Has anyone heard of a fig variety called "Yellow Spanish", or also maybe know as "Jerusalem". A local person is selling a largish tree, and these were the names that he says he was given for the variety. He described it as "yellow, sweet, with like a honey-drop at the eyes blocking out bugs".

I am going to go check it out after Christmas, but wanted to see if anyone had any more info. I have read a few postings on a Jerusalem fig, but the descriptions don't match. Just hope this does not turn out to be the ever-present Kadota that is sold under so many different name down here.

Thanks
CliffH

I have a question for all you out there with more experience than I have in rooting cuttings (that should be almost everyone reading this...).

I had a batch of cuttings ($$ on eBay) get completely covered in mold while in the moss bin/box. The question that I have is; what do I do with the moss after throwing the cuttings away?

a.)  Throw the moss away as well.
b.)  Spray the moss with some agent to kill the fungus, and let it dry. Then reuse it.
c.)  Just let the moss dry thoroughly, and then reuse it as is.

What would you do? I am worried about the mold being spawned on new cuttings by the moss.


CliffH.

I was running errands this morning, and stopped at a nursery a little outside of my normal area. I was looking for a Uncle Corky's Delight tree for a fellow forum member. I had seen this variety there a couple of times earlier in the summer. Not this time though.

What I did find, most unexpectantly and happily, was a nice looking Panache Tiger fig tree (picture below). It was hidden away behind the nursery office building. They were sell it for half-off this late in the year. So, end up only paying $25 for this nice tree! It is very well rooted. We had to dig several pencil sized roots out of the ground to move the pot.

Also picked up a couple of Native Black trees for buy-one-get-one-free....

CliffH

I went out to check the trees before going to work this morning, and I found these black spotted leaves. Only these three leaves so far. This is all on new growth on small trees from cuttings rooted this last spring. I have never seen this before on any plant. Any idea or help on what this might be, and the cause.

Cliff H.

Does anyone know anything about a Purple Passion fig from the Houston area? I know there were few older post on this fig. Anyone have any new reports or info? Would it be worth having when the tree matures? Is is really a different fig than a BT offshoot?

I was just looking from some updates or any new comments. I was offered a small tree, and was wondering if it is worth the effort to go get it, and the space that it will take up.

Thanks,
CliffH

Let's create a cookbook of everyone's favorite fig recipes. My wife uses an electronic cookbook program called Living Cookbook. I'll get her to show me how to use it, and then I will start adding recipe posted here. She says that her program can export in several different formats (MasterCook, FoodDataExchang, HTML, Plain Text, etc).

The idea would be to collect the recipes given here, upload the e-cookbook to Google docs or something, and then post links to download the files with the collected recipes in various formats for these cookbook programs.

I'll start by searching the forum for earlier posted recipes, and maybe grabing a few off the Internet, to get things started.

What do you thing? Come on, let's share your favorite fig recipes here! Pictures of the dish would be great too!

CliffH.

I posted a couple of weeks ago about repeatedly getting incorrectly labeled fig trees from nurseries.

https://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/so-very-very-tired-of-mislabeled-trees-8195045?pid=1292994354

Now I am hoping that, with some additional pictures (main crop fruit), I might be able to find out what they actually sold me labeled as an "Alma". The tree was from Creekside Nursery (wholesaler) NE of Houston. But I believe that the actual grower may have been Dave Wilson Nursery.

The fig is yellowish-green when ripe, with dark red flesh inside. The one unusual thing, in my brief experience with figs, is that the skin on all the figs so far is very tough. Almost like soft leather. Just the green outside skin.

The taste on the figs from these young trees is unremarkable. Slightly sweet, with the barest hint of berry (on very ripe fruit). But over-all pretty blah and no flavor stands out. No seed crunch at all.

Any ideas beyond a "verte type"?

Thanks,
CliffH

I purchased a tree a while back that was supposed to be LSU Purple. I have known for a several weeks that it was not (only after it was in the ground). Don't know what it is. Maybe BT.

So this week I purchased my discounted "Alma". Nice looking tree, and enough figs to bend the branched down (on a nursery tree). Friday morning I pulled out the complete unknown, and planted my "Alma" in that sunny spot.

Flash forward a couple of days, plus some pretty good rains, and I see one of the larger figs on this new "Alma" is starting to split. Looking closer, I can see red pulp inside!! So, how can this be an Alma?

It looks like I replaced one mislabeled tree, with another mislabel tree!! Really frustated!

Here are a few pics on my new "Alma" for whatever it is. It is a little under-ripe, but it was splitting so I picked it.

I do plan to contact the wholesale grower to see they can tell me what it is. Anyone here with an idea?

CliffH.

Attention fignuts near the Houston area who are interested in LSU varieties.

I hit up some smaller nurseries while I was out running errands this morning. I found a nursery with about 8 - 10 older mature [LSU] Jack Lilly fig trees. The nursery has had them for at least 3 - 4 years. The manager said that they came for a large nursery in southern Louisiana, but could not remember the name.

The trunks are around 2" wide, or some were larger. Best of all they only wanted $35 a tree. They also had some Banana/Kodata trees that were the same size and price.

The soda bottle in the pics is a 2 liter for scale....


CliffH

I hate continuing to post mainly asking for ID help. But I am very new to the fig obsession. I am spending some time looking at surround neighbors for fig trees that I could propagate.

So here is are pictures of the latest find that I can't ID. At first I thought it was a Kadota, or what they sell as a "Banana" fig down here. But I haven't seen the pinkish-purple striping on these two figs before. The figs on this new tree are a little bigger than a gold ball. The figs attracted a ton of bees and wasp.

The taste was rich, with a brown sugar taste.


Thanks for looking!
CliffH

I found this fig tree not far from the house (8a/b). The owner said they got the tree at Home Depot, but do not remember what variety. Any ideas?

The owner said the figs get "brown", but she also said she had never seen a black fig before. So, they can't get too dark. They did say the figs were usually ripe by late July (in Houston).

The good news, if it is something worth having, is that I can have as many cutting as I want. She said that I could come back an pick all the figs too, if I could get to them before the birds. She also said that her husband hates the tree, and that I could dig up the whole thing if I wanted. Not possible as it is at least 15 ft tall.

Sorry for the few pics. Most turned out blurry.

CliffH

Hi All,

Okay, this is a follow up to my intro post. It was suggested that I post pictures of the tree that was in the yard when we bought our new home, so that someone could help with the ID. Here are several pics.

With me living in Houston, I am fairly sure that the tree is a Celeste or possible a Texas Everbearing. I have not seen the ripe fruit yet (just moved in a couple of months ago). There was a small breba crop, but they all dropped while pretty young. Not sure how old the tree is either, but house is 8 yrs old.

And before someone comments on there being too much shade, there really isn't anything I can do about that. Well, short of cutting down some other 30 - 40 ft tall trees that is.

- Cliff

I am new to growing figs. But, I have to confess that I am a long time computer geek (professionally). I'm looking for the best way to track a collection of fig trees. Including dates, source, and source type (nursery tree, cuttings, etc). Those type of things. Along with some logging on the tree's growth.

What does everyone use? Really looking for something (software) on the computer. I started creating a database myself. But I thought that I would ask before going to that trouble.

PS  -  I still plan to post some pics of the unknown tree we got with the new house. But, been busy dealing with lots of rain, and a little flooding. So, no pics yet.


Cliff H.

I just wanted to introduce myself. I just found this forum, and have spent hours and hours reading. I have always wanted a fig tree. One of my earliest memories is of climbing a large fig tree in my grandmothers backyard, and eating figs right off the tree.

The family just moved to the far north Houston, Texas, area. We now have enough space for a few fruit trees! The previous owners even left a good sized fig tree (variety unknown so far).

I can already see that my wish for a fig tree is soon going to become an obsession and another collection addiction. At least it seems that I will be in good company.....  :-)

I have already purchased a handful of trees from a good local nursery, and I am working on collecting some cuttings. Looking at local Texas and Louisiana varieties to get started.

PS - I also went a little crazy with planting citrus trees too, since we are in Houston.

I look forward to being able to contribute to the great forum.

Cliff