Welcome... everyone!

No kidding—there was wet snow today! We didn’t have any snow last year, and we had no transition to cooler weather. My figs are still outside.
 
My fellow "fig folks",

As a beginning figaholic, I've been looking for rootstock cuttings (Brown Turkey or similar) recently, and LoPresti, on
the ourfigs forum, suggested I might take a look at a local tree at Home Depot (680 Kifer Rd, Sunnyvale).

I went there today and was able to snag a few figs and branches...

The figs were green, pretty hard, and, after cutting them open, appeared very "dry" on the inside. I didn't notice any "bugs"
(I was hoping for "the wasp" of course, but I don't even know in what shape these get through the winter, so maybe I was
not expected to see any). I also noticed that some of this year's growth had a pretty rough surface. Is this common?

Anyway... I'm attaching a few photo's so you experienced fig-folks might be able to come to a conclusion. Is this a caprifig?
 

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Schoenie said:
My fellow "fig folks",

As a beginning figaholic, I've been looking for rootstock cuttings (Brown Turkey or similar) recently, and LoPresti, on
the REDACTED forum, suggested I might take a look at a local tree at Home Depot (680 Kifer Rd, Sunnyvale).

I went there today and was able to snag a few figs and branches...

The figs were green, pretty hard, and, after cutting them open, appeared very "dry" on the inside. I didn't notice any "bugs"
(I was hoping for "the wasp" of course, but I don't even know in what shape these get through the winter, so maybe I was
not expected to see any). I also noticed that some of this year's growth had a pretty rough surface. Is this common?

Anyway... I'm attaching a few photo's so you experienced fig-folks might be able to come to a conclusion. Is this a caprifig?
Click to expand...
Yes this one has been known to be a Capri for some time.
 
GoodFriendMike said:
Yes this one has been known to be a Capri for some time.
Click to expand...
Hi @GoodFriendMike, and thank you for your swift response.

As an absolute beginner, I'm still reading up on the fascinating biology of caprifigs and fig wasps, so please forgive me if I'm posting silly questions...

On "Fighunter Downunder Caprifig Trees and BFF LocationsWorldwide" I found several Caprifigs in my area (Santa Clara, CA 95051) that have been reported as having wasps in them. As part of my beginning (all I have right now is a first set of 7 varieties that I'm trying to root from purchased cuttings...) I would like to grow a male tree, and somehow make it a home for fig wasps, so my figs will be caprified.

However, I have no idea to go about... I imagine I can take cuttings from a male tree, root, and grow them, and wait untill they start bearing fruit, but how can I maximize the chances of having fig wasps "move in"? Would I need to pick some wasp-colonized figs from an established tree, and hang these in my male tree at some time in the season (but when would be the best time?)? I believe that this is what the growers here in the Central Vallley do to get their Calimyrna figs caprified... Or is there a more established / easier way?

Any suggestions you might have are greatly appreciated!

CA 95051, zone 9b
 
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