1st 2015 Brown Turkey Brebas

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sdpops

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Posted 1425242936	Reply with quote #1

February 27, 2015 my Brown Turkey fig is showing its 1st fruit of the year, about 3 weeks until into the oatmeal they go. Time to get the netting frame out I guess. Is there anyone else in the desert S.W. active on this forum to compare plantings with? My fig bushes are the desert standards,, Improved Brown Turkey, Kadota and Conradia (my favorite). All three are kept in a bush form, topping off at about 8' by fall then pruned back when dormant the 1st of the year. sdpops Yuma, AZ zone 10

jc_figs

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Posted 1425243203	Reply with quote #2

I might have the 2 mixed up but isn't brebas supposed to be under the leaves and the main crop within the leaves __________________ Name JAILEN feel free to call me jc ........wish list...... black madeira ,ischia b lack, green ischia, patrics super giant, rdv, negronne, maltese falcon, lsu gold, lsu purple, lsu tiger, lounge d out, golden, celeste, black jack, black mission, brunswick, blue ischia, panache, strawberry latte, armenian, mvsb, col de dame, col de dame grise, col de dame noir, hardy chicago, peters honey, peti negri, unknowns, magnolia, kathleen black, labanese, and any othere except bt, and celeste improved bt or celeste are fine ,cuttings/plants zone 8a goldsboro north carolina. I'm proved Celeste or BT welcome!! figs growing brown turkey celeste and unknown yellow fig

FrozenJoe

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Posted 1425246068	Reply with quote #3

Hi sdpops. Nice looking plant. There are several forum members here from AZ. I'm in Mesa. If you check out my youtube page you can see the videos I posted that describe how different varieties have done in my yard. https://www.youtube.com/user/MrFrozenJoe/videos I'll be posting more this year as the trees ripen fruit. Welcome to the forum. __________________ Joe Phoenix Area (Zone 9) I am MrFrozenJoe on YouTube. I am arizonafigs on eBay.

sdpops

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Posted 1425246876	Reply with quote #4

Hi JC--I don't know about placement above or below leaves but this is the 6th season for this Brown Turkey and every year, shortly after the leaves emerge on the last growth of the past year, I get numerous figs at each leaf joint with a real rush about the 1st half of April. In a couple of months I will start getting new fruit on the current years growth at every leaf joint up until about mid November. My dormant period here is only from about Thanksgiving to early February. My Conadria, this is it's 4th season, follows much the same pattern but a month or so later. I guess I just have assumed that the early figs were breba because of the wood they fruited on and the time of year. Interesting question. sdpops Yuma, AZ zone 10

sdpops

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Posted 1425247181	Reply with quote #5

Thanks Joe, I've copied your YouTube link and will look at it. I may have seen some of yours already because the Tube is where I often go for info on almost every thing. While I have occasionally read through forums I seldom have commented but figs4fun seems to be more fun than others. sdpops

DesertDance

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Posted 1425254918	Reply with quote #6

We bought acreage to grow a vineyard and figs, and the big problem with that is, SLOW connections. You tube is not a factor here. Can't get it. But we get good figs, good grapes...... Sometimes you just deal with it. You tube is tough to load here in Siberia. Suz __________________ Zone 9b, Southern California. "First year they sleep, Second year they creep, Third year they leap!" Wish List: I wish all of you happy fig collecting! My wishes have been fulfilled!

deerhunter16b

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Posted 1425310354	Reply with quote #7

I need to move.....your talking about brebas and we are still shoveling snow...LoL Attached Images image.jpg (203.96 KB, 8 views) __________________ john Zone 7a

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