There is no way Austin got to negative 14 degrees f., 14 degrees f. above zero is very cold for that part of Texas. I think she is using a dash rather than a minus sign.

Yes, she is using a dash verses a minus symbol.

Hi All , Zip 98579.

Good luck, Cody and welcome to the forum!

Low Desert, Southern California, 92253

Violette de Bourdeaux
Panachee

The lady Bordeaux is a good mama (3 offspring so far) and a very good producer. 
My little Panachee started slow with one leaf it's first year.  Last year, it got potted, and is taking off this year.  There is one little fig on it so far.  It has one trunk, unlike the multiples of Violette de Bordeaux.

Warrenton, Va  20186 (zone 7).

Greetings!  I am in the Seattle, WA, USA area (USDA hardiness zone 8a, PlantMaps hardiness zone 9a) where the weather is cool and wet virtually all year, except the last week of July and the first week of August.  We call this period "summer".  I've always loved figs and raid my father's small tree and my sister's two large trees yearly - I suspect these trees are Desert Kings.  Last fall I finally got my act together, cleared some ground and planted two trees, a Desert King, and a Violetta (Bayernfeige?).  Today the DK is 4-1/2' and the V is  4' tall.  Both have a few brebas.

In my youth I was both a botanist and a gardener, but am no longer either, though I do retain some knowledge from those days, and TLW is an avid and dedicated gardener.  Earlier in the spring I removed an old tired apple tree, and after this year's pear crop will remove the old, tired, abused pear tree.  Both will be replaced with figs. 

I'll be devouring this site for information and will likely post with the typical newbie questions if I can't find the answers with the search function.

Welcome to the forum, Demonick! Looking forward to hearing about that Violetta.

ZONE 6
NAMPA IDAHO
ZIP: 83686
MARSIELLE VS BLK
HARDY CHICAGO
BLK GREEK
DANNY DELITE
SAL
 
and other varieties I forgot to list, so far they are coming out of dormancy. I am new to this sooo... I hope this helps.

Welcome, Jennifer!

My 1st post.
Thanks to nichole for telling me about yall.
I am a huge figaholic.
I 'm in central ms. on the line of 8a &8b.
I've had my desert king for about 8 years and have made hundreds of clones from it.
I love to barter but I've only got celeste?,brown turkey,black mission and an unknown variety.
I cant imagine there being a better tasting fig than the king but I'd still like to have the neggrone and lsu purple and gold.
I love me some figs!!!

Welcome to the forum, Dan! I too am curious about that unknown. There are a lot of desireable ones. Thanks!

I am in Northern New Jersey on the NJ/NY border

Hi Jim,
 Thanks for posting about your figs and results. Just curious what kind of soil mix you use for the containers you got from Bill.
 thanks, 
  Pete

Hi Pete
I use a combination of compost and anything I have lying around. it should be of a lighter variety as the pot dries out really quickly in the summer. I can't recommend Bill's techniques enough. My results have been like nothing I've witnessed in 20 years of fig growing and propagating
Jim

Hello fig friends.. Here my preferred varieties:
a) EUCHÁRIO PRETO
b) EUCHÁRIO BRANCO
c) QUARTEIRA
d) EUCHÁRIO AMARELO
e) LAMPEIRA PRETA
f) COTIA (malaguenha)
(a), (b) and (d) are Smyrna's
(e) is a San Pedro
(f) is a common fig
The season is approaching and I promise to send pics of fruits/cutaways/leaves as they become ripe. This year may be a difficult one for Smyrna figs. Abnormal weather (36ºC++) in April and May, killed a lot of caprifigs
My place is Algarve in southern Portugal
Francisco

Hi Lamp,
 Welcome to the forum. We definitely look forward to the pictures! Hope you have a productive season.

 Pete

Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum.

Welcome to the forum, csabi! Good luck with your plants.

Bêbera Preta & Pingo de Mel both seem very Hardy.

Thanks Ruben!

Hello!
San Pedro figs' season has started here in south Portugal
Find here some pictures of Lampeira preta (black) picked up this morning:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lampo2012/7156779813
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lampo2012/7341982944
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lampo2012/7341983016

(First post here...)
Whoa!   I never realized there were so many fig lovers and so many varieties of figs, and that they could grow over such a wide area!

I grew up on a family farm in Central California, and my dad grew Kadota figs, which we sold at the San Francisco farmers market.  That operation ended with my dad's passing about 1980, but I've always had a Kadota tree in my yard ever since.  I am in Fresno,CA, now.

I could not find any place that described how I learned to prune and thin the Kadota, so I have set up a picture gallery describing what I do.  That one tree produces lots of fruit -- more than I can ever use. 

Here's the set of pictures:  Kadota Fig Tree

Several from the set...
   
Before and after pruning in February

Here's the tree last summer:

Welcome to the forum, Steve. That is an excellent demo. I dread the day I have to prune my in-ground trees that much but I do want to make sure they stay within arms reach come harvest time. It's coming soon though. Thanks a lot!

              Legend
Good, Sweet, Excellent, Wow

Toni's Brown Italian -- Wow, Wow! sweetest brown fig ever!
Hardy Chicago -- WOW!
Emerald Strawberry...WOW!  Huge extremely sweet fig!
Improved Celeste -- WOW!
Black Mission -- WOW!
Marseilles VS ....WOW!
Celeste JR
Celeste -- Ty Ty -- Excellent
Brown Turkey  - Lowes -- Good
Reverse Not! - Good
Black Traiana -  Wow!
Atreano-- Wow
Atreano Gold -- Wow
LSU Tiger - Good
Negretta -- good
LSU Purple-- good
Latturulla ..first time tasting in 3 yrs! Good
Excel --by far the sweetest yellow fig! Wow Wow Wow
Kadota....excellent
Italian Black -- beautiful cracking on figs - sweet