Figs - Page 3

harveyc · 08-27-2013, 01:20 PM

FIGAHOLICS

Dalmatiansoap · 08-27-2013, 03:54 PM

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FIGAHOLICS

Bravo

GreenFin · 08-27-2013, 05:20 PM

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FIGAHOLICS

1/4 acre of awesomeness right there!

I bet it smells amazing, or at least will soon. When I got my first fig plants about 18 months ago (tc's of Black Mission/LSU Purple/Green Ischia from Wellspring, and a VdB from EL that I promptly killed back to its roots), they reeked like cat urine. It was very unpleasant. But now that they're bigger, their aroma is heavenly.

No fruit yet, maybe next year.

sunfish · 08-27-2013, 05:50 PM

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The worlds third best tasting fig.Normal Heights Light Green. Was not fully ripe but still heavenly

I think this one came with Leif Eriksson.

harveyc · 08-27-2013, 08:43 PM

That's a figment of your imagination, Tony! :P

harveyc · 08-27-2013, 08:46 PM

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1/4 acre of awesomeness right there!

I bet it smells amazing, or at least will soon. When I got my first fig plants about 18 months ago (tc's of Black Mission/LSU Purple/Green Ischia from Wellspring, and a VdB from EL that I promptly killed back to its roots), they reeked like cat urine. It was very unpleasant. But now that they're bigger, their aroma is heavenly.

No fruit yet, maybe next year.

I don't really get much of a negative or positive smell from figs myself (trees, that is). The new orchard is .61 acres (138 trees, 12' x 16' spacing), but only about 100 are ready and planted at this time. I've got about 100 varieties now. I also have about 14 older trees that are keeping me fed pretty well.

sunfish · 08-27-2013, 08:59 PM

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That's a figment of your imagination, Tony! :P

and many others

GreenFin · 08-27-2013, 10:51 PM

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The new orchard is .61 acres

That's right, I misremembered the size from your thread over at F4F. Not sure where I got 1/4 acre from.

sunfish · 08-27-2013, 11:26 PM

no wonder

harveyc · 12-28-2013, 02:39 AM

Five years ago I thought I'd never go over two dozen fig varieties and did okay until some mania took over a year ago. Then I thought I'd stop at 100 but I still picked up about five more in the past week and had another offered to me tonight. May need to add another row to the orchard or I may just start removing some duplicates.

Darkman · 12-28-2013, 07:39 PM

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Five years ago I thought I'd never go over two dozen fig varieties and did okay until some mania took over a year ago. Then I thought I'd stop at 100 but I still picked up about five more in the past week and had another offered to me tonight. May need to add another row to the orchard or I may just start removing some duplicates.

I have run out of open space to plant more figs. From what you are growing what are your smaller trees. I might be able to plant some smaller trees in between my others! I know I can prune but if naturally small varieties are available why not use them.

GreenFin · 01-01-2014, 06:28 PM

The call of the fig is growing louder.

I'm getting increasingly desperate for new cuttings, but Jon's cutting sale is still 2 months away, so I've started lurking on ebay just to wrap myself in the warm feel of fig shopping. I even made my first bids ever, which was fun even though I didn't win.

harveyc · 01-01-2014, 07:54 PM

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I have run out of open space to plant more figs. From what you are growing what are your smaller trees. I might be able to plant some smaller trees in between my others! I know I can prune but if naturally small varieties are available why not use them.

Sorry, missed this post. It's too early for me to judge on that since most are new and they all start out small. Some are certainly more vigorous than others but I haven't kept very close track of that since I'm pruning and training them onto a wire trellis with the goal of facilitating an easy harvest down the road.

Greenfin: Jon's cutting sale is only a month away, not two.

GreenFin · 01-01-2014, 08:09 PM

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Greenfin: Jon's cutting sale is only a month away, not two.

Holy cow, you're right! You just made my day

Snookie · 01-10-2014, 06:15 PM

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The call of the fig is growing louder.

I heard dat:} I might give figs a go this year myself?

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