Hi, new to growing figs here in Vermont,I am looking to trade tobacco seeds <55 types> or Vermont grown tobacco for fig cuttings.thanks Rex.

Greetings All:  I'm new to growing figs and live in SE Georgia (USA).  I have just planted 3 types of figs.  They are "Black Mission Figs", "Giant Amber Figs" and "Large Brown Turkey" figs.  Has anyone had experiance with any of these three variaties in the SE?  The "Large Brown Turkey appears to be a different variety from the "Brown Turkey" but I can't really find any information on the former.  I can only find references to Mission Figs and Giant Amber figs growning in California.  I should researched this before ordering the figs.  Anyway, will my figs be OK or should I replace them with something else.  Our climate is hardines zone 8a and very humid.  Thanks and God bless.

Marcus

Hi everybody,
I'm from city Tachov in Czech Republic and I'v got several plants of figs.Our climate is hardines zone 6. My favourites is Stanley's dalmatian (in picture), but I have about 20 types from Turkey,Croatia,Italy, Albania and Spain.

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Welcome, Marcus and Stanley!

That is a beautiful fig, Stanley! I would suggest you create a thread for it so all members will see and discuss it.

Marcus,

Did you search this thread for other members in your USDA Zone to see how they are doing with those varietals?

Yes, it's a good idea, but my English is not very good. But I'll try.....

Stanley,

We don't grade members's English here. This is a multinational forum. Besides, your English is better than my Czech. Take care.

Great pic Stanley,

llo all, I am from Palestine/sakhnin, I like figs very much, in my region grows a wide variety of figs specially in summer. here are some pics for some of my favorite figs, they are all sweet and Delicious and the taste from heaven!!

Welcome to the forum, Kassoum!

Those are some beautiful figs!! I look forward to seeing how you grow them. Take care and have a great week!

Kassoum, welcome and do you know the name of the fig pictured at the bottom center?

Hi friends, hi ejp3, the fig that you asked about named Sbayi, its considered to be one of the most hight quality in Israel, the tree gives a lot of fruit along 3 months, inside has a high sugar level, the eye is closed,the fruit has a big size, cant be damaged bye insects, birds love this tree so they leave all other fig trees and start eating the Sbayi.

Hi, Kassoum

Does your Sbayi have the Fig Mosaic Virus? and can you please post pictures of the leaf shapes it has? Thanks!

Welcome, Xenil!

Somehow I missed your introduction. You asked for help identifying your unknown plant. Why don't you start a new thread and tell us what you know about it? Post pictures of the tree, leaf types, ripe fruit (inside, skin and eye) if you have them. Thanks a lot!

Hi go4broek, no my fig tree don't have this kind of virus, now tree went dormant, i don't have leaves or other fruit pictures to show you. but the tree have another big problem, its a beetle that boors the stem of the fig tree till it dies. lot of figs in Palestine were killed by this beelte. 

Sounds good, Xenil. Stay warm and good luck.

From outside of Austin, Tx I will testify to some of the old champions-14* last winter and more than a hundred days over 100* last summer

Welcome, Alexis!

I realize you have been a member for over a year, but finally posted :-)) . I would love to see your set-up and pictures of figs. Feel free to start a thread if you decide to share more. Take care!

Kassoum,

Do you know the name of the beetle or have a picture of it? Is there any control for it?

Landscapewitch, very interested in your cold weather experience, with Marseilles Black VS.

Kassoum,

Here is something I found to control them:

Batoceraru fomaculata is a polyphagous (Feeding on many different kinds of food) species which attacks both living and dead trees. While it tends to attack living trees which are stressed, it will also sometimes attack apparently healthy trees. The host range differs throughout the species' range, but mango and fig are the two most commonly attacked hosts.

Female beetle chews a small tunnel shaped depression in the tree bark and inserts an egg under the bark. After hatching from the egg, the neonate larva initially feed under the bark. Young larvae begin feeding in the phloem tissue then migrate into the heartwood to pupate. Damage from small larvae is difficult to be observed, but hole, dripping sap, and frass can be observed on the bark when they grew up. Full grown larva is 8-10 cm in length. Larval and prepupal + pupal stage lasts about 280 and 24-29 days, respectively.

Some more pics of the beetle: Search for ?? at SIAM INSECT-ZOO & MUSEUM

Management:

• As the pest is an internal tissue borer, It is very difficult to save the trees in the middle and advanced stages of infestation, even with the application of insecticides. The success of the curative treatment depends on the intensity of infestation.
• Prophylactic treatment by swabbing the trunk region upto one meter height from the ground level with a suspension of carbaryl 50 WP 0.2% [at] 4 g in one litre of water or swabbing with coal tar and kerosene (1:2), may be given twice a year during March-April and November-December to prevent egg laying by adult beetles.
• The effective control measures consist of mechanical removal of the immature stages (grubs) of the pest during initial stages of infestation, and swabbing the trunk and exposed roots with carbaryl 50 WP 0.2% [at] 4 g in one litre of water.
• Padding the stem with cotton-wool soaked with monocrotophos 36 WSC [at] 30 ml (depending on the age of the tissue) and closing the flap, gave good recovery in borer infested trees in the initial stages of infestation.
• Drenching the soil around the trunk of the tree may also be done with carbaryl 50 WP 0.2% solution ([at] 4 g in one litre of water). For this purpose, close examination of trunk portion is to be done during fruiting season (February-May).
• Adoption of phytosanitory measures such as removal of dead trees and trees with advanced stages of infestation at least once in 6 months may reduce the spread of stem and root borer infestation. Such measures are more effective in reducing the infestation, rather than prophylactic and chemical treatments.

So maybe better to try something less agressive (like neem oil) first, or just buy some mango fruit from your neighbours...

Source: http://teakdoor.com/farming-and-gardening-in-thailand/63049-best-way-of-protecting-mango-trees.html

Good luck!
 

go4broek,

Glad to help, Kassoum. That beetle sounds like a significant threat to fig trees. Large and ugly too! Good luck.

xenil
:If you have Burnisotte from a different source than UC Davis,it will be nice to make picture of tree and fruits to discuss it on this site,because so far we here in the USA have a desesed cultivar going being multiplied,and another one that is a brown fig of mediocre quality ,being planted as Burnisotte.

landscapewitch:Yes Marseilles vs Black is a good cultivar,no doubt.
My question:Are you sure it was -14F  ?
And if yes I would like to have you inform how the fig tree did in the Spring,Please!