hi, i'm newbie here..
could you help me choose best fig variety for tropical climate ?
thanks

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.

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.

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

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

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 .

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.

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 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

Dear All,

In Dec 2016, i bought a fig tree from my colleagues. At that time, he said it was Matsui Dauphine.

Two weeks ago, finally fruit was ripe, and i got these pictures.

After see the fruit, another friend said it is not Matsui Dauphine.

Anyone know which kind of fig that i have?


Warm Regards,

Ray Hutahaean