Originally Posted by FigWhisperer
Gardencrochet,
is that a Black Madeira you are displaying in your profile?
Lovely Picture.

Originally Posted by figgi11


Great question.  In my yard, the birds attack the peach tree but don't even touch the fig trees.  As a result, the only thing that help with keeping the birds out of my peach tree is netting. 

As far as pruning, I wait until new growth puts out in mid-Spring before I prune.  The key in this climate, is to protect the trees enough so that you're able to get considerable new growth on the current season's limbs that will allow for plenty of figs!  Allowing trees to fully dieback here often results in poor yield which is why I cover them in the winter.

You never know what Mother Nature will do.  Even proper wrapping sometimes fails when temps drop too quickly and too suddenly that trees don't have a chance to harden off to survive complete dieback.  Then you have winters that are just too cold that wind up n disappointment despite covering.  There's always the circumstance where the trees are over protected as a result of a mild winter and often succumb to mildew. 

Always a crap shoot!  Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by binbin9
I first learned about Bill Farhat from a Seattle Times article.

http:// http://blogs.seattletimes.com/allyoucaneat/2013/08/19/a-fig-tree-grows-in-seattle-the-man-his-mission-propagation/

I love meeting other fig folks especially if they are local to me. So it was very gracious of him to share his experience with growing figs since he has been growing them for 30 years. He likes to keep it simple, which is a great lesson for most of us. I know I tend to over think things. =)

He gave me a tour of his fig trees and we discussed how he grows them in Seattle. Check out the Video below.




http://seattlegardenfruit.blogspot.com/2016/03/bill-farhat-fig-man-of-seattle.html

Originally Posted by armando93223
Great Looking Fig, My Sweet Diana looked yellow, Maybe there is another Diana out there.......Yea it was a good one this summer...... It's Great that you shared photos and cuttings.

Originally Posted by armando93223
Great Looking Fig, My Sweet Diana looked yellow, Maybe there is another Diana out there.......Yea it was a good one this summer...... It's Great that you shared photos and cuttings.

Originally Posted by jdsfrance
That strawberry jam color in figs makes them really attractive to the eye !
Congrats !
Did you give the tree a head start ?

Originally Posted by rcantor
Congratulations on letting it get perfectly ripe!  How did it taste?

Originally Posted by jdsfrance
Hi GardenCrochet,
Those are nice figs !
Did you kill all the critters in your neck of the wood ? No yellow-jackets ? local birds? Migratory birds ? Ants ? Black birds ? You're lucky !

Originally Posted by rcantor
Looks scrumptious.  How was it?

Originally Posted by figpig_66
Mine would have to go to white ischia. Yes out of all the fancy named figs out there i am choosing it Been a work horse for feeding birds and squirrels! Dont know how they would have survived! ! ANYWAY pouring down rain when its ripening not a problem it loves it. Dry weather still taste the same as wet weather. Tree grew so fast this year it has stretch marks on the trunk. ( split the skin ) taste is alwYs very thick sweet and just the right amount of crunch.