Peter's Honey 2016

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pino

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Posted 1474578660	Reply with quote #1

This is the first year producing figs and they were delicious! Very sweet rich honey flavour not watery at all. This 2 yr old tree lost all its leaves in July. It was loaded with figs so I put it in the full sun for them to ripen. It didn't like full sun during that heat wave without full access to water. Mia culpa since I don't use SIPs and don't have time to sit there watering twice a day. Anyway it grew back its leaves and ripened all the figs. Yummy so 3 cheers for Peter. __________________ Pino, zone 6, Niagara, JCJ Acres Wish; Peace on earth and more figs Italian 258, Galicia Negra, Luv, trade suggestions welcome.

DevIsgro

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Posted 1474579512	Reply with quote #2

It looks good, I have heard good things about this variety. What's Mia culpa? __________________ Currently growing 50-60 varieties, this season's cuttings dependant. Hopefully I'll get to taste a few more this year...

pino

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Posted 1474580223	Reply with quote #3

Quote: Originally Posted by DevIsgro It looks good, I have heard good things about this variety. What's Mia culpa? Thanks Devin! "mia culpa" people say that around here when they are accepting the blame for something. I was referring to it being my fault that the leaves dropped off the Peter's Honey in July because I neglected to water it for a few days in the heat wave. In Italian the expression is actually "colpa mia" means my fault. __________________ Pino, zone 6, Niagara, JCJ Acres Wish; Peace on earth and more figs Italian 258, Galicia Negra, Luv, trade suggestions welcome.

tinyfish

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Posted 1474581802	Reply with quote #4

All in all it worked out in the end, you got to eat the delicious figs.

pino

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Posted 1474592358	Reply with quote #5

@tinyfish - Thanks! It was surprising that Peter's Honey after yellowing and dropping the leaves grew them all back and ripened the figs! I am expecting big things from this fig since I will make sure it has nice spot in ground. __________________ Pino, zone 6, Niagara, JCJ Acres Wish; Peace on earth and more figs Italian 258, Galicia Negra, Luv, trade suggestions welcome.

pino

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Posted 1474638644	Reply with quote #6

@Alan PH is known for being sweet how was the weather in N.C. this year? Thanks __________________ Pino, zone 6, Niagara, JCJ Acres Wish; Peace on earth and more figs Italian 258, Galicia Negra, Luv, trade suggestions welcome.

AltadenaMara

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Posted 1474756092	Reply with quote #7

Beautiful pictures! My Pete's Honey lost all its leaves and all its figs around the same time. The leaves came back and the tree is just now putting out some small figs but there is probably not enough time for them to ripen. It helped to deep soak the tree overnight once a week with a slow hose drip because surface watering just wasn't enough. It's a shame because it was one of my better figs last year. __________________ Mara Southern California Zone 1990= 9b 2012= 10a 2020=?

DevIsgro

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Posted 1474770173 · Edited	Reply with quote #8

Thanks for the explanation Pino! I read the reply but never checked on here and missed the rest of the updates. There are really too many good figs... __________________ Currently growing 50-60 varieties, this season's cuttings dependant. Hopefully I'll get to taste a few more this year...

Smyfigs

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Posted 1475155567 · Edited	Reply with quote #9

I love my Peters Honey fig, Pino. It is a great fig! Mine is three years old. Last year was the first year it produced. My harvest was only about ten figs but they were absolutely great! Quote: Originally Posted by pino This is the first year producing figs and they were delicious! Very sweet rich honey flavour not watery at all. This 2 yr old tree lost all its leaves in July. It was loaded with figs so I put it in the full sun for them to ripen. It didn't like full sun during that heat wave without full access to water. Mia culpa since I don't use SIPs and don't have time to sit there watering twice a day. Anyway it grew back its leaves and ripened all the figs. Yummy so 3 cheers for Peter. __________________ Meg-Hardiness Zone 10a Looking for... Socorro Blk Wuhan Jolly Tiger Lamperia Preta Herschtetten St. Jean Black Ischia "The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy." ~ Mother Teresa "Do not pass by a man in need for you may be the hand of God to him." ~Proverbs 3:27~ "He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." ~Job 5:4

pino

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Posted 1475160802	Reply with quote #10

Meg and Alan I agree this fig is a keeper. For me now I need to test and see how it does in ground in zone 6. If it doesn't do well in ground I will keep in containers. __________________ Pino, zone 6, Niagara, JCJ Acres Wish; Peace on earth and more figs Italian 258, Galicia Negra, Luv, trade suggestions welcome.

DevIsgro

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Posted 1475184394	Reply with quote #11

Quote: Originally Posted by alanmercieca It's first winter it died almost to the ground in zone 7B yet first winters can be manipulative. It seems to have about the same cold hardiness as Kadota based upon what I read online.I think that it may be able to survive in your climate in the ground if you could get the trunk and branches to be at least 6 inches thick. In my climate that thick is certainly possible.[/QUOTE How many years does that take? Thanks, Devin __________________ Currently growing 50-60 varieties, this season's cuttings dependant. Hopefully I'll get to taste a few more this year...

jffrandall1

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Posted 1475184823	Reply with quote #12

Wow! They are beautiful! Congratulations! __________________ Jeff! Buford Ga Zone-8 southeast hot humid Good ole Ga. Wish list: Starting all over so any variety now!! Maltese falcon, Izbat an naj,Maltese beauty, Rhonda de bordeaux, Socorro black, Tashkent , Encanto red, Pastiliere, anything that is delicious!!

DevIsgro

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Posted 1475186063	Reply with quote #13

I think for me it would be 8-10 __________________ Currently growing 50-60 varieties, this season's cuttings dependant. Hopefully I'll get to taste a few more this year...

joann1536

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Posted 1475186828	Reply with quote #14

Mine didn't do quite as well this year as it did last. Seems like there were many, but not as good. Still has some leaves, though. Congratulations, glad yours has done well this year! __________________ USDA Zone 9b Wish list: Abruzzi, Pasquale, Tagliacozzo, Zingarella, Godfather. Any unk Italian, especially from Abruzzo.

Stormy

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Posted 1475188586	Reply with quote #15

To me this is a Marseille fig. Looks the same and apparently tastes the same as well. __________________ Stormy

figoffrandy

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Posted 1475200550	Reply with quote #16

@ Stormy I have heard that said before, I would like to see a side by side comparison __________________ Georgia - Zone 8a My Current Figs: O'Rourke, LSU Tiger, LSU Scott's Black, LSU Hollier, LSU Improved Celeste, LSU Scotts Yellow, LSU Champagne, LSU Gold, LSU Purple, Strawberry Verte, Col de Dame Noir, Figo Preto, Nero 600 M, Raspberry Latte, Chicago Hardy, Celeste, Brown Turkey, Violette de Bordeaux, Kadota Wish List: RdB, Colonel Littman's Black Cross

Hot_Stuff

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Posted 1475327744	Reply with quote #17

Have to say I'm a little jealous. I got some cuttings for Peter's Honey this summer and they started off with a big bang, lots of roots and then leaves. Then the leaves all fell off and I guess they died. My LSU Purple cuttings were treated in the same way and they are growing like gangbusters. __________________ I'll eat anything but a hotdog. Growing Olympia, Violette de Bordeaux, Ischia, Dwarf, LSU Purple, LSU Tiger, LSU Champagne, Peter's Honey Looking for LSU Gold.

pino

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Posted 1475342673	Reply with quote #18

@Stormy - Sorry not clear what you mean by a Marseilles fig? Do you have some photos you can share? @figoffrandy - agree! @hotstuff - Check and see if the stem and roots are not rotted. If not it will grow back when it wakes up again. If the roots and base of plant are rotted you can cut off the rotten part and root the remaining cutting. __________________ Pino, zone 6, Niagara, JCJ Acres Wish; Peace on earth and more figs Italian 258, Galicia Negra, Luv, trade suggestions welcome.

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