I been growing DK for many, many years, what do I think of my DK. Well next spring will be the final time, no fruit, no more DK. Mine has been growing in the ground, winter kill, no fruit.
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Sorry Bob, but the leaves don’t look like desert king.
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Great specimen! Sorry about winter kill! My DK 40 years in the ground, winter lows of 15-20F. No winter kill.
Leaves do look different.
@ramv are you sure? They look like some of mine. Here is mine.image|240x320 
in second leaf and if he has complete die back.
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Don’t matter. That tree more than 30 years old, will be gone . Next spring will be the date, no fruit it will be gone.
One problem with growing figs indoors
Mites
I have to spray the figs with summer oil now and then. Otherwise
the mites eat them up.
Anyone here growing or grafting DK?
I got some scions and am considering grafting onto an established (in a pot) Black Mission fig that’s about 3 years old.
Has anyone tried grafting DK onto an established or older tree and is that a recommended path to get fruit sooner? Asking since if it’s going to take another 5 years, I might not do the graft and instead try to root it and see what I can get.
I’m in SoCal - Zone 10 - so am hoping I get both crops for DK.
Grow DK on its own roots. It is easy to root and vigorous. It will most likely fruit by next year.
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Thank you!
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The key for me is that first you have to establish the structure and decide where all of those 1 year shoots are going to originate. Then you can apply the rules of stubbing down the 2 year branches an inch from the origin and keeping the good one year branches.
You can’t just walk up to a tree that’s grown haphazardly and go into the annual maintenance he’s describing.
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I have this tree labeled “negronne” that is same- dark outside, very red inside. only makes main crop I think? one crop a year only. it will have breba on it or, leftovers from previous year. then drop them just barely ripe and begin putting on the figs for the current year.
I keep it greenhouse warm over winter so it doesn’t die back and gets extended season.
right now it has on it, figs ripening, new figs that will be ripe in the greenhouse, and baby fillets that may just stay until spring and fall away without fully ripening. could this be the same kind of tree?
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If you’ve never gotten fruit, it may be a mislabeled fig that needs pollination 
Negronne makes breba and a main crop
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thank you! it’s got little guys on it now as it goes dormant, so you’re correct
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