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[ETXfigs]

This is a 2nd season tree that I rooted springtime last year. It has one fig on it. I guess it's breba. I don't know anything about this variety. Is this fig something I can use for manual caprification?

 

[GoodFriendMike]

That does look like a profichi (the caprifig's breba)
Let it ripen. You will get pollen.

 

[ktrain]

I do believe my GxY has several this year, maybe about 10.
Depending on the pollen I get...imma have to get busy pollinating.

 

[ktrain]

I got a couple pics of my Yanonali, more than I thought on it.

 

[GoodFriendMike]

I got a couple pics of my Yanonali, more than I thought on it.

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I see seedlings in your future.

 

[ktrain]

I see seedlings in your future.

lol...maybe...just maybe.

I'm not exactly sure at what point to pull a ripe caprifig, for maximum pollen farming.
You wait until they're soft like common?

 

[GoodFriendMike]

lol...maybe...just maybe.

I'm not exactly sure at what point to pull a ripe caprifig, for maximum pollen farming.
You wait until they're soft like common?

Yes sir.

 

[ETXfigs]

This is a 2nd season tree that I rooted springtime last year. It has one fig on it. I guess it's breba. I don't know anything about this variety. Is this fig something I can use for manual caprification?

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This one breba is ripe. Am I supposed to inject it into my other figs or what? I don't what to do.

 

[GoodFriendMike]

This one breba is ripe. Am I supposed to inject it into my other figs or what? I don't what to do.

Not ripe yet.

 

[GoodFriendMike]

This one breba is ripe. Am I supposed to inject it into my other figs or what? I don't what to do.

I was looking at your original post. Is the profici ripe now?
If so yes. remove the pollen and pollinate your figs.

 

[TorontoJoe]

I wish it wasn't too late to take pics. GXY is my first capri. I'm hoping for good things this year.

Does anyone have intel on how long pollen can remain viable? Or methods to preserve it? Vac seal and freeze maybe?

 

[ETXfigs]

I wish it wasn't too late to take pics. GXY is my first capri. I'm hoping for good things this year.

Does anyone have intel on how long pollen can remain viable? Or methods to preserve it? Vac seal and freeze maybe?

I was also wondering if I can freeze it.

 

[ETXfigs]

I was looking at your original post. Is the profici ripe now?
If so yes. remove the pollen and pollinate your figs.

Yes I noticed it was ripe when I was watering just before dark. I did not pick it. I can pick it tomorrow and inject the other figs. I don't know which figs are good caprified. I guess I will inject I-258, Violeta, and EBT. I will figure it out tomorrow.

 

[TorontoJoe]

I was also wondering if I can freeze it.

I read one thing where it said you can freeze it once but not refreeze it. But the info was pretty shallow. No mention of how cold or how long it would keep.... or how air-tight it needs to be.... or even if all pollen freezes equally.

 

[Charlie Dodgson]

Does anyone have intel on how long pollen can remain viable?

For caprification and breeding operations, fig pollen is refrigerated for a few months in the low 40°Fs, vacuum-sealed or with a desiccant.

 

[GoodFriendMike]

Yes I noticed it was ripe when I was watering just before dark. I did not pick it. I can pick it tomorrow and inject the other figs. I don't know which figs are good caprified. I guess I will inject I-258, Violeta, and EBT. I will figure it out tomorrow.

I find most to be better pollinated. Best way to tell which ones you personally like better pollinated.
Is to pollinate a couple of each variety you have and compare them with the ones you did not pollinate.
But you more than likely won't be able to compare them at the same time as pollinated figs seem to ripen faster.
Good luck and remember a little goes a long way.

 

[ETXfigs]

My plan is to do like the guy did in this video. The only syringes I have are very small. Maybe it will work.

 

[GoodFriendMike]

My plan is to do like the guy did in this video. The only syringes I have are very small. Maybe it will work.

Size of the syringe does not matter much. You may just have to fill it quite often if pollinating a lot of figs. If you have extra.
Poke the entrance hole in the eye of the fig with one before injecting with the other. It helps keep you from clogging the needle.
Can't wait to see your pollinated fig photo's.

 

[TorontoJoe]

I find most to be better pollinated. Best way to tell which ones you personally like better pollinated.
Is to pollinate a couple of each variety you have and compare them with the ones you did not pollinate.
But you more than likely won't be able to compare them at the same time as pollinated figs seem to ripen faster.
Good luck and remember a little goes a long way.

Approximately how much sooner can one expect a pollinated fig to ripen vs one that’s not?

 

[GoodFriendMike]

Approximately how much sooner can one expect a pollinated fig to ripen vs one that’s not?

I have had them ripen a week to two weeks earlier than non-pollinated figs. I think @Bofig has seen them ripen even earlier than that. Could be to do with climate difference’s.