desert king photos

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1king

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Posted 1412133453	Reply with quote #1

Finally got around to posting a few pics. The first is a main crop dk I just ate. Despite the cool rainy weather it was every bit as good as the brebas. Some hardened honey shots of fruit just before they started to mold(I wait until the last possible hour to pick) and the base of my 20' backyard tree with breba harvest... Attached Images dk_main.JPG (201.37 KB, 102 views) photo_3.JPG (71.83 KB, 116 views) photo_1.JPG (144.64 KB, 110 views) photo_2.JPG (77.12 KB, 100 views) __________________ ivan - coastal bc

cis4elk

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Posted 1412133998	Reply with quote #2

Looks great, I wish I had a 20' DK! __________________ 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. :)

armando93223

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Posted 1412134847	Reply with quote #3

Thanks for Sharing, I should get one of these soon. __________________ Armando in the Heart of California

jdsfrance

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Posted 1412152641	Reply with quote #4

Hi 1king, Congrats ! How old is your tree ? __________________ ------------------------ Climate from -25°C to + 35°C Only cold hardy figtrees can make it here

gorgi

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Posted 1412154359	Reply with quote #5

Wait a second! That nice King horizontal fig fruit seemingly squirting honey must have earlier been hanging with eye pointing down ... __________________ George, NJ_z7a.

Yeehova

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Posted 1412162888	Reply with quote #6

I thought main crop desert king required wasp. Do all of them ripen for you in BC? __________________ Brian Wish list: Col de Dame

1king

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Posted 1412280171	Reply with quote #7

Hi fig friends, this tree is about 18 years old -I planted it 14 years ago on the south side of our house. It gets a lot of shade in early spring/fall but has been faithfully producing breba the past 10+ years. There are about 8 other main crop ripening now and some dropping or getting knocked off by rodents. IF all the main were to ripen - big if, it would be about 1/5 the size of breba crop. George - I was too lazy to rotate the photo - sorry for the mis representation! Pino, I use binoculars to tell when they are ripe and a uav to pick - just kidding, I use a ladder - very slow and dangerous, but worth it. Calvin - be happy you don't have a tall tree, picking is very troublesome. I let the tree go tall for more light because of the marginal site it is in. I doubt we have THE WASP here - too cold for them probably? __________________ ivan - coastal bc

Joe_Athens1945

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Posted 1412289397	Reply with quote #8

Nice! I am envious! :-) __________________ Athens, GA USA Zone 7b My young trees in the ground and in pots: Brown Turkey, White Triana JM, Magnolia, Strawberry Verte, Violette de Bordeaux, Panache, UK Brooklyn Dark JP, Ronde de Bordeaux. Wish list: St Rita

mjbaransky

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Posted 1412294212	Reply with quote #9

Can anyone share an opinion as to why this Desert King is producing a main crop without the fig wasp? __________________ In Pots: Ronde De Bordeaux, Black Mission, JH Adriatic, Sals El Gene, Celeste (EL), Black Madeira, Sumacki, White Marseilles, Lebanese Red, Persian White, Genovese Nero Zone 6 - Nazareth, Pennsylvania, USA. (Lehigh Valley - Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton)

ediblelandscapingsc

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Posted 1412296002	Reply with quote #10

Can you please share a few pictures of the leaves of your tree. a few closeups of the most common leaf pattern on the tree will do. Thanks. __________________ South Carolina zone 7b-8

Otmani007

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Posted 1412297152	Reply with quote #11

Looks great. Purchased a tiny plant from eBay a couple of months ago and can't wait for it to mature. __________________ Dallas, TX - Zone 8a Wish List: Col de Dame Blanche, Brogiotto Bianco, Sicilian White, Panache Otmani

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