@DaHammer
You are looking at a cultivar of F. afghanistanica – a landrace species that never existed in the wild. It is not Tena – a cultivar bred from F. carica by U. California.
As it hasn’t fruited yet, i am not looking for a concrete identification. I am gathering possibilities for further research.
What varieties do you feel i should do more research on for this plant?
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It was purchased at a farmers market from a “mom and pop” style nursery. I unfortunately did not keep their information. It was a rooted cutting at the time of purchase.
Common fig varieties aside from Chicago hardy:
Olympian, Violette de Bordeaux, Osborne prolific, desert King, Celeste, fignomenal, little ruby, lsu purple, brown turkey, black mission, little miss figgy, Peter’s Honey, Lattarula
It’s probably one of these. From my observation: black mission, brown turkey, fignomenal and Olympian are the most common amongst them. It’s probably one of these unless they were fig fanatics. Even then, when starting off, these are the few that Google will usually only show you unless you really start going into different variety names.
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According to the common varieties that most non-figgies have, i think it’s Olympian.
Leaves do not look black mission, fignomenal, or any of the other ones i looked up unless i missed one.
Also was recently at Lowe’s and they had Olympian figs as well. Your photos look like Olympian to me. Or VDB, I just checked my vdb outside and they look like that as well.**
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@Josh6b
There are a few thousand cultivars of F. afghanistanica in portions of western and middle Asia that produce edible figs when pollinated. To my knowledge, none of them are here. There are, however, some seedlings being sold. Some of these are from packages of dried figs.
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Please stop posting photos of mislabeled plants.
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Question: Is there a way I can get my figs to set fruit earlier? They usually ripen about 1/2 their crop, depending on variety, before the first freeze. My outdoor figs are growing well here in 6b, but I have zero figlets visible. I saw a fig a half hour away that was well set with fruit already, in a field. Supposedly Chicago Hardy, just like one of mine.
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Is it really my fault that they’re putting up mislabeled plant photos? Why do you hate me 
and always telling me not to do things. Haven’t seen you tell anyone else not to do things on here except me.
Again, Olympian from the big box stores looks just like those photos. They may or may not be mislabeled as well but that’s not my fault because I’m not the ones labeling them. And again, it’s a very common variety that most people who aren’t heavy into fig varieties may have because the big box stores stock it across the country.
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Also if you have such a problem with it, you may want to contact the people who made those photos, not me. I just copied it from Google, obviously they’re not mine but if anyone were to look up anything, that’s what they would see.
If you disagree, why don’t you post your own and educate us on the differences instead of just telling me not to do things. You never give explanations for me but you’re so quick to tell me to not do something. Why is that
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I second this.
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I’ve done this with other fruits but not with figs. What i did was extra fertilizer high in phosphorus and potassium but in smaller amounts than recommended weekly throughout the warm months. Also sunlight affects it as well. You need full from sunrise to sunset time and extra heat but not past 95 degrees or so depending on the plant. Some plants shut down everything when it’s too hot. Extra water as well. I managed to move my passion fruits from 3-4 months ripening time to 2 months when i lived in Colorado Springs. I had another experiment where i didn’t do as much and only managed to get 1 fruit vs over 50 with my other experiments. But this is with passion fruit, not figs. I assume it would be similar with other fruits. I haven’t experimented with anything controlled since then. Also this was all done without a greenhouse and they were set outside before the last freeze that i had that year.
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It is not.
Can you answer my other questions above?
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Also this is Latarolla. I think you said it doesn’t ripen in my climate in the past, i may be wrong, but we still have at least 2 months of summer left and it looks like I’ll have time to be able to ripen the second crop
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I respect your desire to help others. But by your own statements, you are a novice in many aspects of growing fruits. Consequently, you don’t always recognize misinformation when you see it. In your zeal, you also have a tendency to disseminate falsehoods that you hold to be facts; or facts that don’t apply to the situation. When others point this out, you respond defensively and attempt to blame your actions on others.
The long time membership here strives to maintain a site with high quality information. When someone points out an error, we thank them for the correction. We don’t always agree, but then again we live in a country of diverse climates, cultures, and skills. I have learned much from this group by asking questions – especially about apples, blackberries, pears. I recommend you do the same for the fruiting plants that spark your interest.
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I don’t consider any of us to be more than a novice when it comes to such things as growing fruits because the science behind most of it is ever changing due to climate change and such. I also don’t believe that everyone or anyone knows everything since most things in life are not static but instead, always changing. The only things that are static are the names we put to fruits and things.
I don’t think i blame my actions on others and i do often admit I’m wrong when i know i am. Hence why i edit my posts sometimes or just plain out delete them.
I beg to differ. Example, i don’t believe chatgpt provides high quality information. I value the experiences of others more than chatgpt but that’s another debate.
I’ve asked a lot of questions as well but the way you state this makes it seem like I’m always writing as a know-it-all and I’ve stated many times before when i answer something that it’s from my experience and i in fact, do not know it all. There are a few things i believe i know a bit more than others, but i think we all have our strengths and weaknesses to growing certain things.
As I’ve said in the last 6 months, i do not know everything about figs and i don’t care for most of the dry literature written of it since most of it doesn’t apply to me nor do i find it useful. However I do know what I’ve seen so far and i can tell you exactly what big department stores stock what varieties since I’m either at Lowe’s or home depot every few days. And if someone doesn’t know much about figs nor if they don’t know or care how varieties can differ, they’ll probably grab one from a big box stores. Propagate it the way they see a viral video from Facebook or YouTube, and resell it to make their money back or just to spread it around for funsies. Also a lot of small nurseries typically carry the same stuff and same common varieties so it can be speculated that if one gets a fig from such places, it’s more than likely that it’s one of the common varieties sold by everyone and their mom.
I’ve been growing blueberries for over 10 years now. Mostly in pots but i did start in ground until i had to move. And when i realized i would be moving quite a bit, i stuck them in pots and am only starting to plan them in ground again. Would i call myself anything more than a novice at it? No. There’s a lot more i can learn. Do i think i know a lot about them? More than most when it comes to keeping them happy. I could diagnose common issues just by looking at photos but that doesn’t make me an expert by any means. Just someone who cares. Do i know the big names when it comes to blueberries? Yes, but do i care? No. Same with strawberries. I would rather someone underestimate me than think much of me honestly. The greatest threat is the one you don’t see coming.
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Also - also I’ve asked you many questions in the past but you seemingly ignore my questions so I’ve refrained from asking you things in regards to advice or recommendations.
There are other certain people on here that I refrain from asking questions as well due to lack of response or things I’ve read from them.
There are some things i feel like people will fail to mention so i bring it up even if I’m no “expert” on that topic because i don’t feel an expert could even answer such. Such as my statement on what’s commonly sold in big box stores or the common varieties that are cycled through most nurseries around the country. Every time i travel somewhere, i make it a thing to visit a few nurseries and even a few local and the big box store’s garden sections to see what they’re growing or to see if there’s anything rare there that I’m interested in. Unless someone else is running around the country and world doing the same, i doubt they would be able to provide the answer that i have with big box stores carrying common varieties. For such things, you don’t have to be an expert in to state personal observations that may be relevant to the question at hand.
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Figs! - Am I right? 
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