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Holy Fuck those look good man... The striped ones are panache?
I got to try a new strain of fig the other day! My desert king ripened its first fig and god damn they are delicious... Green fig with a tart berry flavor followed with a deep spoonful of honey flavor. So good! Desert king is a San pedro type fig which means that without the wasp it will only ripen breba crops on last years wood. main crop figs will drop.
This strain can be found very easily in hardware stores accross the US.
 
I read Olympian is similar to English brown turkey but has a distinct Peach flavor.
I have what is known as the California brown turkey sold as "Improved brown turkey" which is very different from English brown turkey so I guess its a bad comparison.
Some old lady saw me fishing and invited me to pick some of her figs. not sure what strain but man they were tasty!

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Thanks Bio_Alchemist, yes Panache. Those figs look great, gotta love generous people!
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bio_alchemist said: The extreme Level of Diversity between strains of Figs imo is far greater than strains of any other fruit. Flavors like Melon, Cherry, Peach, Brown Sugar, Honey, Raspberries etc...
I had no idea about this! I only see them sold simply as "figs" in stores. Looks like I'll be growing some once I have a yard!
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Towns77
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Cool thread 
So, this is the single biggest fig cutting that I have ever taken. It's about five feet long. Anybody think it will take, or is it probably too big?
I'm trying for an "instant tree" so I have head start on it, when it's ready to go out this spring.
I'm hoping it will root and then I can re-pot it into a bigger pot. Then, by spring it will be ready to make fruit. That's my hope anyway.
You guys think it's possible?
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Re: Fig Fever! [Re: Towns77]
#28600778 - 12/28/23 11:03 AM (1 month, 6 hours ago) |
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The "Old Italian Man" method of propagating fig is to just cut off a stick about that size and just shove it several inches into the ground.
Or you could probably cut it into 7-8 smaller cuttings.
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Baby_Hitler said: The "Old Italian Man" method of propagating fig is to just cut off a stick about that size and just shove it several inches into the ground.
Or you could probably cut it into 7-8 smaller cuttings.
Right on, Thanks!
I actually wanted it to be one big cutting for a an instant tree this spring, this is why I took such a big cutting, haha!
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Re: Fig Fever! [Re: Towns77]
#28601781 - 12/29/23 04:19 AM (30 days, 12 hours ago) |
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Baby_Hitler said: The "Old Italian Man" method of propagating fig is to just cut off a stick about that size and just shove it several inches into the ground.
Or you could probably cut it into 7-8 smaller cuttings.
Would this work this time of the year? It's super cold here right now.
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Re: Fig Fever! [Re: Towns77]
#28603368 - 12/30/23 02:02 PM (29 days, 3 hours ago) |
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Probably not. It needs to be either in soil or in a refrigerator (or somewhere 30F-40F) wrapped up so it doesn't dry out.
Do you know which end is the top and which end is the bottom?
What do you mean by super cold? What zone are you in?
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Baby_Hitler said: Probably not. It needs to be either in soil or in a refrigerator (or somewhere 30F-40F) wrapped up so it doesn't dry out.
Do you know which end is the top and which end is the bottom?
What do you mean by super cold? What zone are you in?
Yeah, that was what I was talking about. I was thinking of taking a bunch of cuttings and just sticking them in the ground outside my window.
They wouldn't dry out either, as it's super humid and damp here 24/7 during the winter.
I'm a wimp when it comes to cold, so anything under 50 is too cold for me, haha!
That being said I'm in zone 7b, and right now the highs are in the high 40's, with lows in the high 20's to low 30's.
And yes, I know the top end form the bottom
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Re: Fig Fever! [Re: Towns77]
#28603479 - 12/30/23 03:37 PM (29 days, 1 hour ago) |
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Are these figs you're taking cuttings from in-ground or in containers?
If they're in-ground how big are they, and if you know, how old are they?
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Baby_Hitler said: Are these figs you're taking cuttings from in-ground or in containers?
If they're in-ground how big are they, and if you know, how old are they?
They are in the ground and are roughly six years old. I'd say they are about seven feet tall or so.
My stupid neighbors let their side of the fence grow up and out of control, and it blocked my figs from getting any sun last season. Needless to say, my figs couldn't produce because of this. This is why I need to start more and move them away from the fencing.
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Re: Fig Fever! [Re: Towns77]
#28603533 - 12/30/23 04:28 PM (29 days, 47 minutes ago) |
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Ok. Sounds like you're not getting a lot of dieback in the winter.
I've never done it this way, but I think I would wait until just after your last frost date to take any more cuttings. As for the one you already have... I dunno.
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Baby_Hitler said: Ok. Sounds like you're not getting a lot of dieback in the winter.
I've never done it this way, but I think I would wait until just after your last frost date to take any more cuttings. As for the one you already have... I dunno.
Well actually, they have died back every winter but one, and that was the only time that I got a breba crop.
They grow back from the roots and attain a height of about eight feet by the end of the summer.
We had a zone 8 winter that season, extremely mild.
It used to snow here when I was a kid, but no more now, thank goodness!
Anyway, I'll just wait on those and see if my big cutting will root indoors. I'll consider that a feat if it does because I have never taken any cuttings bigger than a few inches, nor can I find anyone else that has either.
Thanks for the replies bother man
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Re: Fig Fever! [Re: Towns77]
#28603567 - 12/30/23 04:48 PM (29 days, 27 minutes ago) |
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Oh. Well, shit.
You might want to take some cuttings, then. I'm not sure how cold it has to get before they start taking damage. I've heard 15F-20F, but I'm sure it varies from one tree to another.
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Yeah, I'll see how this one does, and wait a little closer to spring
I'm hoping we have another mild winter, and my trees wont die back to the ground. I'd love to get that breba crop, to make up for last seasons fail.
fingers crossed!
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Re: Fig Fever! [Re: Towns77]
#28606623 - 01/02/24 04:29 AM (26 days, 12 hours ago) |
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#28620952 - 01/14/24 12:27 PM (14 days, 4 hours ago) |
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I don't know whether to root all these as is, or make tons of cuttings!
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