Figgysid1
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Something I have never seen before! The 1st picture is 2 Alma figs growing out of the same node, which I have seen in Peter's Honey fig variety quite often. But the second picture is of Flanders where there are 2 figs growing out of the same node but on opposite sides.
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Smyfigs
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Posted 1447640709
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I dont have enough experience with figs but it's interesting to me so I'll follow this thread to read comments!
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Smungung
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Posted 1447641175
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Could figs be mutating?
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Figgysid1
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Ahh ha! I think you got it! The answer is in the picture. If you look next to each fig fruit stem on the Flanders there is a leaf stem also. Figs only produce a leaf on one side of a node not both. So it possible this is a mutated node that has a leave coming out of both sides instead of one. Which also allows a fig to form above the leaf. This would otherwise be impossible since there would be no where for it to come out of.
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tyro
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Nice,what are you feeding these guys Sid?
Figgysid1
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Nothing yet, I wanted to see how much fruit and how big they would get without fertilizer. That tree has already ripened many fruits between 70-100 grams. It's 33% promix, 33% coco coir and 33% #4 perlite soilmix.
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tyro
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<Nothing>That's funny,I knew I was doing something wrong.<G>
Figgysid1
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Here, this link may help explain why my trees are growing so fast with "nothing". Because rainwater contains nitrogen in forms that plants can absorb, and plants need nitrogen to grow, farmers have noticed that rainwater stimulates more plant growth than water from other sources. That's good, in that farmers don't need to apply as much artificial fertilizer." http://classroom.synonym.com/rainwater-contain-nitrogen-8461.html .
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Smungung
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Looks good , good luck on producing double fruit.
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Figinfever
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Posted 1468356387
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Figgysid1, how's propagating the double fruit gone? Did the mutation stabilize in the new tree?
Figgysid1
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Both sides of the node have branches with 5 figs each, none are doubled.. I found another odd fig, this fig formed at the tip of a branch, instead of leaves its making a fig, another 1st. :)
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Figinfever
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Sorry to hear that and that fig in the pic is so unusual! For a moment, I thought the fig was a head and the leaf the torso.
