Cull 2026

Figsee said:
I probably am not the biggest honey fig fan but I would say the flavor was pretty mild then say compared to Lockes 1945. That one to me is like biting into a warm honeycomb. Deanna is more sweet then honey if that makes sense. Deanna is a vigorous grower though.
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Quick search showed that Lockes 1945 may be a derivative of YLN, which likely has ties to Golden Rainbow and Golden Riverside.
 
RedSkip said:
Quick search showed that Lockes 1945 may be a derivative of YLN, which likely has ties to Golden Rainbow and Golden Riverside.
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Your guess is as good as mine. I feel like every fig description always mentions another fig that something could be a derivative of. There are better growers then me who can confirm on most of them.
 
I culled about 20 myself so far.
Many of those were trees that weren't the variety it was sold to me as. A few others were under performers (splitters / spoilers ). I was going to save a few with pretty form for grafting over, but it got too cold and I ran out of space and energy to worry about them.
They were sacrificed to Jack Frost and the White Walkers.
 
Figsee said:
As I get ready for the 2026 fig season, it’s time to cull some underperforming or duplicate trees. I was able to find homes for the following trees locally:

Cdd Noir
Rubado
Jolly Rancher
Corazan de Bahia
Malta Black
Deanna
Blava Flor
Raspberry Tart
Honey Plum

Hoping to downsize another 20 or so to make room for some new trees. What’s everyone culling this spring?
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Why did you cull cdd noir? I have heard so many great things about that tree I am in similar zone bucks county ( Philly burbs) and was planning on adding that one to my hoard.
 
DCallahan said:
I culled about 20 myself so far.
Many of those were trees that weren't the variety it was sold to me as. A few others were under performers (splitters / spoilers ). I was going to save a few with pretty form for grafting over, but it got too cold and I ran out of space and energy to worry about them.
They were sacrificed to Jack Frost and the White Walkers.
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Are you in the northeast?
If so perhaps we can get a northeast cull list thread put together in the future. I plan to save my best tasting 10-12 late varietys and wake them under lights and greenhouse every year but otherwise dont have a lot of space for late varietys here at all. If its a splitter it will 100% split here so i have to be pretty selective at some point in the near future.
 
Planning to cull my duplicates of;

Olympia
Desert King
Petit Negra
JH Adriatic
Smith
Panache
Italian Honey
Malta Black
LSU Purple

among others.....
 
pjmac said:
Are you in the northeast?
If so perhaps we can get a northeast cull list thread put together in the future. I plan to save my best tasting 10-12 late varietys and wake them under lights and greenhouse every year but otherwise dont have a lot of space for late varietys here at all. If its a splitter it will 100% split here so i have to be pretty selective at some point in the near future.
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I'm in the Northeast corner of Maryland 30 mins north of Baltimore, 45 minutes south of Philly, So Mid Atlantic or Northeast depends on how a person draws the line.
I would hesitate to draw up a public "don't " grow list,
Culling is subjective and what works for one grower wont for another even in the same area
I'd hate to discourage someone from trying something that interests them.
Even the ones I'm culling I'm not really doing my due diligence. Im 100% potted so I should give them a chance inground but thats not an option on this property, and I should change up my soil medium, watering routine, mineral applications. I have so many individual trees that I have to find ones that fit into the systems I have setup or they aren't worth growing for me.
I totally respect the OP and I don't want to throw shade on his thread I just wanted to answer your question.
It may be more constructive to make up a 'Top 10", "top25, are "top 100" list of go-to varieties for an area. And any individual variety within or outside of that could be discussed for its merits. I think thats the kind of discussion that can build positive knowledge.
 
Kompakfigs said:
That’s a shame. Goto a park and plant them.
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When i want to get rid of things I do a curb alert for them on my local gardening and buy nothing. Never had an issue with someone grabbing it. Did have an issue where one brilliant soul dug up my red bud whip that was planted on the street because they thought for some reason that was the blackberries I was giving away
 
snarfing said:
When i want to get rid of things I do a curb alert for them on my local gardening and buy nothing. Never had an issue with someone grabbing it. Did have an issue where one brilliant soul dug up my red bud whip that was planted on the street because they thought for some reason that was the blackberries I was giving away
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Omg
 
DCallahan said:
I'm in the Northeast corner of Maryland 30 mins north of Baltimore, 45 minutes south of Philly, So Mid Atlantic or Northeast depends on how a person draws the line.
I would hesitate to draw up a public "don't " grow list,
Culling is subjective and what works for one grower wont for another even in the same area
I'd hate to discourage someone from trying something that interests them.
Even the ones I'm culling I'm not really doing my due diligence. Im 100% potted so I should give them a chance inground but thats not an option on this property, and I should change up my soil medium, watering routine, mineral applications. I have so many individual trees that I have to find ones that fit into the systems I have setup or they aren't worth growing for me.
I totally respect the OP and I don't want to throw shade on his thread I just wanted to answer your question.
It may be more constructive to make up a 'Top 10", "top25, are "top 100" list of go-to varieties for an area. And any individual variety within or outside of that could be discussed for its merits. I think thats the kind of discussion that can build positive knowledge.
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I am in 100% agreement with this post! I have a couple varieties that some have tried to warm me about growing, that have been great, and vice-versa. And fitting into what you can/will do to raise them is sage advice too! When I make a recommendation I try to add the caveat of my situation.
 
When I created the post my idea was to see what others were culling as well as to share my experiences with certain varieties. What does and/or doesn’t work for me doesn’t mean others will have the same experience. A lot of the figs I mentioned would be awesome figs in areas with longer seasons and dryer falls.
 
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