Expanding fig collection

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nullzero

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Posted 1356914357	Reply with quote #1

Well I tried to limit myself to 5 figs total for my container collection (find myself going over that number now). I decided to give away a kadota fig to a friend to free up space for another variety. I am trying to keep the top tier figs in taste and production in the collection, goal now is not to go over 10... Lol So far I have a Vista, Bruinswick, LSU Gold, Dark Portuguese, and a MARSEILLES vs Black cuttings on the way. Now my question is what great figs am I missing? I am trying to add ones that have diverse tastes and similarities that don't overlap what I already have. I am interested in extending harvest, ones with great brebas, or ones with unique taste and great production. Thanks for any of input!

newnandawg

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Posted 1356915270	Reply with quote #2

Well Nulzero, being you are in Southern California, you should be able to grow about any variety you choose. Keep us posted with that limit of 10. (LOL) Maybe Jon will jump in and give you some good pointers. He is in So Cal also.

Dieseler

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Posted 1356915899	Reply with quote #3

I would add Black Madeira and Ronde de Bordeaux .

JoAnn749

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Posted 1356917673	Reply with quote #4

You want to know the great thing about goals? Once you have attained it, you change it and increase it - hey - it's your goal, youcan change it as many times as you like!! __________________ Jo-Ann DFW TX, Zone 7b-8a Wish List: Black Madeira,, Kathleen's Black, Malta Black, Marseille VS Black, White Paradisio, LSU Scott's Black, Conadria, White Trianna, Marttineca Rimada, Excel, Peter's Honey, Bebera Preta (Abebereira), Strawberry Verte

nullzero

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Posted 1356917873	Reply with quote #5

Yeah, I have a feeling I will be changing it (especially when I get more room). I would love to add Ronde de Bordeaux, but the cuttings seem to pricey to obtain right now. Perhaps I can trade for it in the future.

BLB

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Posted 1356917918	Reply with quote #6

You're missing a lot of good figs, I've got over 70 and my original goal was single digit

nypd5229

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Posted 1356918991	Reply with quote #7

And Barry's only a tenth of the way there. __________________ Dominick Zone 6a-MA

ForeverFigs

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Posted 1356954934	Reply with quote #8

nullzero......Famous last words : "I want to limit myself to 10 varities". Ha Ha !! Good luck my friend. I think the "bug" has already bitten. __________________ Vince Edison N.J. Zone 6b Wish List: LaRadek's EBT

bullet08

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Posted 1356956559	Reply with quote #9

what martin said. Black Madeira and Ronde dB. also some green figs. i heard great things about JH Adriatic and others. __________________ Pete Durham, NC Zone 7b "don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - the baroness thatcher *** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. * * and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...***

ascpete

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Posted 1356960050	Reply with quote #10

Note attached Topic some ideas on inventory reduction and fig taste grouping. Good Luck. http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/Inventory-reduction-next-season-6076815

nullzero

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Posted 1356971360	Reply with quote #11

Thank you for the replies guys. I have JH Adriatic cuttings on the way. As for limiting myself to 10, I see that being broken sometime soon lol. I know myself to well (I am just trying to put a restriction on myself), I have over 30 Opuntia sp. varieties selected for fruit. So its not very hard for me to collect fig varieties...

cis4elk

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Posted 1356971370	Reply with quote #12

The beauty..or problem, I haven't decided which, about trees in containers is that you can always seem to find room for more. I personally have found that if you take the number you were planning on having and multiply that by 3 or 4 you will be content, for now. :) __________________ Calvin Littleton,CO z5/6 Wants List: For everyone to clean-up after themselves and co-exist peacefully. Let's think more about the future of our planet and less about ourselves. :)

bullet08

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Posted 1356972041	Reply with quote #13

problem is.. you'll always find that special fig you really want to add to your list. at certain point those special fig will be hard to come by and you will end up adding others while waiting for that one. __________________ Pete Durham, NC Zone 7b "don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - the baroness thatcher *** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. * * and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...***

JoAnn749

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Posted 1357027137	Reply with quote #14

Less then a year ago I wanted just the one tree I bought - Then ..... __________________ Jo-Ann DFW TX, Zone 7b-8a Wish List: Black Madeira,, Kathleen's Black, Malta Black, Marseille VS Black, White Paradisio, LSU Scott's Black, Conadria, White Trianna, Marttineca Rimada, Excel, Peter's Honey, Bebera Preta (Abebereira), Strawberry Verte

nullzero

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Posted 1357148012	Reply with quote #15

Well just finished obtaining this new years cuttings. I am going to restrain from adding more figs until the end of the year. So far I have; Plants (various sizes) Vista, LSU gold, Bruinswick, Dark Portuguese Cuttings on the way (need to be rooted) Paradiso, Ronde de Bordeaux, Marseille VS Black, JH Adriatic, Panache Removed Kadota (given to a friend) Think I am good for now. I would add more but I have so much stuff going on from Acai to Tomatoes... I am running out of room lol.

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