Never tasted a fresh fig.

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Believe it or not, I starting growing figs this year never having tasted a fresh fig. Crazy huh? But I was influenced by a couple enthusiastic YouTubers. And figs seemed easier to grow than other fruits which are so high maintenance.
Anyway, my first filets are forming and I know I should break them off to encourage root growth but can't. Here is a picture. The variety is Stella. I purchased it from Park Seed a couple months ago. It was 5 ft. Tall when it arrived!
An earlier post on Stella mentioned sharing cuttings in the fall. I plan to cut this thing i half when dormant and will gladly send the cuttings wherever. Let me know how I should do this. Thanks!
 

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That's a good tasting variety, I have a big Dalmatie tree that may de the same as Stella.
I think you'll like that one for sure.
Cuttings are easy to take, most want a minimum of 3 nodes, thickness of a sharpie is best but pencil thickness will work.
I'm sure you'll see much more when the season gets here.
 
I also started growing figs without having the slightest idea on how a fresh one tasted. I was on a search for persimmon and pawpaw varieties to grow, and somehow inadvertently stumbled upon figs as a possibility to grow in my zone. I started reading up on them and now have around ~35 varieties of figs growing in containers in zone 6A. I never worry about removing figlets. I just let the tree do what it wants in the first season. Nature will remove them if it sees fit. I'm growing 2 varieties that are likely Dalamatie types or synonyms, Sal's Pride and Abruzzi White GT. Hopefully you'll get to taste a fresh fig soon 🙂
 
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My opinion on removing figlets from small 1st year trees depends on how much green growth they are pushing out. I have two small first year trees right now that have figlets but they are growing leaves and branches like crazy so I leave the figs on the tree. If they had figlets and were not growing new green growth, I would pick the figlets off.
 
FruitBrute said:
I also started growing figs without having the slightest idea on how a fresh one tasted. I was on a search for persimmon and pawpaw varieties to grow, and somehow inadvertently stumbled upon figs as a possibility to grow in my zone. I started reading up on them and now have around ~35 varieties of figs growing in containers in zone 6A. I never worry about removing figlets. I just let the tree do what it wants in the first season. Nature will remove them if it sees fit. I'm growing 2 varieties that are likely Dalamatie types or synonyms, Sal's Pride and Abruzzi White GT. Hopefully you'll get to taste a fresh fig soon 🙂
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I never heard of those two but will check them out. Thanks.
 
ETXfigs said:
My opinion on removing figlets from small 1st year trees depends on how much green growth they are pushing out. I have two small first year trees right now that have figlets but they are growing leaves and branches like crazy so I leave the figs on the tree. If they had figlets and were not growing new green growth, I would pick the figlets off.
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That's a good way to look at it. Thanks for the advice.
 
Last year I only had one fig tree and I think I only got one fig from it and it wasn't very good. This year I have about 22 fig trees thanks to this forum. I've been eating 5-10 figs a day. One day i had 12. Sadly my Celeste and LSU Gold fig production is winding down. I only got one fig today. Now I'm waiting on VdB to ripen. Next year I will have a lot more fresh figs to eat because most of my fig trees are very young.

Instead of cutting your tree in half for cuttings, you could air layer it and have two trees.
 
ETXfigs said:
Last year I only had one fig tree and I think I only got one fig from it and it wasn't very good. This year I have about 22 fig trees thanks to this forum. I've been eating 5-10 figs a day. One day i had 12. Sadly my Celeste and LSU Gold fig production is winding down. I only got one fig today. Now I'm waiting on VdB to ripen. Next year I will have a lot more fresh figs to eat because most of my fig trees are very young.

Instead of cutting your tree in half for cuttings, you could air layer it and have two trees.
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Not sure I'm ready to try air layering yet. Still trying to get the hang of the correct fertilizer and watering, and pruning etc. Maybe next year. Glad your second year production is going well for you.
 
superdave336 said:
I haven’t had many fresh figs. I started last year because we ran out of my grandparents fig preserves. I wanted more so I was able to get cuttings from my grandfather’s trees and then down the rabbit hole I went. I have 44 varieties now 😳😂🤣
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I'd be around that number had I not culled some already. I think 30-50 is a good number of trees, in the short term while trialing, but in the long term 20 or less is probably where most people will feel comfortable with balancing production with the maintenance required (if growing in containers). In ground, the sky is the limit. Lol
 
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