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Final Black Madeira figs, Albuquerque

14 years ago

Looks like this might be the last of the Black Madeira figs for our season. Albuquerque is zone 7 high desert but night temps dip into the 40's now. The only figs still ripening despite the cool down are Palermo Red and Black Marseilles VS.

Palermo Red and Black Madeira

Palermo Red and Black Madeira

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genecolin
14 years ago
Those look delicious Leon, I can almost taste them. Too bad the season is ending and I got only to taste a few this year. Hopefully winter will pass quickly and we can get back to growing figs. I guess I'll have to amuse myself by growing cuttings and fishing which isn't a bad idea in itself.

From the bayou,
"gene"
Nelson E.
14 years ago
Lovely looking figs Leon.
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Bamboo, I put it in one of the biggest pots that I could find at Lukas, but the problem was that it didn't have a flat bottom and was not draining properly. When I took it out the roots were all the way in the soil, that is why I am saying even a dwarf fig tree needs room to grow and a pot it is not the best environment. When I got the tree it was probably in a gallon but the Negronne which was smaller in size grew so fast! it did look like a strong variety. They said that the best time to take cuttings are in the fall, I will keep a cutting for you and I am going to grow at least one more for myself being small size I can find a space some place. When there is a will, there is a way.:) Your VDB looks very healthy and soon you will be tasting some good figs. Here is the guilty pot where I had the fig Silvia
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Bluemoonlight - by far not an expert but have read that fig necrotic spots are associated with FmV. Had 2 different cultivars over the years that showed the same as yours a Black Bethlehem and a Kalamata Black both plants also showed FmV symptoms on leaves as well. Both were discarded eventually. Here Black Bethlehem fig fruit is around 3/4 weeks old as of July 1st. This plant did produce some ripe figs but many such as the figs shown on plant would have the spots darken and fig would fall before its time and or ripen that looked bad and were not eaten. Kalamata Black in 4/5 years growing never produced 1 ripe fruit but suspect this cultivar needed the wasp not in our area . Like i mentioned just an average gardener and post what has been observed in yard over the years. Martin
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Hi Tom, thanks for sharing your video. Grew and tasted many a type of figs over the years , when very young dad would bring home all kinds of figs from the club , ah to be young again miss the family and those days now old ! Always looking for the best tasting on personal palate we are all different as they say. But 10 years ago finally found the winner on palate - UcDavis Black Madeira. Martin
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Tom thanks for presenting your video on Black Madeira . Still have an original from UcDavis from 2008 that over the years been airlayering to try and get a cleaner example by selecting certain branches that seemed clean then growing and repeat process on new plant and finally did get a clean one it grew for 3/4 years clean. But it died this spring it was CLEAN and have pictures to show if needed. The original one also died or so thought but came back and before storage this fall now looked much better. So the process to get more starts again as it is the best tasting on personal palate even pot grown here near Chicago. Tom as a note lost a few other types this spring including the younger clean madeira as last fall's rain were heavy then cold set in suddenly then in spring roots were rotted to make long story shorter. Regards Martin
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madelaine
14 years ago
beautiful photos!
fatnsassytexan
14 years ago
Delicious looking fids. Thanks.
Tim
dieseler
14 years ago
Simply beautiful !
I just put my trees in garage for winter.
That Madeira is fantastic looking , i have my small plant on top of freezer in garage and have a little hope for next season with hope it will be warmer than the summer we did not have this year.
Thanks so much for posting those pictures.
Best Health
Martin
cath41
14 years ago
Great idea, Martin, putting the young figs on top of the freezer!
Caath
vieja_gw
14 years ago
Last winter being mild here in Albuquerque our fig really did well outdoors this summer & is over a 6 ft. tall bush & was loaded with figs this year. Unfortunately I don't really care for the sweet taste of them though I love the pretty leaf shapes! Don't have any idea what variety it is as it was from a cutting from our family in Roswell that have had one growing there (& many more cuttings from it)for generations. All seem to survive our winters here growing in the ground.

Is yours planted in the ground also leon edmond? We are right at 5200 ft. where we live in the NE part of the City & have 40 yr. old fruit bearing pomegranates here also next to the fig & both get 'nipped' occasionally but come right back.

The photos of those large figs are great ... They are huge compared to most of ours!
leon_edmond
Original Author
14 years ago
vieja:
Good to hear from you again. Please write me off the forum so I can share some info with you.
Currently at 4957 ft. near the Botanic Center.
Leon

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