other is in a pot and is by our living room window.  It's blocking the view, so yesterday I say to JD, "I'm sick of that tree.  It's blocking the view and giving us no figs!  Let's just kick it to the curb."  He agrees.

Today I go out to look at it and it's got baby figs!  Now I am stuck with it!  I doubt the figs are any good.  They don't have a dark eye, so probably a gold type.  Maybe a caprifig.  HUGE leaves!  Don't think the figs will have time to ripen, but it's earned another chance.

Suzi

Like huge leaves. But huge leaves block the view. What to do. Let it grow one more year lol

Yeah, huge leaves block the view, and it's a mighty good view from up here in the foothills.

JD is fighting me on that!  Once I say "Kick it to the curb," he's ready to jerk the thing out.  But he does see the new figlets and I'm way to curious now to see if this fig is a common fig or a Caprifig.  I've talked him into waiting till dormancy, then replanting where it can grow big and bless us with many figs.  Why it waits till Oct. to put out figlets is beyond me, but it happened over night.  I think it heard our discussion and decided to "put out."

In one day it now has two figlets per leaf, plus one half inch figlet.  If it turns out to be a good fig (properly identified on this forum when I can post pics of inside and out), I'll have MANY cuttings to gift. 

I do recall seeing many dried figs on the original tree and on the ground.  They were elongated and pretty big.  Still could be Caprifigs.

Suzi

Good luck Suzi.

Suzi,

These facts :

- Long time (4 yo 5 years) to show its first fruit  'from cuttings' even in a Med like climate

- HUGE leaves (seen many well in excess of 20 inch on similar circumstances)

-Very few edible varieties popping out fig lets now but,

-Good wilds are now  (most) showing their sec generation tiny Mammonis and/or a few Mamme.

all this may indicate that you have a male tree.

If I remembered the place where those cuttings came from, I would try and pay a visit to the site and
watch what it's happening there on the mother tree.

Good luck

Francisco
Portugal



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All I can do is wait. That sucks!  Patience is not my best feature

Hi Mike
you right I should have said 'the wild tree on the county property' - Sorry
but the expression was completely innocent without any evil intentions

Here we got the first light rains last week after a full 6 months drought. Temps in the high 70's and figs still full of green leaves..on some a 3rd crop pushing out (?)

Francisco
Portugal

I have two certified caprifigs.  Capri and Zidi.  I got them from Sue this year, and they are doing fine.  I will try to plant them close to this unknown tree and see if I can get some wasps here when the timing is right. 

Maybe I can talk Harvey into sending me a branch populated with wasps.

I've never seen a wasp here, but this area of Southern California has very few fig trees in it, so I'll probably have to get a colony going. 

I trust Franscisco that I probably have a male Caprifig.  I'll watch it all closely!

I read that the wasp will travel 100 miles on the wind to find a male tree, and we are well within that range where wasps are known to exist.

I do remember where I found the donor tree, but it's a couple hours from here.  Maybe we'll get an excuse to drive by there.

Top Left is the 1/2" figlet  Snake is fake to scare birds.


 

You can see the two little figlets forming at the leaf joint.  Each leaf has a couple figlets forming.
   
The leaves of this tree are very pretty.
 

Thanks for all the good wishes!  I'll keep you posted!

Francisco:  of course!  I know you had no bad intent!  Me neither... I just had a small laugh and thought I'd share it with you.  (Just irony).  Meanwhile I do think it's a pretty usual practice to refer to any clonal parent tree (when we make cuttings) as the "mother tree".  Even when it's a male tree.  It just often seems ironic to me, so I shared the smiles.  Be well, and don't take the irony too seriously.  :-)  

Suzi:  again good luck.  Nice pics.

Mike