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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
Registered: Posts: 1,658 |
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
Registered: Posts: 440 |
Could figs be mutating? |
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Figgysid1
Registered: Posts: 388 |
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
Registered: Posts: 230 |
Nice,what are you feeding these guys Sid? |
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Figgysid1
Registered: Posts: 388 |
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
Registered: Posts: 230 |
<Nothing>That's funny,I knew I was doing something wrong.<G> |
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Figgysid1
Registered: Posts: 388 |
Here, this link may help explain why my trees are growing so fast with "nothing". |
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Smungung
Registered: Posts: 440 |
Looks good , good luck on producing double fruit. |
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Figinfever
Registered: Posts: 245 |
Figgysid1, how's propagating the double fruit gone? Did the mutation stabilize in the new tree? |
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Figgysid1
Registered: Posts: 388 |
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
Registered: Posts: 245 |
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. |
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