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johnjay7491

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My HCs have been producing main crop since the end of August. Three trees (2nd year from cuttings)
have over a hundred main crop figs.
Figs are moderately sweet, mixed berry flavor, some seed crunch.
Trees are in ground for the season.

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Posted Reply with quote  #2 
Looks like you are getting quite a few nice figs.

You said for the season...Are you going to uproot them when it gets cold to store them?
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Very nice figs
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Very nice.
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Don, you got it. Since  I always seems to be somewhere else, keeping the fig trees in pots and worrying about watering all season doesn't work. I find it much easier to just plant the trees and forget them until harvest. They also seem to do much better in ground than ones that I have left in pots in prior years. Come first frost I dig up the plants and bring them down the cellar and repot. In spring I reverse the process.
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Posted Reply with quote  #6 
Nice harvest!  
I'm also in Zone 5 and haven't gotten my first figs yet (although they are ordered), and I do the same thing with my tender perennials...planting them in the ground each spring, then lifting and potting up come fall.   
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[image] I wanted to have HC because of his hardiness ... but it's surprise me with some great taste.
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A nice producer in Seattle. Great taste and meaty compared to some of the other black figs I've tasted!
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Great Photos!! I love HC....Thanks for Posting!!
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Pako, yes Hardy Chicago is a great tasting fig and the best part is that's it's easy to grow and gives good yields.

Ben, good to hear that it's a good producer in Seattle, especially with your relatively cool summers. Do you get both breba and main figs in Seattle
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Looks like it does better in ground and when you dig it up in the fall it gets a root pruning too.  I'll have to try that next year.  I think production does drop off when the fig fills every nook and cranny with roots in the pot.
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