Thanks Bluegill for you input. Florea is productive and early for me here too but the taste is not as good as Gino's Black or Bari.

Here is the fig that I would like to root next year. I have a friend that I am going to ask for some cuttings. It looked so good.


Colonel Littman's Black Cross










Anyone growing this fig? How good is it?

Tony

I just harvested this Lattarulla Honey fig. It is very sweet with a pleasant fig flavor. Tony

Wow , now i have to add a few more figs to my list. :) Very nice tony....

Here is a photo of what it looks like inside.

Tony




I am hoping to add this CdD Roja to my collection next Spring.

Tony

Just got my new fig cuttings order in for next Spring: Longue D’Aout, Colonel Littman’s Black Cross, RDB, Panachee, Adriatic JH, Triano/Troiano Calabrese ,Italian Black, Unk.Teramo, Atreano, Craven’s Craving, Battaglia Green, Brogiotto Nero, El Molino, and Red Lebanese Bekaa Valley. This will keep me busy rooting them in middle of March 2018.

Tony

Unk. Teramo?

Where did you get this? Curious because that's where my Grandparents came from!

Thanks!

All this cuttings are swapping fruit tree scions and fig cuttings with fellows fig growers just for postage.

Tony

WaitingforFigot do you know where in Teramo your grandparents come from? I'm from the small town San Vito in the mountains of Teramo.
And by the way where are you in North east I'm in Wallingford Ct

OK, thanks!

I bought my little guys from Burpee this year and am concentrating on not killing them over this winter. :)

The main reason I bought them is because my Grandfather had a fig tree (among other things) and I have great memories of us in his garden. The fig and plum trees were wrapped in burlap each year until he got too old to care for everything.

Hopefully my figs will produce next year and I will like the tastes and then maybe pursue the Unk. Teramo. Does anyone have Teramo in the ground in Zone 6?

WaitingtorFigot,

You can look me up in 2019. I should have the UNK. Teramo rooted and growing. You can have free cuttings of it. You just have to pay for the postage. Take care.

Tony

Tony,

That is so kind and generous! It's a deal - Thank You.

Do you know if Teramo can make it in ground in Zone 6? If not, I'll pot it and work it out; just don't want to kill it.

It is going to be so F@cking Cool to have a fig tree from my Pop's hometown! I just wish someone would stop cutting onions around me right now.

Take Care,
S

WFF,

I am not sure if you can grow it in ground. What I have done in the past is to grow it out in a pot. I let the fig grows to 3 or 4 feet tall then I planted in the ground deep like a foot of new growth below my soil line so that the roots are protected well under the soil. Some figs will die down to the soil line then resprout the following Spring. They will grow a little weedy but if you continue to pinch the tips at the 5th leaf and that will stimulate early figs formation. You just have to religiously pinching them all the time and stop at 90 days before hard frost because most figs will ripened in 90 days. 

Tony

Tony,

It's funny you mentioned the "deep burial." I've read about some of the Old-Timers who have buried/transplanted their figs very deep as a means of protection - I've been toying with this idea myself.

I have solid red clay soil, so I just did raised beds about 14-16" high. So far my 4 figs have grown to about 16"h x 14"wide each (I got a late start and they were only 4" high to begin with but full of healthy green leaves). Even though I have a 1 year guarantee, I don't want to kill them. I have been wondering if I could/should just bury them a foot deep (come December?) and see what happens.

What do you think - should I bury these 16" high plants in the ground approximately 12" deep for winter? I do plan on moving them next spring to give them much more space for a full year's growth.

Thanks,
WFF

Here are my little fellas first planted in their new homes:
Chicago          VdB            White Marseilles
Olympian

WFF,

Nice raised beds for your figs and herbs. I used a lot of large river rocks in my landscape and underneath the inground figs to increase the temperature to help the figs ripened sooner Plus the Micro Climate of my south side wall of my house that will also help with the heat.

Tony

Mario,

Sorry, I must have missed your reply because I was so excited about the Unk. Teramo. LOL. Sorry for the delay.

Grandparents were both Abruzzi, from Teramo province, towns of Teramo and Villa Vomano.

I'm kind of in the suburbs of Philly.

I'm going to google San Vito and check it out!

Take Care,
WFF

Here is my friend photo of Takoma Violet. Hopefully mine TV will be ready in a few weeks.








Bonus photo of my mums


Tony

Wow looks great.

But since I'm a total newbie and can't remember what a fresh fig tastes like, therefore no idea, I'm just going to say that the Colonel Littman's Black Cross is probably still my favorite pic so far.

Cheers!

You May like Ischia Black. My friend said one of the best.

Tony

Hardy Hartford.

Tony

By pictures alone, I think:

1. Colonel Littman
2. Cdd Roja
3. Black Ischia

Tony, please tell us according to your tastings...

I always like dark figs except for one green one is Strawberry Verte. SV is the best green fig out there period IMO. My friend said they all taste awesome and If you can grow these four Colonel Littman, Cdd Roja, Black Ischia and Takoma Violet then you may not care about growing Black Madeira. 

Tony

Strawberry Verte is on my list of interest. Pics I've seen on forum are fantastic. Not sure about how it will take in zone 6.

My VdB is will probably be closest to those dark mentioned.

I am also intrigued by "Pellegrino" which someone described as "very sweet and rich caramel taste. A large fig to eat but leaves you wanting another one."

Potted figs stored in unheated garage are the best bet to get your crops without worrying about the cold and died back to the ground. Re-sprout after died back only give you a tiny amount of figs which are the main crops and not the Breda.
Tony