Italiangirl, Thank you also for your reply and your effort to assist. Allow me also to add the following, which may offer more perspective on my enquiry about WHY I am discussing the success of patch budding established fig trees (over other methods like chip budding) for the purposes of adding on other varieties...... I want to bud/graft low down on the main trunks now, without much time delay, rather than first chop down the limb to that same level and wait for thin side shoots to emerge, and then wait again until these shoots are hardened enough to chip bud. If the patch budding method IS reasonably successful in figs, it means I can proceed with the budding immediately, hence saving substantial time. Note, we are in late summer here in Sydney Australia so budding season is still definitely ON!!!

Hi Cayla, That's good the nurseryman pruned it back because that will make it branch out rather than stay one little trunk, usually. Figs don't read the books. :) I was having trouble with several of my little potted trees and I cut them halfway back at the start of the season and they then decided to put out more bushiness and have set figs for the first time. They're 3 years old. Could be they would have done so anyway, but they look a lot fuller now and there are figlets on them. Yes, growing the little tree to give it a good foundation would be my top priority. Meanwhile--Walk, or drive around your area and look for fig trees. What zone are you in?/where do you live? It might make a difference where you live because if you live in a cold area, then you might not see trees until their owners bring them out when it's warm enough, or dig up/unwrap their trees. It's fun to search out fig trees. I wish you the best with your little tree. Happy figging, noss

hello brunswick! aka magnolia! There is no denying it's beautiful foliage but beware of it's huge eyes is known to cause problems like splitting and sour fruit.. many fig grows cut down brunswick if the annual rain fall is over 20 inches because of these problems. in drier areas it's a keeper, but still problematic because of insects getting in the eye. good luck

Well, it seems my breba figs taste better than my main crop figs. I put the blame on weather. We had cooler weather this late, late Aug & Sept thus far. More rain in Sept except for the past 3 days. Also the evenings are cooler & colder nights till early morning. There were some souring. I attribute this to rain and likely early morning moisture on the figs. I have an abundance of main crop figs ripening. Not sure whether this is related to my olive oil touch I did on tuesday and whether it will affect taste. The 2 variants that have so far tasted poor are Black Jack & Brooklyn White(1st harvest).