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BLB

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A different kind of fig putting on fruit for the first time. These figs will turn red when ripe. Dunno how edible they are...yet. This is Ficus gasparrinia var. laceratifolia. I grow a few other ficus besides our common carica, thought this one was interesting for the leaves, now with fruit I really love this plant. Had to share.

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That is fantastic! I hope they're edible. I was looking at the Afghanistanica on ebay the guy said it fruits but rarely outside of it's native land. Also very interesting leaves.
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Looks good Barry good luck with it
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 All my figs have been exposed to  FMV,some have it, some don't. It doesn't seem to bother them so it doesn't bother me.
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Soo cool Barry ! Hope they are edible too . Keep us posted !
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That is fantastic! I hope they're edible. I was looking at the Afghanistanica on ebay the guy said it fruits but rarely outside of it's native land. Also very interesting leaves.


Tami, I have that one. It grows very fast but still too small for any fruit.
Maybe next year?
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Igor,
That's funny, we seem to have very similar tastes in figs.
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Nice looking plant, Barry
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Edible or not, it lends an added exotic look to the garden. Certainly works for me.
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I agree, really beautiful.
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That is an exotic looking fig.  Hope it tastes great.
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GREAT leaves! Looking good. Next report card, taste: Leaf appearance: A+
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Thanks everyone. I'm a sucker for cool leaves I also have an Afghanistan fig called snowflake I think and of course Ice Crystal is awesome looking
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Thanks everyone. I'm a sucker for cool leaves I also have an Afghanistan fig called snowflake I think and of course Ice Crystal is awesome looking


Personally, I love the speckled figs. That's really cool looking! Makes me wonder how they taste.
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So, have they ripened ?
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And more importantly is it palatable? Everything is edible at least once.
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LOL... hello?, maybe the figs were....  <;...x

darn, I was looking forward seeing some pictures of the ripe fruit.
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I found an older thread here on it.  Interesting!

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