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Subject: A Plate of Figs Replies: 6
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 346
 
I had to bring my dark figs into the lean-to because of the cool temps and rain and was able to enjoy a plate of figs today.

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jpeg FallFigs2015.jpg (221903, 30 views)
jpeg FallFigs2015-2.jpg (252881, 32 views)
jpeg ItalianGoldenHoney.jpg (84888, 27 views)

Subject: Hardy Chicago main Replies: 10
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 415
 
Looks like it does better in ground and when you dig it up in the fall it gets a root pruning too.  I'll have to try that next year.  I think production does drop off when the fig fills every nook and cranny with roots in the pot.

Subject: Ischia Black Ripening Replies: 7
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 379
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 71GTO
Do you have pictures of the normal leaf shapes? I have not found many posts with good straight on pictures of Black Ischia leaves


I just posted some pictures in a new Topic Ischia Black Leaf Patterns but I'll add them here too.  The first one is the most iconic for me when it comes to Ischia Black.

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jpeg IBLeafPattern-1.jpg (292541, 17 views)
jpeg IBLeafPattern-2.jpg (279893, 17 views)
jpeg IBLeafPattern-3.jpg (295240, 14 views)

Subject: UCDavis Ischia Black Leaf Patterns Replies: 1
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 176
 
Here are some pictures of the leave patterns to expect from the UCD Ischia Black.

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jpeg IBLeafPattern-1.jpg (292541, 20 views)
jpeg IBLeafPattern-2.jpg (279893, 24 views)
jpeg IBLeafPattern-3.jpg (295240, 27 views)

Subject: Ischia Black figs and friends Replies: 1
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 245
 
I was able to sameple some Ischia Black, REI, Zingarella and Italian Golden Honey figs today.

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jpeg FigsSep2015.jpg (75385, 24 views)
jpeg FigsSep201502.jpg (104176, 20 views)

Subject: Ischia Black Ripening Replies: 7
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 379
 
Here are a couple of pictures of Ischia Black interior.

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jpeg IschiaBlackFigs.jpg (88533, 22 views)
jpeg IschiaBlackFigs02.jpg (86177, 20 views)

Subject: Ischia Black Ripening Replies: 7
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 379
 
The Ischia Black is ripening.  I had a split one yesterday that was a little dry inside but it still had that rich Kalamata died fig flavor.  It's getting down into the fifties already at night but it's suppose to get hot again this week.  It's been dry too with no significant rain for a month.  Should be good fig weather.

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jpeg IschiaBlack2015.jpg (107349, 65 views)
jpeg IschiaBlack2015-2.jpg (103659, 64 views)

Subject: Started four air layers on my REI fig tree Replies: 29
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 937
 
REI air layer progress

Subject: REI Air layer Progress and Main Crop Figs Replies: 0
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 130
 
Here is the progress of the root development on the REI Air Layers I started over three weeks ago.  The main crop figs are also starting to ripen.  This fig tree was sold to me as a REI but it does not match the information in the fig data base.  I have had this tree for several years and you can see that it is a slow grower.  

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jpeg REIMainCrop.jpg (51739, 11 views)

Subject: Two different Longue D'Aouts ? Replies: 38
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 2,100
 
Anyone have an idea what the Longue D'Aout imposter is?  Mine drops main crop figs also.  They turn purplish and then drop.

Subject: Maltese Beauty Replies: 2
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 311
 
This fig tree did not grow at all last year and I thought it was because I put some lime on it.  I repotted it last week.  This year it has put on some new growth and figs.  Maybe this will make up for the fact that my Maltese Falcon is not producing a single fig this year.

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jpeg MalteseBeauty02.jpg (124251, 61 views)
jpeg MalteseFalcon03.jpg (94310, 53 views)

Subject: Maltese Falcon Replies: 10
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 878
 
My Maltese Falcon is not producing anything this year not even any embryos to speak of.  So I'm not sure what's happening this year.  It's probably a three year old tree.

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jpeg MalteseFalcon.jpg (186952, 64 views)
jpeg MalteseFalcon02.jpg (134614, 62 views)

Subject: How I transplant my fig cuttings Replies: 13
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 514
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by rafaelissimmo
Nice video. The real question is: how do you get such robust roots and leafing out in a cutting in just 18 days? The BM went into the cup 5/2 and out on 5/20? That's amazing. It takes me closer to 45-60 days to up-pot.

The cuttings went into the sphagnum moss on 5-2 and into the cups on 5-20 so they were in the cups for over 60 days.

Subject: Started four air layers on my REI fig tree Replies: 29
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 937
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by pacifica
Hi Tom ! Great Video !

If I use dirt with perlite instead of small bark, should I wrap the see-thru cup with foil paper completely ? (you did not in your video) or I can do either way, Is that too late to proceed air layer before Aug 3?


I still leave access to the top so I can water it.  I'm still going to do some more air layers this week and if there are not enough roots by the end of September I can always just leave it on until next spring.

Subject: Started four air layers on my REI fig tree Replies: 29
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 937
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by FiggyFrank
Great video, Tom!

Thanks

Subject: How I transplant my fig cuttings Replies: 13
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 514
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by greenbud
Very easy to listen to and seeing takes the guess work out of the equation.  Do you sift or wash the finer parts of the perlite out before you use it?  I thought figs liked a more alkaline environment.  Do you add lime in the mix the next time you repot?  If those are 1 gal. pots, when do you think you'll need to go to a bigger pot?

Will those cuttings be kept under lights this winter or be allowed to go dormant in a cold space?  I hope you will answer these questions.  Didn't have much luck with a broad enquiry previously.  If you do not, guess I'll just have to wing it the best I can and not expect any feedback in the future as well...  Might make learning a little harder and time consuming but I'm up to that.


I let the figs go dormant.  I do not sift the perlite.  I'd like to get the courser perlite but it's hard to source.  I just eyeball the mix and don't stick to precise measurements.  

Here's a link to information on fertilizing a fig tree at the bottom of the page.

http://www.figtrees.net/

Subject: Started four air layers on my REI fig tree Replies: 29
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 937
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by pedrom
Nice work, did I a few air layers a few days ago myself. I enjoy watching every one of your videos, keep them coming.


Thanks, I have to get some more air layers started too.  How is it already August?

Subject: Started four air layers on my REI fig tree Replies: 29
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 937
 
I started four air layers on some smaller lower branches on my REI fig tree.

Subject: How I transplant my fig cuttings Replies: 13
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 514
 
After 20 hours they did not show any signs of transplant shock.

Subject: How I transplant my fig cuttings Replies: 13
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 514
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by eboone
Thanks!
What is in the potting mix besides the pine bark mulch and the perlite?  I did not hear you say what the original stuff in the mixing bin was.

It's just the retail organic garden soil.  Not the potting mixes.

Subject: How did they survive ? Replies: 27
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 1,383
 
I wondering if putting pavers around them would help them survive or warm them up earlier in the spring.

Subject: How I transplant my fig cuttings Replies: 13
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 514
 

Subject: Zingarella breba figs Replies: 4
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 348
 
Very Ripe Zingarella breba figs

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jpeg Zingarellafig05.jpg (88466, 8 views)

Subject: Comparing main crop fig development Replies: 0
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 137
 
I took a look around at the stage of development of the main crop figs of some of my varieties.  I also repotted a a Macool and UCD Violet de Bordeaux.

Subject: Lebanese Red and more Zingarella figs Replies: 5
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 412
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenguy
Is this Lebanese red basses


Yes, I just looked at the tag, I purchased this tree from trees of joy back in 2012.

Subject: Lebanese Red and more Zingarella figs Replies: 5
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 412
 
This was suppose to be about the Lebanese Red but the Zingarella impressed again and was better than the first one and I have three more left averaging 85 grams.  My Lebanese Red shows strong signs of FMV and is not very productive.  The Lebanese Red did not stand out as anything special.  The Zingarella is very productive for a container fig with both breba and main crop and is not showing signs of FMV.

Subject: Zingarella breba figs Replies: 4
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 348
 

Subject: Disappointing Noire de Caromb Replies: 16
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 920
 
I'm not seeing anything special about this variety.  These were pretty bland.

Subject: Zingarella Figs Ripening Replies: 3
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 298
 
The Zingarella figs are starting to swell and ripen. Seems to be a very productive tree.  I'm not sure if these are an early main crop of a breba crop?  The large ones are on last years wood so I guess that answers my question but the main crop does not seem to be far behind.

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jpeg Zingarellafig.jpg (72470, 55 views)
jpeg Zingarellafig04.jpg (128656, 52 views)
jpeg Zingarellafig02.jpg (67564, 44 views)
jpeg Zingarellafig03.jpg (108634, 42 views)

Subject: REI? breba fig Replies: 0
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 138
 
Here is the REI fig I purchased form Encanto Farms maybe 5 years ago now but the data base describes a green fig with carmine pulp.  I produced a nice fig a couple of years ago but nothing last year.  It does have a main crop developing too.  I had high expectations for the breba fig but it was not like the fig I had a couple of years ago.  I've kept it in a very small pot so that might be the reason for the low production and quality of the fig.

As I've said in the past it has almost a natural espalier growth habit and slow growth.  I've been told once that it was just a brown turkey.  Does the brown turkey have two crops?  I've never grown the brown turkey variety.

Subject: Sultane or Sultani Replies: 47
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 1,468
 
Are there two unique varieties called Sultane and Sultani or just two different ways to spell it?

Subject: Black Ischia Replies: 47
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 1,946
 
UCD Ischia Black ripe figs pictures from 2013 season.

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jpeg AugustIschiaBlack-03.jpg (127558, 64 views)
jpeg AugustIschiaBlack-04.jpg (218549, 72 views)
jpeg AugustIschiaBlack-05.jpg (200061, 71 views)

Subject: Black Ischia Replies: 47
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 1,946
 
Here are some photos of the UCD Ischia Black.  The first photos are from a cutting started in 2013 and the last three photos are from a 5+ year old tree.  For me it seems to have three distinct leaf patterns.

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jpeg IschiaBlack2015-2.jpg (121026, 58 views)
jpeg IschiaBlack2015-5.jpg (125727, 53 views)
jpeg IschiaBlack2015-3.jpg (115182, 55 views)
jpeg IschiaBlack2015-4.jpg (132452, 55 views)
jpeg IschiaBlack2015-9.jpg (140794, 61 views)
jpeg IschiaBlack2015-6.jpg (91074, 62 views)
jpeg IschiaBlack2015-7.jpg (118097, 59 views)
jpeg IschiaBlack2015-8.jpg (130064, 54 views)

Subject: Black Madiera Leaves question Replies: 42
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 1,758
 
The JF&E is not UCDavis black Madeira in my opinion.  You have to ask yourself how they could produce enough plants for retail sale when it is hard enough getting cuttings and then getting them to a mature enough size so you can produce more cuttings.  If they bought cuttings on ebay for top dollar they would not just turn around and sell a successfully rooted cutting at a low price.  If they are using tissue culture it still takes time to produce a plant.  It's a relatively short period of time that has passed that this has become a popular variety to have.  

Subject: Rooting Black Madeira Fig tree cuttings video Replies: 1
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 325
 
I had cuttings left over from last fall and left them in the fridge until this May and some are just starting to root.

Subject: Martinenca Rimada Update Replies: 7
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 699
 
Here is the progress on the Martinenca Rimada since last August.

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jpeg MartinencaRimada.jpg (95474, 50 views)
jpeg MartinencaRimada2.jpg (106630, 56 views)
jpeg MartinencaRimada3.jpg (94311, 48 views)

Subject: One crooked Jolly Tiger Replies: 3
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 250
 
Here is the Jolly Tiger with the leaves starting to turn from light green to white.  There is a new branch at the same location I took an air layer from last year.
JollyTiger2.jpg 
JollyTiger.jpg  JollyTiger3.jpg

Subject: Any Information on Yellow Afghanistan? Replies: 1
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 288
 
I received some bonus cuttings of Yellow Afghanistan when I purchased some other cuttings.  Does anyone have any information on this variety?  Is this the unknown Afghanistan?

Thanks

Subject: Italian 258 UCD Replies: 8
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 702
 
If I'm reading it correctly the site says there is no material available.

Subject: UC Davis Ischia Black vs Blue Ischia Replies: 0
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 246
 
Like a lot of people I purchased the Blue Ischia in the hopes it was a virus free Ischia Black.  I'm not sure what it is but it is not Ischia Black in my opinion.  The first Ischia Black fig I had was like a concentrated raspberry preserve around the eye of the fig.

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jpeg IschiaBlack2014-2.jpg (115778, 10 views)
jpeg IschiaBlack2010-5.jpg (191187, 10 views)
jpeg IschiaBlack2010-6.jpg (195000, 11 views)
jpeg IschiaBlack2010-7.jpg (197834, 10 views)
jpeg IschiaBlack2010-8.jpg (174391, 11 views)
jpeg IschiaBlack2010-9.jpg (177571, 7 views)
jpeg IschiaBlack2010-10.jpg (184003, 10 views)

Subject: Vasilika Sika Leaf Patterns Replies: 2
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 287
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by andreas
good luck with your plants Tom.
i enjoy your videos


Thanks.  I've made the decision to get rid of a lot more fig trees.  They have a way of multiplying quickly.  I'm going to go down to a select few.

Subject: Vasilika Sika Leaf Patterns Replies: 2
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 287
 
It's always interesting to see the different growth characteristics of cuttings from the same variety started at the same time.  There is always the runt of the litter with figs in the beginning but they tend to recover the following season.

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jpeg VasilikaSikaLeafPatterns.jpg (120791, 13 views)
jpeg VasilikaSikaLeafPatterns03.jpg (62974, 12 views)

Subject: Mcool, Probably Last fig of the season Replies: 0
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 244
 
Freezing warning here in New England for tonight into Monday morning.  There was a ripe fig on the Macool and it will probably be one of the last figs for the season.

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jpeg MacoolEbay04.jpg (79001, 8 views)

Subject: Col de Dame Grise Replies: 5
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 706
 
This is the first fig I've had from this variety.  I started this cutting last year.

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jpeg ColdeDameGrise02.jpg (43226, 56 views)
jpeg ColdeDameGrise.jpg (119267, 54 views)

Subject: Violet de Bordeaux and Zingarella Replies: 3
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 412
 
I'm really impressed with the quality of the fig off of a 2013 UCD cutting of Violet de Bordeaux.  I had my first Zingarella which was refreshing after having the thicker jammy Violet de Bordeaux.  

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jpeg VioletdeBordeauxZingarella3.jpg (69031, 29 views)
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jpeg VioletdeBordeaux.jpg (106256, 29 views)
jpeg VioletdeBordeaux02.jpg (140734, 30 views)
jpeg VioletdeBordeauxZingarella3.jpg (69031, 31 views)
jpeg VioletdeBordeauxZingarella0.jpg (105832, 31 views)

Subject: Monstrueuse and friends Replies: 5
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 376
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by jdsfrance
Hi tmc2009,
Nice figs .
Monstrueuse with a second s .
What are the friends ?


Good catch.  I forgot an s.  Corrected.  Thanks
There were Ronde de Bordeaux and hopefully Longue d Aout too.

Subject: Vassilika Figs season 2014 Replies: 11
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 929
 
Beautiful figs.  Thanks for the video.  So is the Vasilika Sika circulating here in the states not the same?   I noticed we have dropped an s in Vasilika too.

Subject: I made some Fig Leaf Tea Replies: 16
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 687
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by FiggyFrank
Nice video Tom.  I use a french press and let the leaves sit for about 15 minutes before pressing.  Lots of flavor and darker color.  I like to add honey to mine.  Can't say it's delicious, but it's good.
 I wonder if the leaves from different varieties are as different as the figs they produce?  I was thinking of putting honey in it too.  I was saying to myself there goes the diabetes benefits when I was adding the sugar.  

Subject: I made some Fig Leaf Tea Replies: 16
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 687
 
I dried the leaves I had from pruning the Jolly Tiger a while back and made some tea.  It tastes like green tea and mint to me.

Subject: Monstrueuse and friends Replies: 5
Posted By: tmc2009 Views: 376
 
Here are some late summer figs.  Not a large quantity but I'll take what I can get.  Hopefully there is more time to ripen figs here.

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jpeg Montrueuse.jpg (51962, 30 views)
jpeg Montrueuse02.jpg (53102, 31 views)