Danny's Delight
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Comments (1)hey lacey, i'm in upstate NY. and i wouldn't un wrap till around first week in may. but if you are going to unwrap in april, you have to watch news everyday for frost warnning. if a frost warning wrap in a blanket. also i wouldnt bother cutting anything till you see new growth because maybee nothing is harmed. good luck ....See MoreDanny's, Sal's, Dark Portugese/Sultane
Comments (8)Hello, Sultane is a French grown fig variety, probably originating from North Africa, producing a lot of brebas and a lot of fig for main crop. I had one which was so infected with Mosaic that I decided to discard it. Small leaves, trunk distorted, etc... From what I know: Sultane is hardy to z7. Breba crop fig are sweet but not excellent, pyriform, with a thick skin. As for the main crop, it rippens only during a very long long time in very long long summer regions. A lot of heat is required. The taste is said to be superior than the brebas (excellent according to some, very rich according to others)... I hope this helps, Etneo...See MoreDanny's Delite or Danny's Dilemma??
Comments (13)Jon: How old is your tree, and how many fruit have you gotten from it? Elder: I grow fig trees because I like figs, primarily. They require no input of chemicals (thank the Lord), and they're generally trouble free. I prune them to my space limitations, and, so I don't have to use an extension ladder to pick fruit. I've grown a few precocious trees that in their first year, from a cutting, provided a few figs. I've grown others that provided a fair crop in their second year; and I've grown plenty that gave a very nice crop in their third year. DD has done none of the above, but I intend to give it one more chance. Although I have an Italian friend from the old country, nearby, who says he has figs that didn't bear 'til their 7th year, I tell him, Goodonya--but I can't wait that long. Why should I go figless for 7 years, when I have trees that will produce in 2 years? It would have to be the most wonderful fig in the world. Although Jon got a few figs in zone 10, that doesn't do much for me, here, in my zone 7 area, at the completion of DDs third year, pretty much figless. (My two brebas were fair.) Is it like waiting for a Century Plant to bloom? I hope not; I'm getting a little long in the tooth. There's a lot to be said for a fig tree that's a prolific producer....See MoreFig Update and How hardy is hardy Chigago
Comments (6)Welcome back Figman, Quote: "Also, I have a tree that's supposed to be a desert king. It was my understanding that this tree only ripened brebas and couldn't ripen a main crop. Well this tree did ripen brebas and has now started ripening a second crop! am I confused?" Me too (confused)! I agree with you that King, from what I have read, should be a breba ONLY fig up North. In a way, it is good news that yours produced a main corp (without them ugly fig wasps!). I have a small recently rooted King from UCD, what is your source? George (NJ)....See Moreejp3
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