MGM First To Produce

I won this tree as a large 5ft tree in maybe a 5 gallon back in 2025 and have yet to see any figs forming so far since I got it. It was the first to wake up but no brebra or anything. I just put the MGM in ground this week as I suspect it's not getting what it needed in the pot.
 
Tiger garden said:
I won this tree as a large 5ft tree in maybe a 5 gallon back in 2025 and have yet to see any figs forming so far since I got it. It was the first to wake up but no brebra or anything. I just put the MGM in ground this week as I suspect it's not getting what it needed in the pot.
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When MGM is potted it will put out occasional breba but it doesn't ripen them or even usually hold them past the time Main crop forms.
Ive never seen breba form on the inground MGM mother tree.
My potted MGM are very productive from an early age, second leaf trees. I wonder who the donor of the tree was you won. It had to come from one of the very first cuttings available.
 
DCallahan said:
When MGM is potted it will put out occasional breba but it doesn't ripen them or even usually hold them past the time Main crop forms.
Ive never seen breba form on the inground MGM mother tree.
My potted MGM are very productive from an early age, second leaf trees. I wonder who the donor of the tree was you won. It had to come from one of the very first cuttings available.
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I don't recall the name of the donor at the DMV fig fest of 2025 but the tree still has your metal labels on it with your name on it along with a blue taped name on the pot. I can take a picture of the pot if it helps. I suspect the donor orginally bought the tree from you but left it in it's orginal pot. When I pulled the tree out of the pot yesterday to put in the ground it looked like it was root bound. I did notice it was starting to wilt randomly on some days but didn't connect it to being root bound earlier.

Thank you for providing your experience on this tree and I'm happy to have it. I didn't know how special this tree is until I saw more information on the forums.
 
Tiger garden said:
I don't recall the name of the donor at the DMV fig fest of 2025 but the tree still has your metal labels on it with your name on it along with a blue taped name on the pot. I can take a picture of the pot if it helps. I suspect the donor orginally bought the tree from you but left it in it's orginal pot. When I pulled the tree out of the pot yesterday to put in the ground it looked like it was root bound. I did notice it was starting to wilt randomly on some days but didn't connect it to being root bound earlier.

Thank you for providing your experience on this tree and I'm happy to have it. I didn't know how special this tree is until I saw more information on the forums.
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I remember you getting the tree at Figfest, It wasnt my tags on the tree, just my name. Either someone I gave an early tree to donated it to the raffle or someone that bought one of the first cuttings that BigBill offered grow it out to what you got.
MGM grows very vigorously for a season or two then stops its vertical growth and then thickens up. I would be cautious with pruning it very hard in the future and concentrate on thinning cuts over heading cuts
 
DCallahan said:
Here's a video I made of Micheal Grace Mystery last August

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You didn’t mention how rain resistant it is, so it’s not standing out for you? I was vey impressed that it shriveled on the tree and very tasty after 2 days of rain last year. I was doing experiments with it and didn’t expect it’s good at all, but it surprised me. So far, it’s larger and earlier than my other mt Etna trees. My only two trees (not including cuttings) a few days ahead of it are Figoin and Campinere.
 
mech_pa said:
You didn’t mention how rain resistant it is, so it’s not standing out for you? I was vey impressed that it shriveled on the tree and very tasty after 2 days of rain last year. I was doing experiments with it and didn’t expect it’s good at all, but it surprised me. So far, it’s larger and earlier than my other mt Etna trees. My only two trees (not including cuttings) a few days ahead of it are Figoin and Campinere.
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MGM handles rain wonderfully, I think generally, I only talk about rain and humidity sensitivity when it is a problem.
I have to dig out the pictures but a couple years ago I had a period of dry weather and the inground tree, which has no irrigation was producing tree dried fruit. Dried to the point of preservation, like a raisin. Mind blowinglly good!!
 
DCallahan said:
MGM handles rain wonderfully, I think generally, I only talk about rain and humidity sensitivity when it is a problem.
I have to dig out the pictures but a couple years ago I had a period of dry weather and the inground tree, which has no irrigation was producing tree dried fruit. Dried to the point of preservation, like a raisin. Mind blowinglly good!!
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I agree my pictures above of MGM fruit was after a week of rain. They still tasted great and not watered down.
 
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