Saleeb

[GoodFriendMike]

UCR 271-1 / UC Davis DFIC0010. A known persistent Caprifig that has been used many times for breeding.

 

[Rob]

I am interested to hear if anyone knows if this Caprifig continually has overlapping crops?

 

[GoodFriendMike]

I am interested to hear if anyone knows if this Caprifig continually has overlapping crops?

I have it so maybe I can answer that at some point. For such a “famous” Capri you would think that information would be easy to find.

 

[Rob]

I have it so maybe I can answer that at some point. For such a “famous” Capri you would think that information would be easy to find.

You would think so, but it is far from easy to find. Astounding really!

 

[4evercurious]

I really would love to know as well. I have been eyeing picking some up to root and experiment with.

 

[Trustyfarms]

I really would love to know as well. I have been eyeing picking some up to root and experiment with.

1 Saleeb Persistent Caprifig UCR 271-1 cutting

This auction is for (1) SaleebPersistent Caprifig cuttingwhich will be pruned fresh from our trees once winning bidder has paid auction invoice. They are lignified dormantcuttings that average 7-10 long with a minimum of 3 nodes. Cutting thickness varies from the width of a sharpie up to 1. Each...

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[RandyK]

Mike knows a lot more about these than I do, but Saleeb has been the most reliable producer that I have. It bears well and the caprifigs have lots of pollen. Mine seem to mainly produce profichi figs, which are the ones I want...I think some of my trees produced a couple of figs (Mammoni) in late summer, but I really can't recall. And I don't believe any of my Saleeb have Mamme right now. I will have to check my trees and my notes. And I will have to pay closer attention this year.

It has also rooted VERY easily for me.

 

[4evercurious]

Thanks, RandyK! This is really helpful information! Good news on the ease of rooting!

Mike knows a lot more about these than I do, but Saleeb has been the most reliable producer that I have. It bears well and the caprifigs have lots of pollen. Mine seem to mainly produce profichi figs, which are the ones I want...I think some of my trees produced a couple of figs (Mammoni) in late summer, but I really can't recall. And I don't believe any of my Saleeb have Mamme right now. I will have to check my trees and my notes. And I will have to pay closer attention this year.

It has also rooted VERY easily for me.

 

[Rob]

Looking at the Caprifigs, the amount of pollen it generally has, is fine for hand pollination, but for a wasp colony to survive, 3 good overlapping crops are of course essential, unless you have multiple Caprifig trees to fill in the blanks.