Hardy Chicago Breba
dieseler
9 months ago
Picked the lone breba off the HC today and taste was very good as always look forward to the main crop
Martin
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raee_gw zone 5b-6a Ohio
9 months agolast modified: 9 months agodieseler
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Comments (22)Paul:Black Mission proved to be less hardy for me too here in New Jersey. Because thre are more than one strain of Black Mission,This year I Traded cuttings of Black Mission,with a handfull of other Gardener,in order to grow them side by side and select a strain that is hardy,in colder regions. Black Mission is in my opinion a group of superior high quality cultivars. The chalange is to find the most cold hardy strain. LSU gold proved to be more cold hardy than Black Mission ,and has a future here in zone 6b. To Gene:I would like to point that your H Chicago from Ed. Landscaping ,is not Identical,to Hardy Chicago I kept from Hartmann,s plant co. The difference is that the HC,from HPC,is more vigurous,and with absolutelly no sign,of Fig mosaic,at all. I grew them side by side,and at the end I kept the Hartman's plant co.,specimen. As for the being very precocious,with branches too havy of fruits,that is,an exageration. It is an acceptable first choice cultivar from people living outside ideal climate for growing figs,That is true. It is also reliable,and ripe figs every year,here,unlike other more exotic plants,that end many season with green fruits,and that is another reason to grow it. One have to have only a couple to keep up with pruning them as they do not produce well when growing out of proportion,and especially when having dense branches. And it can be done when one has a couple of trees,but when one has 50 of them,then it is a lot of work,to keep up,too much for older people ,with dissabilities, like me. Best Regards VS...See MoreHardy Chicago Breba
Comments (1)Martin, that fig is at the candy stage. Because of the high humidity here it hard to let them get that ripe without spoiling but when one does, man oh man, it's the most. I don't have a HC in my collection but will try to get one started this coming spring. "gene"...See MoreChicago Hardy Fig really hardy?
Comments (1)The info you mentioned on the tag is wrong. There is no way it can survive at -20F. Also, survival at -10F is iffy unless you cover/insulate it very elaborately. Many in Zone 6 have grown it in the ground but needs covering up with insulation. You can search here with 'winter protection' to learn how to arrange for such protection. Even then there is probability of die-back to the ground in some winters. The survival in this case will mean sprouting back from the ground (from roots). Sometimes growing from the ground after die-back to the ground gets delayed thus minimizing chances for ripe fruit from the new growth and more so in location with cool or short summer....See MoreCincinnati, OH Hardy chicago fig Hardy chicago fig 2015
Comments (64)I believe this is the 4 th summer for the in ground fig and one fig in a 30 is 3 years, the other 4 in 30's are 2 years old and all the 5 gallon figs are in their 1st year. The first 2 winters the fig trees survived the winter of 10F and 9F. The 3rd winter I got 3 nights of -6F, one -5F and several just below zero. They were killed to the ground. The 4th winter I spread the larger limbs to the ground and covered the figs up with 2 feet of shredded leaves. This left a wagon wheel spokes of limbs the tree grew from in spring. Our low was -12F and the fig tree survived. My figs are just barely larger than a quarter. You must be doing something they really like. Last year I lost most of my fig to squirrels but doing better this year with a loss of 0 figs,...See More
Bluemoonlight
9 months agoBluemoonlight
9 months agoFinally got around it.
I had some early main crop off of cuttings that I started in January in basement.
I was shuffling some poted fig tree as early as it was sunny, but as every season I put up my fig tent for trees that I hard pruned to get them going.
Here are some ripe figs.
It was pretty good start this season, except after fig developed we had cold spell for week and half and as a result some breba dropped.
Col de Dame Blanc put on breba on almost every node, but then it dropped them all but one, well so it goes.
dieseler
9 months agoBluemoonlight
8 months agoHardy Chicago, Godtather's fig, Atreao, Violette de Bordeaux
VdB just started to turn color. Oh didn't make a picture from Atreano!
Anna.
Bluemoonlight
8 months agoHere is Atreano
Some started to swell.
It's midnight and thermometer shows 90 Fahrenheit it's hot hot hot !
Anna.
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