Say hello and fig ID help

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vanfigs

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Posted 1471974843	Reply with quote #1

Hi all fig fellows, I am new to the forum and relative new to fig growing. Just want to say hello to everyone and has a question hoping someone can ID my fig tree. Started last summer from cuttings shared by a local gardening forum. Got 4 different cuttings from 3 sources. 3 of them are green figs and the other one is dark. None of them has known variety name, people just grow and enjoy, lol. Probably started too late last year, there was no figlet early spring which means no breba crop. All of them started to have figlet end-June to early-July and I believe they are so called main crop. After some research, I highly suspect all the 3 green fig trees are the most popular variety here in Vancouver, Desert King. If that is true, there is no enough heat for the main crop to ripen. I will wait and see. The other dark variety also has a few figs hanging on the tree. I am eager to know the name of this baby and whether the main crop will ripen. Please see the pictures of the fruit and leaf. Now sure it can be determined at this stage, or I just need to have more patience to see how it turns out. Thanks!! __________________ Eric, Surrey BC Canada, Zone 8B PNW

vanfigs

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Posted 1471975621	Reply with quote #2

Aside from the cuttings started last year, I also purchased several cuttings and TC plants in May and June this year. My collection is: Desert King - cutting Gilette - cutting Vashon Violet - cutting Olympian - TC VBD - TC LSU Purple - TC Celeste - TC Green Ischia - TC Little Ruby - TC Unknown varieties mentioned in previous post. All of them are in pots, planning to have one or two in-ground next Spring. Am I fall in love with figs too soon? LOL __________________ Eric, Surrey BC Canada, Zone 8B PNW

bigbadbill

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Posted 1471978446	Reply with quote #3

Welcome, Eric! It looks like the pictured tree is negronne/violette de Bordeaux/vista- certainly one of the Bordeaux figs. Congratulations, it is a great tasting fig. __________________ SE Pa, zone 6b https://www.facebook.com/offthebeatenpathnurseries

Herman2

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Posted 1471982781	Reply with quote #4

Wellcome and : I agree with Bill

ricky

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Posted 1471989987 · Edited	Reply with quote #5

Welcome, Are They TC plants? that's why so many suckers? I got couple TC plants at May as well, I have pest problem(scale) on Olympia, However, it is such fast growing tree, I planted it in ground 1 month ago. I planted "Desert king" in ground recently as well. I planted MT Etna fig trees, EX. Hardy Chicago, Fica nero, Etc, my results are bad, I am going to dig them out from ground and put them back to pots this winter. I agree that negronne/violette de Bordeaux/vista is great tree, I hope that my negronne/VDB grows faster so I can plant them in ground as well. Good luck for your fig trees with lots of figs. I am fig eater not fig tree collector and you? __________________ - BC, Canada, PNW Zone 8 with windy ( Zone7 - branches damage at winter) - Wish list - Granthams Royal, RdB, any heavy breba varieties or early one crop varieties.

vanfigs

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Posted 1472016542	Reply with quote #6

Quote: Originally Posted by bigbadbill Welcome, Eric! It looks like the pictured tree is negronne/violette de Bordeaux/vista- certainly one of the Bordeaux figs. Congratulations, it is a great tasting fig. Quote: Originally Posted by Herman2 Wellcome and : I agree with Bill Thanks Bill and Herman. Good to know it is a great tasting fig. I can't wait to bite it!! __________________ Eric, Surrey BC Canada, Zone 8B PNW

vanfigs

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Posted 1472017388	Reply with quote #7

Quote: Originally Posted by ricky Welcome, Are They TC plants? that's why so many suckers? I got couple TC plants at May as well, I have pest problem(scale) on Olympia, However, it is such fast growing tree, I planted it in ground 1 month ago. I planted "Desert king" in ground recently as well. I planted MT Etna fig trees, EX. Hardy Chicago, Fica nero, Etc, my results are bad, I am going to dig them out from ground and put them back to pots this winter. I agree that negronne/violette de Bordeaux/vista is great tree, I hope that my negronne/VDB grows faster so I can plant them in ground as well. Good luck for your fig trees with lots of figs. I am fig eater not fig tree collector and you? Thanks, Ricky. The pictured tree was from cutting, it has only two branches with two figs each. All the TC plats are from Wellspring at the end of May. They didn't grow in the first month, then VBD, LSU Purple and Olympian started to grow and doing pretty well now. I removed all the sucker, only keep single trunk hoping it will grow faster. Celeste, Green Ischia and Little Ruby didn't do anything until a couple of weeks ago, new growth is on going. I have heard TC plants may not produce fruit for years so I am thinking to get some cuttings if possible. The purpose of collecting is for eating, isn't it? LOL Which part of BC are you at? __________________ Eric, Surrey BC Canada, Zone 8B PNW

gofiger

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Posted 1472056329	Reply with quote #8

Sorry I'm no help Eric...but welcome aboard. This is a great place for anything fig. __________________ Steve Zone 5b-6a Oshawa Ontario That's Canada eh! Wish List: A Canadian member that is willing to share there cuttings with me.

vanfigs

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Posted 1472060888	Reply with quote #9

Quote: Originally Posted by gofiger Sorry I'm no help Eric...but welcome aboard. This is a great place for anything fig. Thanks for the warm welcome, Steve. I sure will learn a lot here. __________________ Eric, Surrey BC Canada, Zone 8B PNW

ricky

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Posted 1472160448	Reply with quote #10

Hi Eric: I live in Surrey BC, I am new too and trying to find couple trees for our area and make many mistakes. If you pay attention to fig trees locally, you will see that most of them can not ripen their main crop, I am more interested in "Bebra = first crop" only fig trees. __________________ - BC, Canada, PNW Zone 8 with windy ( Zone7 - branches damage at winter) - Wish list - Granthams Royal, RdB, any heavy breba varieties or early one crop varieties.

vanfigs

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Posted 1472170432	Reply with quote #11

Hey Ricky, I am in Surrey too, South Surrey, to be more specific. I should have said "Great-Vancouver" in my signature. I see your point, I am modifying my wish list to be more Breba oriented. __________________ Eric, Surrey BC Canada, Zone 8B PNW

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