Golden riverside!

I have thought about getting Golden Riverside or YLN but I hear people saying that large figs don't seem to ripen well for them in places where it's humid and rains a lot. I wonder how Golden Riverside would do here in East Texas.
 
ETXfigs said:
I have thought about getting Golden Riverside or YLN but I hear people saying that large figs don't seem to ripen well for them in places where it's humid and rains a lot. I wonder how Golden Riverside would do here in East Texas.
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Its dry as the devil over here in phoenix, this tree has been thriving since i planted it in january. The eye was open and large when i picket it which i can see not boding well in a more humid location
 
GilaMonster said:
First fig off of this tree, golden riverside,had to pick this am because ill be out of town several days and its 114° farenheight here!

Its good. Reminds me of grandpas trees, could have used 1-2 more days, hopefully i come back to more ripe fruit :)View attachment 8805
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Curious if you had to use bird net to protect the figs or not? I am about to start the net tomorrow, hate to have birds get to the first figs of the season. the fig looks really good
 
Figneer said:
Curious if you had to use bird net to protect the figs or not? I am about to start the net tomorrow, hate to have birds get to the first figs of the season. the fig looks really good
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I have a chicken wire cage around it to protect from weed wacking, i also put a mesh shade cloth over it about a week ago to protect from the temps
 
I had it years ago, but it didn't like our humidity and all the rain we get...that goes for all the big yellow ones.
Not bad for a first, I do miss those.
 
Was this ben’s golden riverside or the ucr 278-128 golden riverside? Hard to say one way or the other looking at the photo
 
Figless said:
I have always wanted Bens... But the ucr 278-128 golden riverside is amazing as well.
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If you got Robert’s golden rainbow it’s the same tree. I’ll have a ton of cuttings I can get you some of that. I’ve actually got the ucr, golden rainbow, and yellow long neck to compare the three together. The growth habits of golden rainbow I have are super vigorous, the fastest and thickest growth out of the many Varieties I have.
 
Bofig said:
If you got Robert’s golden rainbow it’s the same tree. I’ll have a ton of cuttings I can get you some of that. I’ve actually got the ucr, golden rainbow, and yellow long neck to compare the three together. The growth habits of golden rainbow I have are super vigorous, the fastest and thickest growth out of the many Varieties I have.
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I tried yln and it kept dying, im happy this is doing well, i really wanted a yellow fig, ive got a hollier doing good but its much younger still.
 
I have a grafted Robert Golden Rainbow that fruited and wasn’t sure if was suited for our climate and high heat so @GilaMonster fig ripening gives me hope that my figs will ripen
 
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