Letizia Fig

[Figgerlickinggood]

Anyone growing this Italian variety or see or heard of it? It’s listed at www.almostedenplants.com

 

[GoodFriendMike]

Came across the name before. But have not grown it.

 

[TorontoJoe]

This is so weird! I just potted one up maybe an hour ago!

I consider it to be a good workhorse fig. It's easy to grow and sets a lot of fruit.

 

[ktrain]

This is one I tried rooting back when I was testing water rooting.
It failed along with the rest of them and never replaced it.

 

[TorontoJoe]

This is one I tried rooting back when I was testing water rooting.
It failed along with the rest of them and never replaced it.

This is getting too weird! This is the one I water rooted in the kitchen!

 

[Figgerlickinggood]

This is so weird! I just potted one up maybe an hour ago!

I consider it to be a good workhorse fig. It's easy to grow and sets a lot of fruit.

May I ask where you acquired it?

 

[ktrain]

This is getting too weird! This is the one I water rooted in the kitchen!

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You might want to go play the lottery. lol

 

[TorontoJoe]

You might want to go play the lottery. lol

Right!?!?

 

[JaimeAdams]

I grow it. It's very vigorous. I got it last year. I can't speak on cold hardiness yet or taste, but it grew very well the first season. It rooted faster than all my other cuttings that I took in that batch. I planted a cutting in ground at my father's house, I'm in 6b, I don't plan on heavily protecting his figs, I might try to give them some minimal protection if I'm around and have the time.

 

[RandyK]

Wow, from the reviews this variety is getting, sounds like a good hardy, heavy producer of good figs...what's not to like?!?!

 

[Bofig]

I’ve got a good one going from last season, it didn’t make the ripening cut off here for me on its first leaf but I purchased from Reirden on figbid. Here’s my purchase history of it. When I get fruit I will post it, I can get some cuttings or air layers possibly this summer.

letizia (3)

This is a rare italian heirloom fig hardy to zone 6.It produces an abundance of small to medium figs that are purple inside and out and positively delicious. My zone 5 potted tree starts ripening in August.

figbid.com

 

[Bofig]

Ok forgot I had one air layer I cut two weeks ago. Maybe we could do a 4th of July drawing, winner pays shipping? I’ll figure up how to do the game wheel and test it out lol. I’m licensed to ship anywhere lower 48 besides California or Arizona for the players that want to join. It will ship July 14 or after winners choice.

 

[t_corey89]

This is getting too weird! This is the one I water rooted in the kitchen!

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We have top secret spy cameras all by your house watching your every move.

Then like to send out small hints like this.

 

[MAFig]

So funny to see this thread about the Letizia Fig.

I was visiting a friend in New Mexico last May, and we went to lunch in Silver City NM at a place called Whiskey Creek Zocalo. They had an attached nursery, and they were selling these small fig trees called Letizia. I usually have very strict rules with adding new trees but I also live in a state where I dont typically see nurseries selling figs so I'm not used to seeing them sitting there for sale. Much harder to resist, ha.

Anyway, I bought one and when it was time to fly home I bare rooted the tree, stuck it in my checked bag and off I went to the airport.

It was repotted at home, and it just started pushing new growth in the last week or so.

Also, just to add: To try to prevent the spread of bugs etc, all of the original soil remained in New Mexico. I took off 75% of the leaves when I bare rooted it and I when it was home I gave it a few rounds of insecticide/sulphur combo and put it in quarantine where it remains. New growth looks pretty FMV heavy so far but it is just about to get its first does of fertilizer.