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afriadoni

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hi, i'm newbie here..
could you help me choose best fig variety for tropical climate ?
thanks
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Keep eye on forum post's as there are some members from outside the country in tropical area's that grow figs.
You can click there screen name for profile and often they mention their location if its not
added to at the very bottom when they post.
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LSU figs are designed for tropical climates. Try the following LSU varieties:

LSU Purple, LSU Champagne, LSU Tiger, Jack Lily, Thibodaux, LSU Gold, LSU O'Rourke
LSU Red, LSU #156, LSU #5, Buddy Lee, Scott Yellow, St Gabriel, Improved Celeste.

Others that are known to have done well or reasonably well are JH Adriatic, Alma, RdB,
VdB, Conadria or any varieties with tight or close eye varieties. The biggest issues in growing
figs in the tropics are related to rain that causes figs to rupture/split badly & souring.

Celeste is an excellent tasting fig that is grown commonly in Louisiana. It is reported that Celeste
have a tendency to drop or abort figs and LSU figs like Tiger, Improved Celeste, Champagne & O'Rourke
are suppose to be its replacement.
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thanks for nice response Paully :)... i already have LSU Gold , Negrone, Khurtmani, NDC , teena, Matsui Dauphine and (still ) try to get the others..
but will hear for any other suggestions especially for non splitting varieties



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Think LSU designed the figs for subtropical didn't they?
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Think LSU designed the figs for subtropical didn't they?


i don't think so.. figs is native subtropical plant,
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Hi Afriadoni,
I think tropical in that case means lots of water every day and humidity in the air ... That's not matching Mediterranean conditions - where fig trees originated.
We, there, get lots of sun and less water and a looooooooooooooooong season - it normally does not freeze more then 5 five times in the year,
and we speak of freezes of 0°C / -5°C and people would stay inside because it would be "bloody cold those days" - they say .
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Maybe something like Col De Dama or other european winter figs might be a good choice?  Sycamore figs would be an excellent choice if you could have the pollinator wasp.
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Originally Posted by Chivas
Maybe something like Col De Dama or other european winter figs might be a good choice?  Sycamore figs would be an excellent choice if you could have the pollinator wasp.

Fig wasp doesn't exist here ...
Yes , I hear that yellow or greenish fig is good choice for my climate,
Anyway thanks for your advise :)
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Hi Afriadoni,
I think tropical in that case means lots of water every day and humidity in the air ... That's not matching Mediterranean conditions - where fig trees originated.
We, there, get lots of sun and less water and a looooooooooooooooong season - it normally does not freeze more then 5 five times in the year,
and we speak of freezes of 0°C / -5°C and people would stay inside because it would be "bloody cold those days" - they say .


Hi Jdsfrance,
Actually my country had 2 seasons ( rainy and hot dry season )
In rain season which regulary between october until april and rest of them is dry season ..
So you could say that my big problem was on October - april .
Some people in my climate grow figs in the ground and had fungus , nematode and drop fruit problems..

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Maybe you can get an LSU Improved Celeste or an LSU O'Rourke they were developed for a climate that is as close as we have to yours, and were supposed to be nematode resistant.

We have several members in your part of the world and maybe they will post suggestions.
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Hi A.D,
I'm from Malaysia, same climate as Indonesia. Paul gave you a very good advice. We have too much rain which is not good for the figs. What we do is to grow the young figs under cover ie.under the car porch etc. when they are big enough then only we place the containers out in the open. Most varieties grow well this way.

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Originally Posted by Norhayati
Hi A.D, I'm from Malaysia, same climate as Indonesia. Paul gave you a very good advice. We have too much rain which is not good for the figs. What we do is to grow the young figs under cover ie.under the car porch etc. when they are big enough then only we place the containers out in the open. Most varieties grow well this way. Norhayati


hi Cik Nor,
Ty for your advise, i did it, and Violette de bordeaux grow well.. i only have LSU Gold , rest of LSU varieties is hard to find here.. :)
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Originally Posted by dkirtexas
Maybe you can get an LSU Improved Celeste or an LSU O'Rourke they were developed for a climate that is as close as we have to yours, and were supposed to be nematode resistant.

We have several members in your part of the world and maybe they will post suggestions.


Hi, i'll hear for any other suggestions ,ty
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