Crozes

Figgin' A said:
Thanks. I agree, this is a very productive variety, not my most productive, but it's up there at the top somewhere.

Would love to see a picture of your Crozes tree/figs, if you don't mind.

The two figs I was referring to above came from a small tree that I rooted in late winter/early spring.

That said, my two second-year trees are getting there.
Here is the one I started on March 1, some of its figs are almost there.

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And here is the one I started in the second half of March. No signs of ripening yet.
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Can I just make a wish list from your trees? :LOL:
 
Armo said:
I will update for sure once they start ripening. It will be my first ripe figs from this tree. I did have a heater in there, some nights I set it at 27C just to have 5-6C nights in there.

It is possible that it's mite bites. Seems like they love the Mt Etna types. This one and my Chicago hardy/Mt Etna type fig as well as Valoze is the same.
Also have butes on Campaniere figs but the other 20 have no signs of it. As you can see my leaves dont show a any signs of fmd, I fertilize well and have sprayed Sulphur at the beginning of the season.
I always see these pinkish looking flying insects on the figs, I wonder if they do anything.
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FWIW, I had this dud of a Chicago Hardy tree that I bought in the first year of my fig adventure. Every season it would have 80% of the figs looking like this:

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Another CH I had did not have this and other Mt Etna trees did not have this, with the exception of one two figs here and there, and maybe not looking as bad. They definitely showed milder damage. I chopped it up and threw it in the trash.

But before I did that, it produced a shoot from the soil that looked absolutely healthy and so vigorous that I decided to air-layer it. It turned into a nice tree. It's in its third season now and shows none of that damage whatsoever.

Here it is today:

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I also haven't seen any of this on any other trees this year. I spray sulfur every few weeks.
 
Armo said:
I put mine outside in a pop up tent first weekend of April. Remember we had snow early at that time and it was really cold? I think my trees fell behind a bit because of that. Here is a picture of the figs on my tree, looks pretty similar to yours except my figs all have the bite marks of a bug.
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Here is one of my Crozes in full size. This one is second leaf, rooted last season.
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Figsee said:
Eh some are anyway. I keep debating with myself to put my tree in ground or put in a 15 gallon and wait til next year.
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I typically keep mine in pots for 3+ years before putting them in ground. By then, the trunk and bark are thick enough to fend for itself and I can probably get away with minimal protection(you probably need more than minimal). And it is also about time they would be root bound and need a root pruning.

Mt Etnas are not vigorous nor weak. They are average, I guess. When you compare them to a vigorous variety, you wouldn't call them vigorous.
 
grasshopper said:
I typically keep mine in pots for 3+ years before putting them in ground. By then, the trunk and bark are thick enough to fend for itself and I can probably get away with minimal protection(you probably need more than minimal). And it is also about time they would be root bound and need a root pruning.

Mt Etnas are not vigorous nor weak. They are average, I guess. When you compare them to a vigorous variety, you wouldn't call them vigorous.
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Crozes is vigorous compared to some other figs but yea I have others that are more lively.
 
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