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GoodFriendMike said:
It is a rare occurrence that a fig seed will grow with out being pollinated. It will grow to be an exact copy of the mother tree. Growing from cuttings is better and faster. If you want interesting seedlings. Buy dried anjeer figs. They have pretty leaves :)
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I’m not necessarily looking for an exact copy but I would like to have the black Madeira seedling grow into capri fig for pollen. I would like to do this with several varieties to have male capri fig of those varieties. Then try to breed those with some female figs. Do you know how rare of an occurrence this might be? Like is it 1 in 100, 1 in a billion…?
 
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JJJ said:
I’m not necessarily looking for an exact copy but I would like to have the black Madeira seedling grow into capri fig for pollen. I would like to do this with several varieties to have male capri fig of those varieties. Then try to breed those with some female figs. Do you know how rare of an occurrence this might be? Like is it 1 in 100, 1 in a billion…?
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If you get a viable seed from an unpollinated fig. It will be an exact copy of the mother tree. What you are wanting to do. You will need to hand pollinate your fig with pollen from a persistent Capri and then grow your seeds. Of the easier to find Capri I would suggest Capri Q or UCD. If you decide to breed a honey fig I would go with Saleeb or Enderud.
 
GoodFriendMike said:
If you get a viable seed from an unpollinated fig. It will be an exact copy of the mother tree. What you are wanting to do. You will need to hand pollinate your fig with pollen from a persistent Capri and then grow your seeds. Of the easier to find Capri I would suggest Capri Q or UCD. If you decide to breed a honey fig I would go with Saleeb or Enderud.
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When you say exact copy you are saying it will only make female plants from the seeds?
 
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