Ondata or Angelito in the Desert?

Figology said:
Ondata was Fruitnut’s overall best fig. He might grow in a Texas environment closer to your Phoenix weather. Don’t quote me on that.
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Yeah he grows in a greenhouse in west Texas. His statements about it and the fact he has had it ranked that way for a few years makes it very appealing

Probably the main difference is his humidity is a bit better and temps a bit lower.

I have a hunch it might do well here but can’t find anyone that has it. I have a potted tree and it’s almost certainly going in ground so I’m doing research pretty late…
 
I'm in St George UT. I've grown Ondata in ground for 2 yrs. Got a few figs the first year but this year has been much better, they were very tasty. Growth is medium to good. My Angelito is also in ground and is a 1st year tree. Didn't put on much growth but that is not unusual here as it acclimates. It is about 3' tall coming from a cutting in spring. Developed figs but too late to ripen.
 
RedRockFig said:
I'm in St George UT. I've grown Ondata in ground for 2 yrs. Got a few figs the first year but this year has been much better, they were very tasty. Growth is medium to good. My Angelito is also in ground and is a 1st year tree. Didn't put on much growth but that is not unusual here as it acclimates. It is about 3' tall coming from a cutting in spring. Developed figs but too late to ripen.
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Thanks for the information!
 
RedRockFig said:
I'm in St George UT. I've grown Ondata in ground for 2 yrs. Got a few figs the first year but this year has been much better, they were very tasty. Growth is medium to good. My Angelito is also in ground and is a 1st year tree. Didn't put on much growth but that is not unusual here as it acclimates. It is about 3' tall coming from a cutting in spring. Developed figs but too late to ripen.
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RedRockFig, don’t want to change the op subject but did you wack your Ondata down after first year? Mine is a beast after first year, was an airlayer.
 
I got a grafted Ondata a couple of years back that hasn’t grown well for me, so I can’t say on fruit quality, mine still looks like a baby tree. Angelito, also grafted, has been more vigorous than Ondata. It’s an Adriatic type to my knowledge, so I would assume that it should perform as other Adriatics do.

BlueMalibu found Angelito and I believe he has described his climate something along the lines of a hot furnace. So if he likes it, it sounds promising for other hot areas.
 
@GoodFriendMike its because black mission does very well in my climate based on the people that grow it in my area. When I started getting interested in figs years ago I thought All & any Verity will do well in hot dry climate …. Wrong!!!!! thats why my wish list is big because I would test the verity and decide to keep it or get rid of it. This Jan I am culling at least 5 grafted verities from my test tree that are known to do very well in other climates
 
Figneer said:
@GoodFriendMike its because black mission does very well in my climate based on the people that grow it in my area. When I started getting interested in figs years ago I thought All & any Verity will do well in hot dry climate …. Wrong!!!!! thats why my wish list is big because I would test the verity and decide to keep it or get rid of it. This Jan I am culling at least 5 grafted verities from my test tree that are known to do very well in other climates
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@Figneer I’m building my collection in greater Phoenix, please share that latest cull list. Would be invaluable
 
I'm growing Ondata in the high desert of Albuquerque, New Mexico (we are not comparable to the brutal environment of Phoenix).
It is still a very young tree so I can't really provide a good review yet.
Our zone is 7b and we are at 5000 ft.
 
leon_edmond said:
I'm growing Ondata in the high desert of Albuquerque, New Mexico (we are not comparable to the brutal environment of Phoenix).
It is still a very young tree so I can't really provide a good review yet.
Our zone is 7b and we are at 5000 ft.
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I hope it endup being a good choice for your area, I read good things about it online
 
rnexus said:
Angelito splits a lot for me. Might be fine in the desert though
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Does it seem to be a worse splitter than your other 'adriatics'? Do you have it in ground or just potted?

My first year trees set a handful each and ripened about half those those late in October without any issues, but I think we were 30+ days without any rain in that stretch. The dsjg next to them started turning inside out around the same timeframe - once the night's started dipping into the 40s (I attribute that mostly to the large daily temp swings, but who knows).
 
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