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Subject: Tropical figs Replies: 7
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Sorry Ong, as stated, the tree died to the ground and is only now starting to re-grow. By the the end of the year, I should expect plenty of cuttings.

Subject: Greetings from Florida Replies: 14
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James, welcome aboard! You are about to enter the hard core world of figging. On your way to Just Fruits please drop by my place inTallahassee for a tour of my 3 year old fig orchard. Bring your truck.

Subject: Tropical figs Replies: 7
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Not sure, Frank. Most likely main-crop. Ecuador doesn't have seasons, it's always Spring with temperatures averaging in the low 70's year round. We were there last February.

Subject: Do you give with conditions? Replies: 48
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Ryan, if giver and receiver understand what is expected of a transaction, there shouldn't be a problem. Whenever I offer a plant or cutting to someone, I make it clear I want nothing in return if that is what I truly want. The receiver should always ask if he/she can pay for postage and handling, or give something in return. If my answer is no, I want nothing, then it should be of no concern to me what he/she does with the plant material.

On the other hand, I am somewhat uncomfortable receiving anything for free and I always insist on trying to pay it back one way or another. That's just me.

What burns my ass (aside from a flame this high :)) is when someone requests a specific plant/cutting and promises to exchange something but then conveniently forgets. Gentle reminders usually provoke a litany of lame excuses.  Fool me once...

Subject: Tropical figs Replies: 7
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Better late than never in responding, I guess, Sal. Sorry, just saw the post.
This is the fig that, to me, looked to be the size of a small pear (it was 15 feet up the tree). It was big but nowhere near 5-10 x the size of a regular fig. 

The daughter plant grew to 6 feet last year in my fig orchard, died to the ground this winter but is now coming back up.



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Subject: Now you can get Amazon to donate to Figs 4 Fun Foundation Replies: 23
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I'm in.
My wife' spur chases alone should keep the foundation afloat for decades. Lol

Subject: torrential rains in SE Replies: 29
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Thinking about you Charles. Good news that you are OK. I hope things get back to normal quickly.

Subject: The Alma Sisters Get A Haircut, You Get the Clippings Replies: 46
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Subject: The Alma Sisters Get A Haircut, You Get the Clippings Replies: 46
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I just wanted to update you all on the girls appearance after their buzz cuts in March. 

Subject: First Air Layer of 2014 Replies: 12
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Just saw this, Mike. That's one lucky forum member.  :)

Subject: torrential rains in SE Replies: 29
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Charles, be safe, first and foremost. We have you covered on the fig front.

Subject: i finally get what Brown Turkey means! Replies: 28
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Sorry, but you are all wrong on the origin of the name Brown Turkey. It has nothing to do with the country. Gather round and experience a true mind blowing epiphany....

If you look at a ripe BT from the perspective of its fat derrière it appears exactly like a turkey, fan feathers in the back and gobbler in the front. Anyway, that's my epiphany and I'm sticking to it.

Subject: Now I'm a cancer survivor Replies: 68
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Jason, you have been in my thoughts during these trying times. Anyone who has gotten to know you through this forum, I'm sure, couldn't be happier knowing you have beaten this disease.
Should you ever decide to start collecting again, you have hundreds of fig friends who will bend over backwards replenishing what you have lost, me included.

Subject: OT-so close... Replies: 17
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"Will do...that Frank is nothing but trouble."

Hey, I resemble that remark!

Subject: OT-so close... Replies: 17
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Wills, there is nothing better than a ripe peach off your own tree. I tried growing them here in Tallahassee, but without spraying, I got bupkiss.
Same with plums. :(

Subject: List of Mt. Etna type figs Replies: 51
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Art, thanks for sharing the photos and the plant. Hopefully, I will have my first Chiapettas, this year.

Subject: Alma Beer Replies: 13
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Wills, I can certainly ask him for it. I'm sure he told me already, but that's like me explaining the difference between Mount Etna vs Bordeaux figs to him.

Subject: Alma Beer Replies: 13
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Steve, I'm sure you are right. That's pretty much what Gary (my fig friend) said he did.

Scott, how serendipitous is that!

Subject: Alma Beer Replies: 13
Posted By: FMD Views: 671
 
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I didn't want to leave the tea-totalers out of this thread, so here's some Alma tea for you. A nice bonus is that my wife likes the tea very much, so she'll leave the beer alone.
:)

Subject: Alma Beer Replies: 13
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Mike, it is totally a hobby for him but I'll ask.
Apparently beers are like figs as far as varieties go. For example, he also gave me a Chocolate Espresso Stout, Bourbon Barrel Porter and Belgian Wheat to try. The fig beer is called Belgian Double with figs and dates. There are virtually thousands of combinations possible, I suppose. The alcohol content is always going to be quite high especially if left to age.

Subject: Alma Beer Replies: 13
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A local friend is as addicted to home brewing as some of us are to growing figs. You meld the two addictions and this is what you get.

The beer that is pictured was actually a fig with dates flavored beer and had an alcohol content upwards of 9 or 10%. I wish I had the connoisseur's vocabulary to describe the beer using words like nose and bouquet, but I don't, so I'll just say it was damn good.

Alla tua salute!




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Subject: List of Mt. Etna type figs Replies: 51
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I have added two more Mt. Etna varieties to my own collection that I find to be extraordinary in taste and production:

NJ Red and San Donato (Calabria). I am hoping that Chiapetta (San Vincenzo -Calabria) also turns out to be a Mt. Etna type.

Subject: OT: is it 5 o'clock yet? has anyone seen Sweetcrisp BB? Replies: 18
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I strongly second what has already been said about both Sweetcrisp and Wills. After tasting this incredibly unique blueberry, I've been looking for a source. I may have found one in Gainesville. Thanks for expanding my BB horizons, Wills.

Subject: I have extra Replies: 92
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KK, I may be wrong but that looks like a Blue Ischia plant which originally did come from tissue culture. The jury is still out as to what kind of a fruit it will produce. Mine should be fruiting this year. It did make brebas but they all dropped. Fingers crossed that it will have great tasting figs.

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Subject: 115 + Replies: 63
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Unless you have Martin's discipline, it is very hard for an addict to refrain from adding "just one more". 
At least, I am fortunate in having mine in the ground and acreage to play with! How do you northerners (and some Californians) handle so many pots, especially with the fig shuffle? Thank you for making me feel a little less crazy than some of you. Every little bit helps. :))

Subject: 115 + Replies: 63
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Occasionally I get asked how many different fig varieties I've collected since the full blown addiction set in  07/13/11 (my first F4F post), and I usually guesstimate somewhere around 40 or 50 with the understanding that there are many repeaters planted in the orchard and hedges.

I finally decided to do a formal count (have I been subconsciously avoiding it?) and man-oh-man was I off! 

Frankly, I don't know how to feel about this. All sorts of existential questions arise, but I won't bore you with any of them.

How about you all? How many unique varieties do you have in your collection? And how long have you been an addict? 
Finally, has anyone been able to get this monkey off their back? :))

Subject: Cutting auction! Replies: 99
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Petechanr
Will,
No good deed goes unpunished


ROFL!! So true.

For a moment I thought I had fallen into a twilight zone episode or a Salvador Dali painting, reading some of these comments.

Wills , Rafed, awesome!!



Subject: New Jersey Red Caged Replies: 28
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Patee, that tree took a  lickin' but keeps on tickin'.

Sas, the birds are obsessed with the NJ Red. Despite the Fig Knox cage, they found a way in and ate a good part of the bounty. I have thrown in the towel. The SUV knocked the cage down and I am not putting it back up.

Rich, no regrets leaving NJ. Fortunately, I was there for only 5 years, although it seemed a lifetime, so I didn't pick up many bad habits. The best thing about my stay there was the NJ Red fig. :)

Subject: Number one fig for 2013 was: Replies: 37
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One vote for San Donato Black Unk from Calabria.
It has all the qualities we look for in a fig--vigorous, productive grower with a closed eye and taste that rivals Hardy Chicago.

Subject: Hi everyone Replies: 20
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Yo Mike, glad you decided to join the band.  Welcome, from a former Torontonian.

We were looking for one more fig-addicted, crazy-named  member to help round out the forum.

Good thing your name is not Pete or Frank as the quota for those  was filled a while back.

Subject: World's Hottest Pepper - OT Replies: 76
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I plan on chopping up the ghost peppers and making an oil infusion of them. Dribble a little of that oil on food so the heat factor can be controlled.
I do not plan on doing what these two doofuses did on youtube.

Subject: Breba drop on LSU Gold? Replies: 6
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Charles, the same thing happens here at my location. Most of the time, there is no sign of them on the ground especially if they were small to start with. How big were yours before they disappeared?

I definitely live in a no breba zone.

Subject: World's Hottest Pepper - OT Replies: 76
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This one is appropriately named Peter Pepper. Rated X.


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Subject: Panache or LSU Tiger? or something else? Replies: 8
Posted By: FMD Views: 464
 
Hi Dan,
Let a fellow North Floridian be the first to greet you. Welcome to the forum!

If the label says Tiger, it is most likely an LSU Tiger, and not a Panache judging by the look of the trunk. Panache usually has a mottled or two-tone appearance. Nice looking plant, BTW.

You might want to add your location and zone by way of the Control Panel. Let us know a little about yourself and what other fig trees you may have.

Edit...Rafed, you beat me by a whisker...

Subject: World's Hottest Pepper - OT Replies: 76
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Yes, the scorpion and Carolina reaper peppers are the ones the nursery guy mentioned to me as being hotter than ghost. My experience with ghost peppers occurred while on vacation in a Gatlinburg condiments store. They had dozens of hot pepper relishes lined up for sampling and ghost was in the forefront. You should know that I routinely grow habaneros and jar them in olive oil to eat with most of my meals, so I figured my system could certainly handle this hyped up pepper. I took a small piece of cracker, dipped it in the pepper mixture and put it in my mouth, quickly chewed and swallowed. Boy was I wrong! What Seven and Pino described is absolutely true. I thought I was having a heart attack with the chest pain and the sweating. I had to sit down and wait it out while my wife continued to shop. Man, can't wait until my little plant starts producing!

Subject: So What Would You Do? Replies: 18
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Mike, if I were a religious man, I'd pray that it didn't hit 32... so I'd definitely protect them.
Tallahassee is forecast a low of 45. Still, too close for comfort.

Subject: "The Big Kill"....Winter of 2013 - 2014 Replies: 137
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Martin, winter die back is nature's way of pinching the tree. Thank you mother nature. ;))

Subject: World's Hottest Pepper - OT Replies: 76
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I bought a ghost pepper from Esposito's here in Tallahassee which is billed as the world's hottest. Imagine my surprise when I was told at another Tallahassee nursery that there are actually two others that are hotter. He told me their names but I forgot. Who among us fig lovers, has tried a ghost pepper? photo 1.JPG  photo 2.JPG

Subject: "The Big Kill"....Winter of 2013 - 2014 Replies: 137
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A dozen or so, mostly first year trees, had die back in my orchard this year. And this is Florida!!
I lost my inground KB's and RDB's, cddb, NdA , Fracazzano Nero etc etc.
The good news is all but a few of these trees will grow back even stronger. One or two are gone for good, but I have replacements,
Other good news is that those that didn't die have proven their mettle and garnered my respect.
Over the past few years, I've learned to take a breath and make lemonade from these types of events.

Subject: Free Lattarulla Fig in Delaware Replies: 34
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Love your moniker. :)

Subject: Help with BM Replies: 51
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The UCDavis Black Madiera is a notorious psychotic drama queen. I believe the FMV has scrambled its neurons. It will commit hari-kiri at the slightest perceived injustice.

Subject: Ground Creeper Figs Replies: 15
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Hi Suzi,

The nurseryguy is selling them as ground covers. He is also trying to get a name for me.

Subject: Ground Creeper Figs Replies: 15
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A small local nursery is selling these interesting looking figs which the owner describes as ground creepers. He says the fruits are brown. No further information is forth coming at the moment. Any guesses as to the variety?photo_1.jpg  photo_1.jpg 

Subject: New Guy Here Replies: 32
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Welcome, new guy..

I recently ebayed a ronde to a very savvy fig newbie in Arizona. :) If that was you, you chose well. You've come to the right place for information and fast tracking to fig addiction.

Subject: Let My Fig Trees Bee! Replies: 25
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Great info, everyone. I might even come out of this with a little cash for eBay cuttings.

Rafed, you have outdone yourself with bee-isms tonight. Lol.

Subject: Let My Fig Trees Bee! Replies: 25
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First a 4000 lb SUV runs over one of my favorite fig trees, now this....

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Subject: Taste wish for 2014, what are yours Replies: 9
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I'm with you on the Genovese Nero, Paul. Any details on the Yugoslavian Yellow? Thanks for the cuttings, btw.

Subject: Sources for Varieties for Central Florida Replies: 12
Posted By: FMD Views: 732
 
Welcome to the forum from Florida's capital, dizzymizzy.

There are several members from Central Florida who do very well with growing figs. Perhaps they will give you a more specific perspective on particular varieties but the 3 you mentioned are good choices. The fig types you want to avoid are those with an open eye. The Florida humidity will rot them quicker than you can eat 'em.

It is rare to find an assortment of cuttings sold on ebay, but if you become a "member of good standing" on figs4fun you will find many, many generous people willing to share their bounty with you for the price of postage or a heartfelt thank you.

Subject: OT: Meat From Local Small Farms And From The Wild Replies: 16
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Joe, it makes me happy that you are getting your meat from places other than the large coorporate farms like Tyson. Aside from providing poor quality meats pumped full of hormones, antibiotics and other chemicals, these companies have absolutely no regard for their animals. The abuse and torture of these creatures has been documented ad nauseum. I am not a PETA member but seeing what actually happens on these megafarms will turn your stomach and make anyone an activist.
My family stopped eating meat completely about a year ago. We haven't missed it and we are healthier for it.

Subject: Vista Brebas Replies: 8
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I have a sinking feeling that mine will also drop, Tami. I have a terrible time with brebas maturing at my location.
I guess there are some brebacious benefits to living in Ottawa, Akram. :))