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Fig tree Breba fruits

2 years ago

last modified: 2 years ago

I have got Breba fruits ripe starting July 1:

Improved Celeste, Jul 1 ,no pictures

Nero 600M ripe on july forth,harvested it again today july 10

Atreano,harvested yesterday and today

Negretta

I am in NJ, close to Philadelphia

Here are photos:

Happy Gardening to all.

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vasile F S
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2 years ago

last modified: 2 years ago

I already mentioned that these breba fruits are ripe because the Winter was mild, and that is why they made it on the inground trees.

In cold Winters I have very few breba if any, from the trees in ground.

That is because cold kills the Breba fruits,and only main crop that grow after May first, will have a chance to ripe during Summer and Fall.

I have many trees in ground and the best tasting cultivars i keep plants,in ground,and in pot too,so those in pot ,do grow breba every year in my garage,and i take them out in May. The best tasting figs that i manage to ripe every year,here are:

Italian 258,Nero 600 M, and Adriatic JH.

Yes I have other varieties ,that can be just as good tasting, but not so easy to ripe in my location, They will ripe well but only when we have a Long hot Summers.

I will mention here , Col de Dame,black and Grise, Figo Preto/ Madeira black, Dalmatie,Noire de Barbentane,Ischia Black, and a few others.

here is Adriatic jh this season

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CA Kate z9
2 years ago
beautiful trees and nice fruit! My trees produce well, but don't look as lush as yours.
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Jack wo
2 years ago
you are Amazing, I am at PNW near Vancouver BC, Desert king breba will be ripening 3 weeks later, Wow, in ground trees at NY with breba, it looks so good, not sure how you winter protect your trees and breba without dropping at spring.
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dieseler
2 years ago
Thanks Vasile for showing your pictures.look forward to more in future.

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Meyermike(Zone 6a Ma.)
2 years ago
Do you have to protect them at all for winter????? Nice work
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vasile F S
Original Author
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
Yes I was protecting the fig trees in the backyard but not in the front yard, because the city do not permit ,in front yard.

However this year the Winter was mild with coldest night in Jan, of 10" F, so no fig tree got damaged at all, and that is why many have Breba.

Here are new trees that had ripe fruits recently.

Italian 258 (picture)

Malta black Many fruits ,no picture.

Adriatic JH,no picture,too anxious to eat them,will post picture later on new fruits.
Meyermike(Zone 6a Ma.)
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
Wonderful!!

So which trees are planted in the ground? Which did you get the most breba on? And how do you protect your trees for the winter? Which one is your most favorite and sweet?

Are those a product of the extreme heat we had in June. Because since then it has stunk. Cloudy, cool, rainy entirely July

Thanks a million)
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Meyermike(Zone 6a Ma.)
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
Thanks so much for all that info) Glad you had a mild winter. I wish it was like that every year)

Nice looking fruit!
K. Rockwell
2 years ago
Great figs. t has been a wonderful year for breba in Virginia too.
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2 years ago
Thats awesome Vasile, nice to see your still growing inground hope you and your family are well.
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How was the 2022 season for you? Would love to see and hear about it.
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Hello and those look great and sweet.

I lost my tree Chicago Hardy tall branches right to the ground this last winter. I was no mad. I saw the tree come back from the ground just to start growing the main crop at the end of August. I ripped it out and threw it out. lol
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For some strange reason my fig tree, which was in a pot inside my GH, suddenly dropped all it's leaves and died! No idea what happened. The inside of the GH was hot and sunny, the tree was watered and fed well, yet, kaput! Tote. Ausgasphielt. Morte. Dead.

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