WOW! Karpes that is a HUGE tree, even bigger than most I've seen in Croatia. I take it you don't have to wrap it in winter
Why is it that you can't grow kiwi or cherry? Not enough chill hours?

Chops
It’s just too hot and humid here to grow some things and low chill hours on top of that. We never cover the figs and some years they try to put out a second crop. Last year I managed to get a handful of figs from the second crop before the first frost zapped them.
Growing figs here is not a challenge, just water to get them through the first year and they flourish. You can’t see it but there is a Satsuma behind the fig and I have to constantly cut back the fig so it does not encroach on the Satsuma. The fig is sucking the life out of the Satsuma , so this is why I have considered removing it.
Karl

karpes. Yes, that is one huge tree. What type of fig is that?

Vinny

Vinny
It is a Celeste and it’s about 12 years old. My dad grew them bigger than this but he planted them in an old pig pen.
Karl

Ummmm. Celeste. One of my favorite tasting figs.

Vinny

Karl, how about if you did a drastic pruning on that HUGE fig tree? Or, you can send the satsuma to me LOL.
Makes me want to have a Celeste now.

My figs are 1 1/2 inches & not doing anything. They must be taking a mid-summer pause before ripening.

Patty
I attacked it with my chain saw a couple years ago on that back side but it recovered quickly. The bad thing is that the roots are intertwined so every time I fertilize the Satsuma, the fig steals the meal. The other fig that I have is a LSU purple and it was planted too close to a 40’ tall pecan, so it’s sharing the same conditions as the Satsuma. It’s been a good lesson in tree spacing
Since Ned posted the picture of that huge fig, I have been thinking about planting one. You know the addiction is bad when you consider cutting down a fig and dream about planting another. DUH certifiable right?
Karl

Since my last posting, I left for 3 days & asked my son to water plants - & he didn't. Came home & all plants were drooping. Most fig trees lost all their leaves & most figs dropped but plants are OK now. Some figs are finally ripening & I'll get to eat some soon.
Theresa & Joan...good news. FINALLY 2 cuttings took root & have leafed out! I had very bad luck this year with rooting cuttings - tried 3-4 times. I have a Osborne Prolific & Italian Golden Honey (which is light colored fruit). They are small now, but both grow fast & produce a lot of figs. I bet you'll get fruit next summer.
Joan, send me your addy again --can't send it till I get back from vacation after Sept. 14, .
Theresa, I could drive by you & deliver it along with brug plants & whatever-- after same date.
Still can't wait to taste a fresh fig.

Karpes that is one happy fig. I have a celeste that looks like it is going to be as large, but it has a way to go to catch yours.

Ned

Wow, I it's kind of hard to believe that I haven't been here for so long. Sorry Patty, didn't mean to ignore you. I had friends visit from Texas and then got all involved in the stock market crash and have been watching that stuff all the time. Thank you so much for the new fig. That's so generous of you. I will e-mail you.

My fig did produce only 1 fig that was small but did turn soft and pink inside. It wasn't really sweet (so I don't think it was fully ripe) and had an interesting taste. I was quite happy to get a crop though and am looking forward to next years harvest.

Over the holiday back home in Louisiana, I had the opportunity to collect some cuttings from a tree of my mom's friend. I believe it is either a brown turkey or celeste. This will be my first attempt at rooting a fig so hopefully all goes well. I'm really looking forward to growing this and bringing one home to give my mom as well. After doing a little homework on figs, it looks like LSU (located in my hometown and also my alma mater) is a leading fig research university. I'm can't wait to locate cuttings of the LSU varieties I've read about.

Brad- Welcome to the world of figs!

Vinny

Thanks Vinny! No roots yet... I have my fingers crossed. 2 of the 6 cuttings have had a problem with mold since the beginning. I tossed one because it was kinda spongy but I think I'll probably have to toss the other one as well because it didn't look great. The others seem fine so far though. Hopefully, I'll get at least two to root.

Hi Brad, I had very bad luck this past year trying to root fig cuttings & I don't know why. The first one I rooted took about 4 yrs ago. I accidentaly broke it off & stuck it in the pot & it grew! Maybe the last ones were over watered.
Can't wait till they all start waking up from their snooze!

Hi Patty,

I'm hoping for beginners luck . I'm using the baggie method that I've seen elsewhere and it's supposed to have fairly good results. I ended up throwing away the other moldy cutting because I just couldn't get rid of the mold and didn't want it affecting the other cuttings. It was getting spongy anyway and I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have made it. The other four still look good (although no roots yet... it's only been 2 weeks though).