Nice video. The Trojano looks good, I should give it a try. Yesterday I picked my first two figs of the year. A Malta black, and an Atreano. The Malta was very sweet and good. Today I found another ripe Atreano, and a Negrone, which I gave to my wife. She said the Negrone was also very sweet. Waiting now for Violette de Bordeaux to ripen. It's a challenge to grow figs in New England, but well worth the effort.

Pete, everyone gave you some of the best information. I live in NC like you. And yes, it has been one of the hottest summer ever! I have all the tree mentioned and they do fine here. However, for those I have in containers, I had to relocate them to complete shade. Because the sun was burning the leaves really bad. Once I placed in shade, the sun burn went away and I had figs, lots of figs. Like Herman2 said, you have to consider the winter months. In my area (western Piedmont) it gets really cold here and we have 4 full complete seasons. How cold? Well in January (our coldest month) temps got down to 20 degrees for several days. I have 3 Mission figs in the ground. The hard freeze killed them to the ground, but all three came back 3 feet tall and grew fruit! VdB, Parasido, and Hardy Chicago are excellent figs and will grow fine here. I have several of these cultivars too. You made some good choices. But once you see them grow and taste the fruit, you will want more! I love the flavor of Gino's, Parasido, Strawberry, MVS, and VdB. But there are many others that are excellent in richness and flavor also, but stick with what you chose for now, read the past forums....do your research. In no time you will be in love with figs like the rest of us! Good luck, Cheers! Dennis

It will be just fine with seven fruits. Make sure the soil is neutral,not acidic,if acidic add limestone powder or granulated,in order to neutralize soil,to PH 7. Then the fig tree will love you and produce the sweetest fruit known to mankind. Happy gardening!

Yes, I believe you can have breba and main crop figs at the same time. As for the suckers, it really depends on what shape tree you want. I myself do not mind a bushier tree because I want to keep mine somewhat short, no more than 8' so that I can more easily harvest the figs. This winter, when growth has stopped (they really do not go dormant in SD), I'll trim off unwanted suckers. I do not mind a bush, but I do not want a thicket!