tc575
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Living in zone 6B in Maryland, overall, which is the better fig for my area, Italian 258 or Col De Dame Grise.
paully22
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Given your zone, the more reliable variant for bountiful figs would be RdB. Both I258
snaglpus
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Posted 1465959354
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Ditto to what Paully said. Get a GH if you want to taste those figs in your climate.
hoosierbanana
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Posted 1465986026
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Italian 258, to answer your question as asked. Of course you should have an Etna fig for reliability, RdB will not perform well for you without the same level protection that I258 or CdDG requires.
Herman2
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If you have a totally full sun location,(10 hours or more), both will ripe,and both are top tasting.
Maris
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Posted 1466003351
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I will recommend Michurinsk-10 (syn. Florea I think) Very hardy, and early figs giving tree. This var. is from Bulgaria. But I can't help with Italian 258 or Col De Dame Grise cuz I don't have them.
Greetings from Poland
Lanckorona, Poland
Elevation 455 m (1493 ft) (49° 49')
USDA 6
Wish list: My area in USDA ZONE 9 :D
My varieties: Panache, Peretta, Napolitana, Michurinska-10 and probably Brown Turkey.
drew51
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Posted 1466013648
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Out of the Col De Dame figs Grise would be the one to try as it ripens earlier. I agree with other comments that you should try ones known to work in your area so you will always have figs, and then experiment with these other long ripening types. MBVS would be another to get. I have an unknown found in MD. It originated in Italy. It's called
paully22
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Posted 1466015844
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All my Mt.Etna figs ripen later than RdB. In my 6/7 zone, my Rdb's are never protected -- whether in the ground or in pots. My I258 & all CDD's variants need protection. Definitely late producers. Usually for main crop figs, the earliest to ripen for me consistently have been Florea followed by RdB -- about a week or 2 behind Florea by around mid Sept. However last season the winter was mild and so is 2016, hence most variants were about 3 to 4 weeks early. As I write I am surprise my 1st 2016 ripe fig came from Martin's Unknown. Most of my breba figs are at a stage where ripening can happen especially Ariane and Morena.
kkk2210
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Posted 1466034770
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Get a greenhouse and you can get Fico D'inverno to ripen .
hoosierbanana
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Posted 1466038329
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Paully any container trees I leave out here will be dead to the soil line, or totally dead, so we do have different zones. RdB tends to grow instead of fruit after hard pruning and has been more sensitive to cold than most varieties because of the vigorous habit. It has had 3 years to ripen the first fig of the year and maybe this will be the year, I used 150 gallons of leaves to protect it.
drivewayfarmer
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Posted 1466040077
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RDB in my zone 5 area is very productive and I haven't noticed any reluctance to set fruit after a hard pruning. I do normally pinch the tip out at 4 to 6 leaves on new growth.
paully22
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Posted 1466048151
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Kerry, my in-ground RdB here produces a reliable huge crop. Seemingly it is a variant that does not require a long
hoosierbanana
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Well guys, I hope you are right, I have planted out over 2 dozen RdBs now. 2- 4th year, 10-3rd, 20- 2nd. Plus the containers.
rayrose
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Posted 1466089072
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Why do you have so many of the same fig?
hoosierbanana
1287901146
Posted 1466091053
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Production plantings are always large numbers of relatively few varieties. It is more efficient and also important to have a consistent product.
paully22
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Posted 1466091788
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let us know how things workout -- RdB could be a good alternative to Mission on a commercial scale.
