Why is 50 to many for an acer?  Standard semidwarf orchards are running from 150 to 300 trees on average,  while dwarf orchards are now averaging 1000 trees per acer. just how l big are you going to let your trees get? 

I totally understand Chuck!  The picture is now clear, for what ever reason I thought you had an acer set aside for fig trees rather that an acer total. I am right there with you, I only have 1/4 acer with 41 semi-dwarf fruit trees (14 in ground, 27 in pots for the move), a 2500 square foot garden,  a 1600 hundred square foot garden, grapes, honey berries, goji berries, aroinia berries, blackberries, raspberries and strawberries. ...  and more.   Then the grass, decks, I have 5 flower beds ranging from big to giant,  zeroscaped areas....  

So yeah, I'm right there with you.  This is why I'm looking to move onto 5ish acers in couple years. I bought this house dirt cheap as a fixed upper a few years ago, as soon as it's done it's going to be on the market and I'm off to enjoy some space and go into a Teraforming cyclone.

You're place sounds amazing, thank you for sharing some of the details. 

Scott

Scott & Chuck,

It's good to see others growing tons of stuff in their yards.  I'm eventually planning on putting 8-9 figs in ground in my 1/4 acre suburban yard.  It could be a lot more, but I also have plans for a persimmon, raspberries, blueberries, juneberries, blackberries, strawberries, an asparagus patch, the vegetable garden, paw paws, bush cherry, etc.  In a few years, I'm pretty sure my neighbors are going to think I'm nuts (or a fruit as the case may be) since I have very different landscaping ideas than everyone else around.  I'd much rather prune fruiting plants than mow a lawn.

Update on U.Orangeburg purple. Have many figs on first year plant started from cuttings last fall. Some of them are ripening and putting on a great show of color. Figs are almost dark magenta. The fig has a tight eye until it starts ripening. Here're some pics.

Can anyone who received cuttings share their experience with these varieties in relation to cold hardiness? I am always looking for cold hardy varieties that may be better suited for my zone 5 conditions. It may be to early but if anyone can also share taste profiles of the varieties that would also be interesting. 

Chuck, 
Thanks for the suggestion, I already have one and hopefully two next year as my tree has put out a sucker that I plan to air layer. Any other varieties that work well in your zone?

I was hoping to leave the fruits a little longer but a bird has already found one. So I picked the other one that was not so ripe but was good enough to try. I must say, I am so impressed for a first year fig. A perfect balance of sweetness and figgy flavor. It reminded me of Celeste a bit for sweetness but the figgy flavor hit immediately. Loved it. It's definitely a keeper for me considering how vigorous the tree grows and how productive it is.

Mohan, sounds like an exciting new variety! The color of the riper one is beautiful.
ADelmanto, if you have more cuttings of these to sell this year I'd definitely pay you for some. I'm very interested in trialing cold hardy varieties.

Hi Kate,
It's the same fig but a picture from other angle to show the eye. Regardless if I had left the fig a little longer it probably would have completely changed color. It's more red than purple. Like Lebanese red or red Libya.

This is the only post that mentions the Unk Italian Nyack Purple so figured I would post this info here.
I forget where I hosted photos before so have to open a new account someplace to post the photos here again..Anyway, someday maybe I will get around to that.
So this fig is very purple, maybe the size of a quarter not very large.
Very sweet and juicy. Good berry flavor. Had definite undertones of a sweet cherry. Absolutely delicious. It's a solid 8. Same place I put Hardy Chicago. In fact if I had to choose between the two the Nyack purple would probably win out but not by much. I really like them both.

I only get about 6 hrs of full sun a day here and I started picking these End of Aug. Anyone with better sun can probably subtract 2 weeks from that.

Thanks for posting your results. I've planted mine in ground this summer. I'm still waiting for mine to ripen. I let my potted figs get very dry early in the season. I think that delayed fruiting on all my varieties this year. Glad you are enjoying it.

Finally found my photo from last year. Picked on 9/3. I took 3 cuts of it to start more of them. All 3 rooted and are out of my bins already. Last ones in and first ones out. Very impressive.

That's the Unk Nyack purple by the way..  

Looks Great! Happy Figging!