I agree it didn’t make the cut for me. It’s most likely our climate though. I’ll bet it’s better in the south west.
It is just not as sweet as the Lattarula and White Marseilles.
The good thing is that, it is super short season fig. With 77 days.
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Yes Lattrula is my top honey/ sugar fig right now and I have a new one fruiting this year, that was very good!
I’m giving White Marseilles a try again this year, I have a small tree/small crop.
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That is a nice sugar fig. I still get the BGR/RGR. That will fill the yellow sugar fig slot. Then I get Brunswick and Paradiso to fill the heavy sugar slot.
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BGR/RGR does good for you then?
Honesty I never tried that one, cause when it exploded on the scene I thought it was a gimmick.
Good to know.
BGR/RGR was selling for $50 each stick before. Now it is down to $5 each stick. I get it through trade. I’ll see how sweet it is. It is just a yellow skin sugar fig. There are the YLN and Yellow Long etc. I think they are all similar.
I get several White Marseilles in ground. It is my oldest fig tree other than Hardy Chicago. That is the heart of my fig collection. The fig is almost the same as Lattarula.
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Yea I remember the astronomical prices for that one.
Keep me updated on your thoughts neighbor.
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There was something from you that I was interested. Do not remember which fig. Shoot me a fig list when you get some time. PM is good…
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Anyone know a fig that’s not super sweet- where the sugar doesn’t dominate the taste, would grow in-ground zone 7?
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@Dom Which varieties are performing the best with this growing method? Im going to do this too. Thanks for sharing the photos.
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Hey all, I am very new to growing figs. Last fall I ordered a rooted cutting of strawberry verte and planted it in ground. The plant is just starting to set figlets recently. I’m pretty sure there is no way these will ripen this year. My question is, as the tree matures do you think it will set figlets any sooner? Could this just be a first year tree thing? I know adriatics are later ripening figs. Just trying to figure out if these will ever fully ripen in my climate.
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I was given an unknown variety of fig about 5-6 years ago, it’s been very productive for me in zone 7a. I always assumed it was a brown turkey based comparison to google images. Am I right?
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This is the California Brown Turkey. In FL and TX, they call it Magnolia.
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@Preston, I have desert king, Ronde de Bordeaux , Martini and Lino in the ground.
Desert king I cane prune for the breba crop only which ripens mid July.
Martini and Lino are my own names for figs I have acquired over the last 15 years from local growers that I had not identified. I chose them based on productivity, early ripening, and cold hardiness and of course taste.
Martini I believe I have now identified and I’m pretty sure is St Rita, Mt EtNA type. It the workhorse, It’s vigorous, super productive and early. Taste is good, but nothing special. I’m going to be grafting part of that tree over next spring to experiment a bit.
Lino is my personal favorite, still can’t really identify it. A local farmer named Lino was growing it for many years. It was over 25 feet tall against his house. He would bend/ pull it down and bury it in the ground for winter. Talk about work! The man was in his late 70 early 80s. He was an incredibly strong man and full of knowledge. I helped him many years with it. When he and his wife died, the children sold off the land to be developed.
It’s a Mt. Etna type most similar to Malta Black or Marva Sika but still not exactly either of those. It checks all the boxes for me.
The earliest good quality/ short season for my climate is Ronde de Bordeaux it ripens first.
My advice go with a Hardy Mt Etna type for in the ground zone 6.
Dom
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Yes, it should produce and ripen figs earlier in a couple of years. How long is your growing season?
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Thanks @Ahmad. For in ground figs I’ve noticed they usually break dormancy in April and we start getting our first frosty mornings some time in October.
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I’d say you’re at the edge, my season when I lived in Delaware was similar to yours and my SV was not able to ripen the majority of its crop, but I think for you it will depend on how warm is your April and October. In Delaware April and Oct are pretty cold, even though it used to be above freezing, it was too cold in April for figs plants to actively grow and too cold in Oct for the tree to ripen the figs that are on the cusp of ripeness.
I recommend Red Lebanese BV for you, it has a great flavor, and ripens its crop at least a month earlier than SV. It is also a vigorous grower and prolific producer.
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I’ve got mine growing on a southeast facing wall. I’m hoping that will help it get started a little sooner in the year. We will see. I’ll definitely add Red Lebanese BV to my list. There are so many good looking figs on the internet. I can see why people go crazy and end up with so many varieties. Hopefully I can find a few that I enjoy and do well in my climate. I’ve also been battling black fig fly problems. This year I covered a dozen or so with organza bags to see if that works. I already have several unbagged falling off from BFF damage.
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