Anyone else growing this variety having an issue with it dropping its main crop? I did not get any breba this year but the tree is still young. Supposedly it is a synonym of Blanche, but my Blanche does not drop main crop.

Hey Ruben, I have some main crop figs growing on my small Blanquette. So far they haven't dropped....but it's still early. 

Thanks, Frank! Any chance you can post some pics of your tree's leaves? Mine is growing nicely, but the collection of shriveled, immature figs on the ground is disheartening.

Sure, Ruben. Actually, you can see it on the youtube video I posted last month.
Just do a search for Tallahassee Fig Orchard. 

Frank

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http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/Tallahassee-Fig-Orchard-Video-5882632?highlight=tallahassee+orchard

Well I guess we all have to wait another season to try this fig. Hope it is as good as it looks.

Excellent video, Frank! Your plant looks like mine so it should be interesting to see your results. I too am growing passionfruit vines this year. The yellow kind. I used to eat those when I found them growing wild in Hawaii and as a kid. How old are yours? I've read that they can take 2-3 yrs to fruit.  

@Rafed- I hope I can taste at least a few this season. If not, it will likely go away. I will only keep breba-only varieties that produce exceptional and plentiful fruits.

Hey Ruben,


The passion fruit vines you see in the video are part of the local flora here. They grow wild like weeds ( I guess they are weeds). Their roots are everywhere and can be kept down with a weekly mowing. I didn't have the heart to pull the one in the video. I really do like them, though.

I see. Since they are so plentiful there, I would go ahead and clear that one from around the fig tree. I'm sure you see how fast they grow and can envelope a small tree not to mention drain water and nutrients in the surrounding soil. Here is a recent pic of three of my vines growing along a privacy fence with welded wire attached.

Ruben,
We didn't have to wait very long. I checked on the Blanquette just now and crap-on-a-stick the figs have gone mushy and are about to drop.

What a waste of time! To make matters worse, my Amalfi (the one that accidentally dropped into my suitcase on our Amalfi Coast vacation) is also dropping its figs.
On the bright side, this will open up two prime spots for other varieties to be planted.

That's what mine is doing since June 10. From the bottom up. Like I said, it has until the end of the season. Mine is still in a pot so no bright side for me. lol

Why couldn't you send the trees to someone in the areas that have the fig wasps, so they could enjoy them?

noss

Noss,

That's always an option. That "someone" has until the plant goes dormant to speak up. I can send it bare root then.

Ruben, don't give up on your blanquette, just yet. 
I emailed JF&E, where my plant originated and this is the reply I received:

"Hi Frank,

 Thanks for the note. Blanquette is a common fig not requiring a fig wasp to pollinate it. We have had crops on our mother tree and been happy with flavor and size on that variety. We have had it drop on years that had excessive hot spells. Last year was a problematic year for that variety. Age may have something to do with it's lack of fruit set as well. I would give it a little time to settle in.

Let us know if we can help further,
 Brandy"

Thanks for passing that info along, Frank. If "excessive heat" and "problematic year" are issues with that variety, then it is doomed in South-central TX. I don't need a moody tree. I may just keep it just to prove that it IS a San Pedro-type. Like I said, it's been dropping since early June and we were only in the upper 80-degree days then.

Mine died to the ground BUT right after checking it today, I noticed new growth at the base! That's it! I'm putting mine on the "Bring Inside List". It really is an excellent black fig! A definate keeper! Here are a few pics. [URL=http://s605.photobucket.com/user/snaglpus/media/imagejpg1_zpscd066eb4.jpg.html][IMG]http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt134/snaglpus/imagejpg1_zpscd066eb4.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s605.photobucket.com/user/snaglpus/media/imagejpg1_zps715f71a5.jpg.html][IMG]http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt134/snaglpus/imagejpg1_zps715f71a5.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Dennis,

The true identity of this cultivar may be up for debate.
It seems it may be a light color fig.

I just found that out earlier. So we need to do a bit more research.

Thank you for reviving this thread Dennis. I'm rooting this variety, and have high hopes for it. On the USDA site, one of its synonyms is Quarteira, a variety that Francisco (Lampo) has presented to this forum.

Rafed, I do have pics from UC Davis's Blanquette. I gota look for it and post it.