Angelito - holy smokes!
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Figgin' A
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Likewise and challenge accepted!I'm not that good at getting 1st year trees to produce good tasting figs. LSU Purple tasted bad, but I have heard that variety can take a couple years before it's good. My LSU Gold were 20 grams and horrible taste. I-258 was also not good. WM#1 not good. With that being said, one off the charts amazing Violeta made up for all those bad ones. Next year is going to be great when all these fig trees are bigger, more mature, and have an earlier start than they did this year. I'm going to give you some competition. I'm going to be a contender!j/k but you are one of my favorite members here. Not just because you have great figs but because you reply to my dumb newb posts. Lol
I am quite competitive by nature, so competition is very welcome. P.S. Loved your comment. It brightened my cold, snowy and gloomy day up here.
ETXfigs
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Actually it will probably take a few years before I have figs like yours but I do have an advantage. It's called 8b, LolLikewise and challenge accepted!
P.S. Loved your comment. It brightened my cold, snowy and gloomy day up here.
Figgin' A
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It's hard to say with a newly rooted tree, but so far I get the impression that it isn't very late. It seems earlier than WM#1 for sure. Here is the picture of pea-sized, maybe a touch bigger, figs that I picked yesterday. It was on July 16th. So, about 114 days from a pea size to full ripening. Given chilly weather up here from mid September and very cool weather in the past three weeks, this is quite impressive. I am confident they would ripen a lot faster in warm weather.
TorontoJoe
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Oh man... tell me about it... I spent all day in the garden today. A t-shirt seemed fine in the beginning, then added a sweater, a jacket and a winter hat... tired, my body is sore, and frozen to the bone, but I am done! I must be some kind of a machinist
Not me. My forecast was no snow until this afternoon. And then I woke up to it. I didn’t get the tomatoes in time.
Figgin' A
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Yeah... rub it in
Carmelo
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Surprise !!!!Not me. My forecast was no snow until this afternoon. And then I woke up to it. I didn’t get the tomatoes in time.
FigVicious
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I bought an Angelito grafted onto a desert king root stock in late spring, and to my surprise, it grew about 15-20 figs on it within a few months. I had a few in October as well, and they were delicious. I had one more on Thursday that ripened for me here in Jersey, and they are absolutely even better than the ones I had in October. It is one of my top 10 figs for sure. Then again, I have a lot of delicious figs that make my top ten list. Ok, Ok, Ok, they are almost all in my Top Ten. Yes, I LOVE ALL MY FIG TREES !!! That's why I'm here with all you fine folks!
Jigfig
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The best fig is the ripe one in your hand!
Figgin' A
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Really? I saw the snow on the forecast as early as Friday. I use The Weather Network, I believe the get their feed from the WeatherCAN.Not me. My forecast was no snow until this afternoon. And then I woke up to it. I didn’t get the tomatoes in time.
Figgin' A
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TorontoJoe
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I was looking at the hourly on the weather network app. Said the snow wouldn’t be arriving until late afternoon. I decided to leave the tomatoes for this morning. It’s sitting at 0 outside so I’m going go check out the damage
Figgin' A
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Well, they are wrong half the time. For me, they were spot on this time though, predicting snow overnight. The forecast for the temps was -3C overnight. I could have covered my remaining tomatoes with a frost blanket and extended the season even more, but.... enough for this year. Need a break
Your tomatoes could be just fine. I've had mine at negative temps before, without a frost blanket, and they were fine. I guess it depends on the conditions and the duration of the freezing temps.
By the way, these were totally green two weeks ago. I removed a whole bunch of tomato plants that were getting too diseased and saved the tomatoes. They were mostly green, with some just starting to blush. Look at them now. We've been eating them for the past two weeks daily. I had 5 trays. Not even close to July-August ripened, but still better then storebought.
TorontoJoe
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I just grabbed a load of tomatoes. Mostly green with a blush of pink and they were still pliable so we’ll see.
Many of the fig trees are dormant so they’re fine but I don’t like dealing with them in this weather. Normally they get hit by a frost much later and drop their leaves while it’s still dry. Now I have to figure out what to do with all this. The temps are supposed to climb a bit this week but hoping it’ll dry up enough to deal with them.
Winter hung on really late this year and now it’s back early. Total pain in the culo!
Many of the fig trees are dormant so they’re fine but I don’t like dealing with them in this weather. Normally they get hit by a frost much later and drop their leaves while it’s still dry. Now I have to figure out what to do with all this. The temps are supposed to climb a bit this week but hoping it’ll dry up enough to deal with them.
Winter hung on really late this year and now it’s back early. Total pain in the culo!
Figgin' A
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I hear you. This was the reason I decided to winterize my trees yesterday while it was still somewhat warm and dry. Most of mine were fully dormant. Some had leaves on, but they'd fall off as soon as I touched them, so I manually removed them. I figured I could wait another week or even two, at least, judging by the forecast, but, like you said, the weather is turning into crap and you don't want to be out there doing this. I have way too many trees this year, wasn't an easy task even in better weather. But it looks like there will be a few nice days in the coming weeks, so you should be fine.
grasshopper
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That seems to be a good way to get them grow quality fruits quickly and saves lots of time. How far do you up pot them inside? I probably need more light and space if I take the quick up pot route.
Another thing I worried about was a big pot can reduce the amount of fruits early on because the tree is busy growing roots. I guess it is a trade-off between quality and quantity or may be it would work out. And moving a 15g is harder than a 5g pot.
I think I'll try at least one next season to see how that works. Thanks for explaining and keep experimenting.
TorontoJoe
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Now I’m going have to clear out the garage and prune the trees in there as I stack them. The big in ground trees will just have to wait
Figgin' A
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That depends. If the cuttings is started early enough, and is vigorous enough, it will be in an 8g pot by April/May.That seems to be a good way to get them grow quality fruits quickly and saves lots of time. How far do you up pot them inside? I probably need more light and space if I take the quick up pot route.
Another thing I worried about was a big pot can reduce the amount of fruits early on because the tree is busy growing roots. I guess it is a trade-off between quality and quantity or may be it would work out. And moving a 15g is harder than a 5g pot.
I think I'll try at least one next season to see how that works. Thanks for explaining and keep experimenting.
There is absolutely no reduction in fruit on account of a tree growing roots. At least not when growing in pots. It's a myth ... in reality, the more roots a tree has, the better it's ability to support more fruit. Most of my first year trees have fruit on each node and I've been doing this for years.
Here are some pics of some of my other 1st year trees' fruit:
You can read more about this in my posts on the other forum, if you are interested:
https://www.ourfigs.com/forum/figs-home/1331473-pinched
https://www.ourfigs.com/forum/figs-home/1482575-pinched-part-two
Figgin' A
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Not ideal, but you have to do what you have to do. I am pruning a lot less this year. I've been shaping my trees such that I don't have to prune a lot or at all. A couple of trees like that this season barely got any taller and set fruit and ripened much sooner. The fruit was bigger and of better quality. That's what Harvey noticed a while ago.