My bull-headed insistence on growing a Panachee here in New York finally bore fruit today as I harvested the first of several ripening fruits.  Pretty good, sweet flavor, small sized fruit, with a large, open eye. I hope to have about ten ripen before the season ends.  You will notice no stripes-the message from Bayflora was that it is common not to see stripes until the tree matures a bit more, though I will have my doubts until I see stripes!

Wonderful!!! I had one and it died and wasn't going to get another. Now I think I will especially since you state it was good tasting. Did you do anything special to get it to ripen?

I don't think you have panachee, unfortunately.  Bay Flora is full of crap giving out that kind of information.  The first figs my panachee ever produced were striped as is every fig it has produced, though some of them have had the stripes fade as they ripened.  Additionally, the young (current year's growth) branches of your tree should have yellow stripes.

Yes to confirm Harvey's comments my rooted Panachee cutting from last winter had the striped growth and produced a single fig that was also striped (but eventually dropped).

Tyler

Harvey You are probably right, I checked their website and based on the tree characteristics I believe they sent me a White Genoa, that may be the fruit I pictured in this post, but I am going to get to the bottom of their BS

Harvey Good call, Bayflora have admitted their mistake and are shipping a replacement tree out asap. I wanted a White Genoa anyway. Smaritza am sorry but Panachee experiment will have to start from scratch next year, will keep u posted!

It may be a Panache that has "reverted" (I have called it "reverse") to the all green form it had before it "mutated" into the striped form.

Any Panahce I have ever seen had striped from from the very first fruit, and the new growth wood is striped. I have never seen an exception.



The Reverse form is just as tasty as the Panache from, just doesn't have stripes.

Glad they are working to fix the mistake.  Fruit shape looks right for White Genoa.

Jon Thank you for taking the time to address this problem, the grower admitted their mistake and are shipping out my new Panachee.

The grocery store was all stocked up on Panachee (Tiger) Figs...  Very tasty, and I imagine they would be 10 x better if picked fresh. 

What is the best climate for Panache? I planted one in the ground at the beginning of the season. I found a 3 year old tree, but it always stayed in a green house. I currently have ONE fig on the entire tree.
Its about 5 feet tall and has not leafed out much at all. I'm along the coast in New Haven Connecticut.

Should I leave it in the ground and protect it from the harsh New England winters for another season, or would I have more luck potting it and keeping it indoors? Also, am I being impatient or preemptive. haha hard to tell the difference.

Gabriel My plan and suggestion is as follows: Panachee does best in the desert southwest and needs a long growing season. I would put it in a large pot, and put it in a greenhouse around first week of March, with a heater if necessary, in order to encourage the plant to break dormancy a month earlier than normal northeast figs. Pay close attention to water and nutrients in your container culture. Bring it into full maximum sunlight as soon as the weather permits. Try this experiment, you will get lots of figs but I cannot guarantee they will ripen, it's a crapshoot. Several members are trying Panachee in the northeast, with very mixed results.

They should ripen in your zone in pot on cement or rocky surface.
They did here near Chicago no greenhouse just the annual fig shuffle for several years until i gave it away.

Great advice. I was leaning toward putting it in a pot. Just needed some encouragement.
Ill do that when I get out of work today.

Where did you get yours Aaron?

I got mine from Raintree nursery

Rafael, Will you be at the Staten Island fig fest? I have a Panache with your name on it.

I am glad to see that it is possible to get a ripe Panache off a Long Island tree.  I am definitely going to give it a try from a cutting.

Hi Art thank you for the generous offer, I am not sure I can make it though I would like to go. As you might have noticed in this thread, Bayflora Nursery claim my Panache is in transit so I may not need one, if it does not arrive this week I will let you know.

Ive been trying to post some pictures of the fig bush I got from Rain tree that was suppose to be Panachee but everytime I do the "attach files" link it doesnt do anything.  Cant figure out what Im doing wrong.

Forum only accepts very small size pics, try flickr w url link in your post.

  these are pictures of the fig tree I got from rain tree that I ordered as Panachee - anyone know what it really is?  Ive been growing it for about 4 years not and have never had the first fig on it - grows great but never makes any figs at all so far.   PS - thanks rafaelissimmo for the help in posting the pictures! 

Pics are unavailable

ok I dont know what Im doing wrong because I can see them on the post when I open this thread? 

Been long time since i used that program but the file used has to be the "IMG" file same with photobucket as there are several files to copy and past into the message box but the "IMG" is the one to use.
File must be under 1 megabyte for forum to accept.

Other wise with window based system go to micrsoft page and look for "Power tools image resizer" its a small program that self installs.
Once installed you simply right click with mouse your picture and a small dialog box appears to resize small medium or large and this takes only seconds to resize keeping your original in same folder.
It works excellent for windows based system .

ok let me try again see if this works -

It looks sunny there, I hope it is getting at least 6 hours sun or more, otherwise that explains the lack of fruiting. The more sun the better.

Try pinch pruning after the sixth leaf on each stem next year assuming you are getting enough sunlight.

yes its in a field thats where all my fig bushes are no shade all day and in full sun so 8+ hours a day all other fig bushes produce lots of figs,  I will try the pinching next spring  - any idea what var. it may be?

I am far too humble to venture even a guess the leaves seem atypical, Harvey is the man for identifying Panache, he would know better

I am bumping this because after nearly 4 years waiting, I am finally harvesting my own Panachee here in New York City. Here are pics from today's fruit, it has been a real learning experience, and it never ends. These fruits cannot sit on the tree and become droopy. They have a tendency to sour unless you catch them at just the right time. I lost a lot of leaves to sunburn and spider mites this season as well. Its all good-next season we'll do it better.

Well done Rafael. How did it taste?

Chris it was berry like and good, as good as any store-bought Panachee I have tasted (been eating them for about 4 years now).

Rafael, Is this a fig from the replacement tree Bay Flora sent you ? They are a good nursery to do business with.

Very nice to still see the stripes in full ripeness.
Congrats

Chris, yes indeed, Bayflora sent me two replacement trees, the first one died. They are stand-up people, their trees are healthy, very little sign of fmv if any. They also let me keep the White Genoa they initially sent me, its a strong grower that makes very nice white figs. I would recommend them. As we all know, label mix-ups occur all the time even among small-time growers. Imagine if it was a large nursery, its bound to happen.

Hello my friend,
Glad to see the Panache is finally happening for you. I got a cutting from UCD this year and it is doing nicely with a striped fig on it. 
Lets see if I can ripen one here in the great state of NJ

Hey Coop I sent u an email

Hi rafaelissimo,
Where is the tree: in ground or in a pot ?
Is yours a strong grower as well ?

Very cool Rafael ,thanks for the follow up.

Hi JDS

The tree is currently in a five gallon pot, will move it up to 10 or 15 next spring. The growth habit is a long main stem with about 4 branches at the top of the canopy. I would say it is of moderate growth habit. 2 "incidents" caused heavy leaf loss this year, so the plant is currently not as lush as it will be in future. 1. Transition from greenhouse into sun was done too quickly, causing a few leaves to get "crisped." 2. Spider mites caused heavy leaf loss while I was on vacation in Italy. Next year I will pinch the highest branch to encourage branching, since the plant is getting too tall for my greenhouse..

I'm hoping this is the year I finally get to taste one myself. They haven't ripened here for the last 2 years now. Hopefully the 3rd year's a charm! They sure are nice looking figs though I must say!

Tyler that looks like an inground tree, is it? Much harder to ripen here in the Northeast.

Hi Rafael... its actually in a 4 gallon pot sunk into the ground with holes in the sides. I may pull it out once it gets cooler and put it in the greenhouse if it needs it.
Tyler

Ok Tyler. With greenhouse you should be able to ripen every year. I started the tree on March 1st and by late April main crop was beginning to form.

Congrats on some beautiful figs Rafael!  The hard work was worth it?

Also very nice looking tree Tyler look forward to see your ripe Panachee figs. 

Finally, I also have a Panachee now.  a 4' air layer thanks to Luzzu.
I am hoping next year I may get to taste for myself.  

 

Pino that looks very healthy, congrats. Yes, I do think it was worth it but as the years go by it will be more so.

My first Panachée of this year.
Very sweet and tasty, surely caprified, with bloody red pulp and crunchy seeds.
Unfortunately i didn't take pics of the interior.
Last year were very acidic, like unripe blackberries. This year have a berry note, balanced by the sweetness.