GeneDaniels
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Posted 1405007311
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We had 3/4 inch of rain yesterday and look what I found this morning:
Seven trees in the ground : Hardy Chicago, Celeste(?), LSU gold, Italian Black, Southern Brown Turkey(?), Strawberry Verte, and Unk yellow. Trees in pots: VdB, CdD, and Sicilian?
FiggyFrank
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Posted 1405007922
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That's a heck of an explosion. At least it wasn't a complete loss!
CAJUNB
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Posted 1405014361
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You do need lots of dry weather for those to ripen,but to me its worth it ........
GeneDaniels
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Posted 1405021103
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The past few months have been VERY wet, but I think we are moving into a more normal summer weather pattern, except the temps are still pleasant, low to mid-90s is all. Many years it is over 100F by now and high humidity.
Seven trees in the ground : Hardy Chicago, Celeste(?), LSU gold, Italian Black, Southern Brown Turkey(?), Strawberry Verte, and Unk yellow. Trees in pots: VdB, CdD, and Sicilian?
GeneDaniels
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Posted 1405822890
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Another LSU Gold split today. We have had an exceptionally rainy cool summer so far, so maybe this will not prove normal. But if unless this variety shows something better from the rest of its figs, I will be pulling it in the fall. I have little patience for a fig that splits before it is ripe enough to eat.
Seven trees in the ground : Hardy Chicago, Celeste(?), LSU gold, Italian Black, Southern Brown Turkey(?), Strawberry Verte, and Unk yellow. Trees in pots: VdB, CdD, and Sicilian?
Cajun
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Posted 1405823229
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I have had my lsu gold going on four years, and I've never had one split like that, must be the cool weather, cause it don't get no hotter and humid down here. The will split on me, but just one single crack down the middle, and then they usually don't spoil if you get em that afternoon. They are really sweet and rich when ripening in dry weather, but you have to watch them close, one day late and they spoil...
GeneDaniels
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Posted 1407719195
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Here is the ripest one so far, and it still was only OK, I'd give it a 5 or 6 at best:
Seven trees in the ground : Hardy Chicago, Celeste(?), LSU gold, Italian Black, Southern Brown Turkey(?), Strawberry Verte, and Unk yellow. Trees in pots: VdB, CdD, and Sicilian?
FiggyFrank
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Posted 1407719581
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I've got a few that might ripen. They showed up kind of late so we'll see. I hope they taste decent. Sorry yours wasn't as expected Gene.
agrarian
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Posted 1407723374
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What Cajun said is exactly right. They need very dry conditions to be at their very best. I will say that once you've tasted one of these at it's best,I doubt you'll still want to pull the tree up. It has not been a very good year for them here, but the others such as LSU Purple and Tiger have also had spoilage problems because of wet conditions,so don't be too disappointed with the LSU Gold. Sometimes that's just the way things go.
AL_Blake
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Posted 1407727033
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Hold on Gene, my tree is 3 and the figs are amazing!!!!
GeneDaniels
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Posted 1407757827
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Its good to hear that good things await on the LSU Gold. I am more than willing to give it 2 or three more years. But I have been surprised at how insipid the taste is compared to the first figs off my Hardy Chicago (last year). Those things were great last year!
Seven trees in the ground : Hardy Chicago, Celeste(?), LSU gold, Italian Black, Southern Brown Turkey(?), Strawberry Verte, and Unk yellow. Trees in pots: VdB, CdD, and Sicilian?
mgginva
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Posted 1407876998
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I know this sounds odd but according to everyone on this forum I should be experiencing split figs. I water every day and we get lots of rain. I even keep varieties prone to splitting (or so I've been told).
GeneDaniels
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Posted 1407877609
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My figs are all planted in ground. The soil is clay, but I greatly amended it with manure and mulch. There is lot of organic material in large planting holes, but the surrounding area is red clay. But the LSU Gold is the only one that is splitting. The Italian Black is great as are the couple of Hardy Chicago figs that have ripened so far. Only the LSU Gold is splitting and insipid in taste, the others are fine.
Seven trees in the ground : Hardy Chicago, Celeste(?), LSU gold, Italian Black, Southern Brown Turkey(?), Strawberry Verte, and Unk yellow. Trees in pots: VdB, CdD, and Sicilian?
