White Baca grow log.

Fig Gazer said:
I can understand some one not wanting to spend lots of money on any fig . BUT being adverse to small figs is counter productive if one is looking for the best tasting figs !!! LIKE only eating ostridge eggs and never caviar ! Personaly i seldom water or fertilize my inground trees so i produce smaller richer fruit . Some of the most spectacular tasting figs where very small from gopher damaged trees as they died . who knew ?
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Well, you don't eat caviar one-two grains at a time. Most potted trees here ripen 1-2 figs at a time. In peak season, I can get 4-5 from some varieties. It's very common here in the NE. We are not in California. You have to consider that. It's no fun eating a puny fig that you can't even taste properly. So, I get where @LadyGT is coming from.

For me, the issue with White Baca is not necessarily the size. I am questioning whether it tastes great enough to justify the price tag. Or even getting it all. I have limited space, so I keep only the best-tasting and best-performing figs. Those who ripened WB this season weren't too enthused about it. Yeah, yeah, I know... first-year figs... they don't taste good. You need at least 3-5 years for them to realize their potential... Not in my experience. Amazing tried-and-true varieties shine from the start. I confirmed that for myself many times. But, oh well. One believes in what one chooses to believe.

Then there are comments about how closely WB resembles Yellow Neches and 505-H. Even if they are not identical but very similar, I think it's irrational to spend hundreds of dollars on something that tastes like something that can be had for a few bucks.

If you ask me, I don't mind spending a lot of money on something unique and worthwhile. I've done it. But I'll never spend a lot of money on something similar to something that can be had for a fraction of the cost. I got BG for $7. I hear it tastes similar, if not identical, to IBG, which sells for hundreds of dollars. I love my BG, I duplicated it, and I am perfectly happy with it. I don't really care about IBG. Depending on when it ripens here, it looks identical to the pics of IBG I see online. I bet, in a blind test, most other growers and I wouldn't be able to tell them apart.
 
Fig Gazer said:
WOW ! That is very low productivity even for potted fig trees . Wonder what is going on in your micro climate /soil/ variatal selection /pests ??????????
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I wonder how many figs your trees ripen at a time. I am an avid watcher of Harvey's fig-tasting videos. I've seen plenty of times where he is searching the whole tree only to find one or two ripe figs. Rarely do I see a tree loaded with perfectly ripe figs at any given moment.
 
Fig Gazer said:
WOW ! That is very low productivity even for potted fig trees . Wonder what is going on in your micro climate /soil/ variatal selection /pests ??????????
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Yeah, I know. Hang my head in shame. lol I realized too late in the season that I have been under watering. My trees are in pots growing in the same potting mix as my citrus trees. I was watering the same time and amount as my citrus trees. Lesson learned. Next year will be better, hopefully. lol
 
LadyGT said:
Yeah, I know. Hang my head in shame. lol I realized too late in the season that I have been under watering. My trees are in pots growing in the same potting mix as my citrus trees. I was watering the same time and amount as my citrus trees. Lesson learned. Next year will be better, hopefully. lol
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Citrus is more drought tolerant than figs. I think if you talk about water intake alone, many things I grow is tougher than figs. When figs are established they seem more drought tolerant because the root system is big and tap into deep underground water reservoir. When they are young or in pots they are little divas.
 
Figgin' A said:
I wonder how many figs your trees ripen at a time. I am an avid watcher of Harvey's fig-tasting videos. I've seen plenty of times where he is searching the whole tree only to find one or two ripe figs. Rarely do I see a tree loaded with perfectly ripe figs at any given moment.
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This goes back to pruning. More fruiting branches and no pruning often leads to more clusters ripening at same time. Less fruiting branches and more pruning often leads to more vegetative growth and figs ripening one at a time. At least that’s what I’ve noticed, especially this season.
 
Figgin' A said:
I wonder how many figs your trees ripen at a time. I am an avid watcher of Harvey's fig-tasting videos. I've seen plenty of times where he is searching the whole tree only to find one or two ripe figs. Rarely do I see a tree loaded with perfectly ripe figs at any given moment.
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Is he really searching for any ripe fig or The ripe fig to make a video with? He also has pickers that pick trees regularly so at the end of the day during fruit season it would be hard to judge the production of said trees.
 
bushdoctor82 said:
This goes back to pruning. More fruiting branches and no pruning often leads to more clusters ripening at same time. Less fruiting branches and more pruning often leads to more vegetative growth and figs ripening one at a time. At least that’s what I’ve noticed, especially this season.
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I realize that. But I could only fit about 1/4th to 1/5th of unpruned trees in my grow tent in Spring.
 
DCallahan said:
Is he really searching for any ripe fig or The ripe fig to make a video with? He also has pickers that pick trees regularly so at the end of the day during fruit season it would be hard to judge the production of said trees.
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:) I exaggerated a little, but, yeah, in some videos with small trees, he is... When the tree is large, like many of his older inground trees, there is a high chance of multiple figs ripening at the same time, so that's not an issue. Weather plays a big role too. When there is enough consistent heat, more figs ripen quicker. But that's not the case here in the NE.
 
WhiteCliffsFigs said:
Hi everyone! I’ve been a member for a little while now, but I thought I would do a quick intro.

I had never given figs much thought, until I was landscaping and tried planting a fig in my yard because I thought the foliage looked nice. About 4 years and a handful of ripe figs later and I was hooked! I went crazy propagating this last winter and now have over 100 figs in pots, mostly recently rooted cuttings. Bit by the fig bug for sure!

Now to the main point of this post. White Baca! After being immersed in this and other forms I learned about this variety. It intrigued me and I decided to go for it. Rooting a $400 cutting has been nerve wracking but so far so good. Below are photos chronicling its progress thus far.

Excited to spread this variety around the community!

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Day 78 ( just a couple days ago)
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Nice growth. Hopefully it grows successfully and produces figs in Spring for you. It is a variety on my wishlist.
 
Figgin' A said:
I wonder how many figs your trees ripen at a time. I am an avid watcher of Harvey's fig-tasting videos. I've seen plenty of times where he is searching the whole tree only to find one or two ripe figs. Rarely do I see a tree loaded with perfectly ripe figs at any given moment.
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GUES I MISSED what she meant by "at one time" thought she meant one season not one day . OH WELL small figs are still worth the effort if they taste good enough !
 
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