Grasa
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Posted 1412480968
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While driving to work I noticed a couple pruning a tree I have been eyeing for a while. It faces west and according to them it produces great figs, but only the first crop, which is consistent with Desert King. I asked for the cuttings as they were tossing them in the recycle bin, and they gave me a few. The old man was not interested in talking, LOL. The lady kept telling him to give me, but he kept on tossing them on the bin, so , she pulled some out and gave me... as I was not going to leave without them. I should be able to share with a few people if anyone is interested, just PM me to coordinate.https://www.google.com/search?q=12507+Dayton+Ave+N%2C+Seattle%2C+WA+98133&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-Address&ie=&oe=&gws_rd=ssl
james
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Posted 1412485117
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That's what I want... to be able to be sitting on the couch and reach out the window to pick figs.
2016 Wish List: Dārk Pōrtuguese, Grānthāms Royāl, Lātarolla, Negrettā, Nōire de Bārbentāne, Rockāway Green, Viōlet Sepōr , Viōlette Dā uphine . Iranian figs are always welcome.
greenfig
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Posted 1412487333
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Good looking trees (and the house too!).
Grasa
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Posted 1412521468
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Igor, I am watching this tree for a while. I thought it was only one. the canopy shades their drive way, they are planted very close to the walls of the driveway.... I would think wiht time, someone will cut them off before they push the walls. What surprises me is that it gets no morning sun and only after the sun turns to west, at times,here that won't happen until 2pm. I have a West spot in my house that I keep delaying the planting as I am concerned of not enough light in there.. these trees prove me wrong.
drphil69
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Posted 1412529416
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Nice find! Surprising they get figs with limited sun in Seattle. And that's when the sun is actually not obstructed by your famous clouds and rain!
Rob
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Posted 1412603727
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My theory on that is that in a diffuse light environment, such as cloudy a lot of the time as in Seattle (from what I have heard, don't know if it's really true), it doesn't matter as much which direction or which wall it's planted against. Just matters how much clear sky is overhead. If there are no clouds in the sky, then most of the light is going to be coming from directly from where the sun is. But the clouds diffuse and spread out the sunlight so that light can come from the north, etc, in other words from all around, anywhere you can see the sky. You can see grass growing very happily right next to a wall that is directly to its south, meaning that it never ever gets direct sunlight. The only way it is getting light is from indirect light reflected/refracted by the clouds. Obviously peak brightness is not as much as if it were in direct sun.
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