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On June 1 only 1 of my plants had any main crop figs forming, now a lot are starting to form.  At what size range are main crop common figs receptive to caprification?
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Bob, in an email, Francisco mentioned that pollination would happen (in his climate) around the end of June, and he also mentioned that figs would be around the size of a marble at that time.
I hope he sheds a little light.

For me, it's too early I do anything beyond watching my Caprifigs grow this year, as they are still too small.
Hopefully next year I'll have something to work with, and I will try to start around the end of June, but will continue for a month, in 5 day intervals, since it is likely that our climate would have us a couple of weeks behind Mediterranean or California timelines.
Will you be trying the toothpick method for hand pollination, or acquiring Caprifigs with wasps?
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On June 1 only 1 of my plants had any main crop figs forming, now a lot are starting to form.  At what size range are main crop common figs receptive to caprification?


Please educate me, why would you caprificate common figs? 
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It makes them taste better for starters.  Later, when I get my own persistent caprifigs fruiting I can grow the seeds from the common figs that were caprified and see if there are some good tasting common figs that are produced.
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It makes them taste better for starters.  Later, when I get my own persistent caprifigs fruiting I can grow the seeds from the common figs that were caprified and see if there are some good tasting common figs that are produced.


Thanks, I never knew that!  And I will probably never get to try a caprified common fig... :-(

So to start new varieties even common figs need caprification, good to know. 
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I would assume you have to have a common fig with an open eye..  Any recommendations for common figs that would be significantly improved with caprification?  Also if they were hardy to zone 7 that would be nice..
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Hello,

This thread might also be interesting to you:

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/common-figs-and-pollination-7492161

On it Francisco posted this link to a very interesting document about caprifigs where it discusses some of these questions:

https://archive.org/stream/caprifigscaprifi319cond#page/n0/mode/2up
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