Seems the females carry a lot more than what is thought. Minus the main crop persistent trait. Will follow your progress here? Since seems your favorite platform.
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@KS_razerback
I would start with Ficus carica subsp. rupestris from northern portions of the middle east.
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What benefits would the rupestris figs have? Different genetics the affect cold hardiness?
@KS_razerback
The native range of F.c. rupestris is large. The cold hardiness of those in the northern portions of the eastern half of Turkey through northern Afghanistan has been known since ancient times (Pliny, Agricultura). In present day Persian agriculture, they are used for cold hardiness, dried fruit, and dwarfing (slow growing) rootstocks.
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Where would someone obtain one of those northern types in the us?
I read it this morning.
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2025/9/11.
Today I installed the east and west lateral end braces. I wanted to place them both to the exterior, but the horizontal fence support on the east end ended too soon. Oh well 
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The 100+ potted trees on the patio are not on the fertigation system and it’s time to feed them. So I purchased a brass Hozon siphon mixer (not recommended for low pressure systems) and fertilized them by irrigation injection. The water-soluble mix I use on figs is 15-5-10; but since the Hozon injects at 16:1, I used 16 times the normal dosage in the 5 gallon bucket.
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2025/9/14.
Today I bolted and zip-tied 1" wire mesh to the structure and then attached the shade cloth with binder clips plus some zip-ties at the ends.
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2025/9/18.
This afternoon I finished connecting automated irrigation to the plants under the shade structure.
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I’ve started cleaning out the old fig beds to prepare for the newly potted cultivars on the patio. Here’s a “Niagara Black” I came across whose roots had escaped out the bottom of its pot and found water (figs are good at that). It is now planted off-center in a new pot owing to the shape of the pruned rootball.
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excellent, room for more figs
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@snarfing
Actually, there’s plenty of extra room in the new outdoor propagation area. I’m in USDA zone 10b.
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