Iranian candy

Figgin' A said:
Joe, do you give your Iranian Candy a headstart? What varieties do you grow in our climate without any headstart that can produce a decent harvest? I'd imagine this one would be one of them.
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It doesn't get much of a head start. Maybe a bit of time in the pop up greenhouse but that's about it. off the top of my head I can reliably take these from the garage straight outside with maybe a bit of shuffling if it calls for a freeze after I get green growth.

Niagara Black
LdA
LSU Gold
Bissirri #3
Impellizzeri
Iranian Candy
Smith (tight)
Vince #3
Exquisito
Atreano
Hollier
Florea
Colasanti Dark
Nordland
Sweet Diana
Valoze
Val Rosso
HdA (so far.)
Most Etnas

I'm sure I'm missing a few
 
MFJFIGS said:
I would like to hear from @TorontoJoe Joe details on his in ground I-258.
When it break dormancy, figs form, ripens, and how much or many figs he harvest vs. How much stay on the tree by first frost.
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it normally gets a head start in the way of my putting up and temporary greenhouse and soaking the root zone with warm water. last spring I was dealing with an injured hand and couldn't do anything after uncovering. The tree produced heavily and I would think it set a few hundred figs... of which I was able to ripen over half before it was just too cold to ripen any more.

Next season will be more interesting as the tree has gotten so big that I wasn't able to keep any budding wood. I had to take it right down. So I'm going to have to make an extra effort to get new shoots to emerge from the older growth.
 
TorontoJoe said:
It doesn't get much of a head start. Maybe a bit of time in the pop up greenhouse but that's about it. off the top of my head I can reliably take these from the garage straight outside with maybe a bit of shuffling if it calls for a freeze after I get green growth.

Niagara Black
LdA
LSU Gold
Bissirri #3
Impellizzeri
Iranian Candy
Smith (tight)
Vince #3
Exquisito
Atreano
Hollier
Florea
Colasanti Dark
Nordland
Sweet Diana
Valoze
Val Rosso
HdA (so far.)
Most Etnas

I'm sure I'm missing a few
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Thanks. It will be my first year trying to ripen a few varieties without a headstart. Hope to get good results.
 
TorontoJoe said:
it normally gets a head start in the way of my putting up and temporary greenhouse and soaking the root zone with warm water. last spring I was dealing with an injured hand and couldn't do anything after uncovering. The tree produced heavily and I would think it set a few hundred figs... of which I was able to ripen over half before it was just too cold to ripen any more.

Next season will be more interesting as the tree has gotten so big that I wasn't able to keep any budding wood. I had to take it right down. So I'm going to have to make an extra effort to get new shoots to emerge from the older growth.
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That is very interesting, Joe. Thanks for sharing.
On average, when do you unwrap it? which I guess aligns with the beginning of the head start.
Also, how long before the first batch of figlets form?
 
While in ground trees don’t get as early a head start as potted trees, they do catch up quick and end up outperforming potted trees.
Especially in ground trees that are well established.
 
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