Originally Posted by AltadenaMara
I didn't like all the figs I ate before last year.
A neighbor had a productive fig tree when I was growing up and Mom made jars and jars of tasteless fig jam that were mostly sugar. She would add strawberries to try to give them some flavor, but real strawberry jam was so much better, I never ate the fig jam. 
The tree in my back yard here has produce two and three crops per year of the most tasteless green figs you could imagine over the last thirty-five years. The birds like them. I've never been able to ID it, but perhaps it's a caprifig or a mediocre variety of Marseilles. Figs grow and seed wild here. 
Last year I discovered the fig boards, some wonderful tasting figs, and all my dislike of figs changed. (Thanks everyone!)

Originally Posted by alanmercieca
There are some places in Europe that seedlings pop up from places that the roots are very tight, sometimes tighter than in a pot. I wonder it that defects taste too.

I will have 4 varieties of figs in the ground that are large. The rest are medium. I will see what I think of those larger varieties, most of the large, 3 of them are supposed to be very good. If they are not then there is always Jam, home made Gelato/ice cream and drying.

Originally Posted by pino
There are only 2 figs I don't like a  Negronne (not) which looked more like a tasteless Brunswick . 
Also a verte that refuses to ipen figs.

Will be using these for grafting rootstocks.

Originally Posted by snaglpus
Happy Resurrection!

Originally Posted by snaglpus
Happy Resurrection!

Originally Posted by padsfan
Saijo is the best astringent variety in my opinion and I have tried several... I bought one after a taste trial and it is seedless.

Fuyu is the best non astringent variety which you can also eat when its soft so I would definitely recommend that if you want ONE persimmon tree.

Persimmons grow well in many areas of the USA.

Originally Posted by snaglpus
Carl, I use to wrap my in ground Smith for a few years, then I stopped, then the winters got colder so last Fall, I dug it up and potted it in a 27g self watering pot. It was one of my biggest produccers this year! When I don't bring it inside, I only get about 5 figs. Winterized inside, I get 50. Today, I've got 5 Smiths and 2 TXBA-1.

Originally Posted by snaglpus
Sarina, I hope you don't mind me commenting.  I'm really not in the North.  But I am in North Carolina so, maybe that counts for something.  When I wrap my trees, I have a larger harvest.  I use to wrap my tree until I got too many.  Today, I hand carry some prize trees inside my garage, my 2 greenhouses, my shed and a few go inside my basement.

Like you said, the weather has been up and down in our area.  One minute its raining and warm then it gets cold then it gets warm again.  I called 3 nurseries in Charlotte years ago and asked what they did.  They said, all they do is cover the trees with a frost blanket.  Under the blanket, the trees are 10 degrees warmer than outside temps.  This works if you have 20 degree temps for a short period in my mind.  But for some folks that won't work!  In NC, we are lucky to have lots of sunshine in winter.  Even after it snows, the sun comes out and within hours the snow and ice is all gone!  So, the past few years, I wrapped some of my trees with a frost blanket in mid November.  Why November?  Because over the past 2 years, our November had 2 very cold days of 22 degree temps.  So, if I were you, I'd try frost blankets.  I double wrap my trees with the blanket then stuff the center with dry leaves.

Originally Posted by snaglpus
Carl, Honan Red did not fruit this year.  I messed up and through out too much weed and feed lawn fertilizer.  It got to close to it and my Hyachia and this year they did not fruit.  But they will next year.  I hear great things about Saijo.  I had one years ago and screwed up when I repotted it.  It died later that year.  Repotting persimmons can be tricky.  They don't like their roots messed with much.  But I plan on getting another one later this month.  Bass likes it.  I hear Suruga is a great one.  That one might be on the next one I get.

I don't know Charlie about trying out that tea.  My wife made me some lemon grass tea and I was up all night!

Hey Harvey, I eat one a day!  They have a long shelf life.  Your tree looks beautiful!  Persimmons are a no maintenance tree.  You just plant it, water it and forget it!  My neighbor has one.  It is LOADED with Fuyu persimmons!  Her tree is about 10 feet tall.  She has 2x4s under it to keep the limbs from breaking!  LOL!