Hi Vinny, there are little figlets on all of them - even ones that didn't quite leaf out yet (called breba crop). Usually, they just fall off before ripening and then I get the main crop. Maybe- hopefully, this year some of the brebas will ripen! On second thought, I wonder if I should pinch them off & maybe the main crop will start sooner. Maybe I'll get more figgies that way? Any opinions on that? Thanks
Patty

Hi Benny, what kind of fig do you have? I got 3 REAL nice trees from EZ on a trade couple yrs ago. Here are some recipes for figs.
http://www.paradisenursery.com/figrecipes.html
more fig recipes
http://chef2chef.net/search/menuc.php?search=fresh%20fig
I'm hungry for figs.
Patty

Patty,
Those recipe links are making my mouth water!! I can't wait to try them. I am by far no expert on figs, but I've never heard of sacraficing the berber crop for the later crop. I have read that with some varieties of figs, there is a difference in taste between the berber & second crop. Good luck! Vinny

Patty:
You are awesome.
Thanks for those wonderful recipes. I spent more time navigating on those recipes not only on figs but seafoods, fruits and poultry as well.
5 star!.
Benny

Oh, I don't know what kind of fig it is. I am not familiar growing figs.
It is just that EZ gave it to me for no apparent reason in a 1 gallon container 3 summers ago. I neglect it so much because I just don't know what to do with it. But it keeps on giving me a lot of fruits in so small a container. So finally it grew too big 3 feet in height and I don't know what to do with it so I planted it on the ground like in the most inconspicous corner. Now it is thriving there. I know it is prolific bearer.

i talked to a researcher who was Over in Haiti along with another friend of mine ..David D
there job was to teach People In Haiti how to grow crops ..
you would not believe what these people would do with there native wonderfull trees just because they where in the way of there goat heards ..

mango trees would be used as firewood the fruits disregarded and so on ..
now since The group that went over there was called back to the usa just this last fall who knows whats going to happen ..

I think learning where a plant can grow is a great deal of reasearch i have a 3 ft out door Bird of Paradise growing in ground.. blooms year after year..
this yr im worried though its not looking to shabby so i pulled her up and brought her inside to find she had 3 inch thick roots only 16 inches below the ground ..

Just also got some Plumeria cuttings and am going to baby them until they root then slowly get them used to the Oregon climate and see how they do here.. I guess you could say i also do research .. but basically im not funded but out of my own pocket ..
there for i dont have any one to share my infomation with ..except for the small children who take interest in all the new sites and plants other wise they would never Get to see..Tammy

Good News is 5 of the girls here want to become plant experts and asked if there was such a thing so i called Karen Overbecker from cali and she is gonna head

Tammy:
What it boills down to is the law of supply and demand.
In Haiti I imagine mangoes grow every where as long as there is soil fo it to grow with. So there is an abundance of mangoes there. So what can they think of using it next? firewood or shelter or etc...
If they can get hold of an apple tree or an orange tree there, will they going to use it as firewood? Certainly not.
I've seen mangoes and guavas grow wild in Hawaii in the hills and mountains. I have seen papayas grow wild along side the highways and beside the garbage bins and even in gas stations where there is just a even dirt by the concrete papayas grow. Here, I use Christmas lights and special soil amendments and fertilizers and still I am a failure.
It depends where you are I guess.

I know I hope you didnt take what i wrote as an attack..
i was just stating that its amazing here dandy lions are weekd over in china there a very beautiful flower ..
its amazing so i desided long ago growing up as an army bratt and realizing how lucky i was to learn and visit many cultures that others arnt as lucky for me its kinda research and teaching children new things .. for most its a hobby here they see my lemons and orchids and banana trees there like oh a tropical nut .. where to me i enjoy it and kinda feel if it lives Great i can post this plant or that plant grows here with a record i have.. if they dont ill try again .. i just bought 75 plumeria cuttings.. as a research project and for mothers day gifts for the little ones to give there moms .. but basically i love the tropical stuff and am also learning about the workd ..
when i get a new tropical plant i have the kids learning about them not just planting ..
so now i go and find where all plumerias grow put a marker on the map and the kids get to do some learning at the same time learn patients .. this is my way of teaching as well as learning my self what the limits are here in life..

Its wonderfull i have 5 yr olds and up to 12 yrs old learning about hawaii,thialand, and ext where at school how much of the other countrys do they get to learn about ? Tammy

Tammy:
I believe that you are just stating facts that are common to other countries. Your statements are friendly and good to the point.
Of course, certainly I never thought your statements are an "attack".
And my answers are I hope friendly to you because I was just trying to convey to you the reality of life in other countries specially the plants that are common and in abundance there. I am just letting you know my experieince in the past as I was also a military experienced traveler.
I am wishing you the best for your interest growing plumeria. That plant is so common in the Philippines and grow even in the most uninhabited places- growing wild and uncared for. And the flowers are so beautiful.
I wish I have one.
Benny

i just found the cuttings and bought the guy out Im going to Hawaii to visit a very good friend there and going to see his new place once i get there he offered to let me take some seeds as well as cuttings .. His Girlfriend Lived in an area where they are cutting the plumeria's way back this yr due to a new housing project ? or something so she is going to get me a few more as well as other tropicals .. i love teaching the kids as well as learning myself I was hoping you didnt thjink i was in the bad spirits sometimes i get head aches when i type and wonder if that doesnt mess up my thinking..

I like the way you Put traveler instead of tourist...
anyone who learns the culture in my book are just that travelers a tourist just goes for the view IMHO i think its fun to do both .

phillipeans HMMM might look that up had no idea plumeria grew there thank you Tammy

Tammy, this topic is about figs. LOL

Back to figs...

Today I heard from the National Clonal Germplasm Repository. I sent in my request and included $10 to cover shipping costs, a goodwill gesture, figuring they could at least take it as a small donation. I got my check back with a letter back stating thanks, but they were not permitted to accept donations. They said that they would be able to accept a FedEx prepaid shipping label. They assured me that the cuttings would be sent this summer, so apparently there is no shortage of available plant material. Yeah! We're getting figs! SB

YEEAAY!!
That was so nice of you to send them a check SB!
I emailed someone there before I mailed my order & they responded that there is no charge for cuttings or postage. (As Vinny said)
I also just found out that my "mystery" fig from Paradise nursery is a Italian Honey - after I described the figs to Sybil (lite green/yellow with light flesh). Now, it will be interesting to see which ones we like best after tasting the fruit, so we can all trade.
I wonder if UC included that as one of their cuttings (?) If not, I will take cuttings if you guys want to try them out.
Last summer was the first time I ate fresh figs off my trees. The first fresh fig I tasted was from Michelle who sent me 2 ripe figs along with the 2 inch rooted cutting she sent in late '04. It was a BT - better tasting than my It. honey---YUM.
Seems I like the darker figs better so far.
All my figgies are leafing out now. How are yours doing??
Patty

Patty, I have only my little BT right now and it is doing great.

I goofed on my order, though. I listed Calimyrna, understanding that this was the Fig Newton fig, and thinking that it would be a converstion piece with the kids. It turns out that it is a Smyrna Fig which requires the fig wasp for pollination. There is a distinct shortage of fig wasps in my greenhouse. Oops.

Yes, I hope they aren't too hard to root. It would be fun to get some trades going! SB

Did they say the cuttings are going out in June? What's the chances that we will get an actual fig from these next season? I can't wait, Vinny