Try Rockaway Green. The guy that found this one is from Long Island,NY. You will like it. As for White Madeira #1 imo is not an Adriatic. I happen to like jh adriatic. I have many of the Adriatic figs and I really need to get it down to a couple 😊

Fellow Oregonian here. Are you planning on selling cuttings or rooted liners for this variety at all? Thanks ✌️

Thanks for the great video,what will you consider your best tasting figs and must have varieties,

Do you think if putting a basket around them filled with straw or wood chips would get them through the winter and a chance to lignify

What was your lowest temperature this winter?

have you considered strategically planting anything to reduce the wind and frost strain?

My RL(Bass) died to the ground, too, and I'm really sad. I love that tree. The stump feels solid like it's still alive. It's July so I m ready to give up, too, but yours just strouting encourages me to hope

What were the lowest temperatures you experienced during last winter?

Eric, the great Lou Monti says, "If given a choice always plant your fig trees on your highest ground." It seems that your experience has proven this to be true. Great video as always!

I put Verdolino in ground last year and it proceeded to go downhill at a rapid rate. I fertilized with Jack’s triple 20 at 1/2 strength and it came back nicely. No issues overwintering and it is loaded this year. I think this will be a great variety for the PNW. Thanks to both you and Mario!

The tree that's a beast around 9:30 - what type is that? Don't think you mentioned it or I didn't catch it.

Can you graft now?

Nice.

Is Green Michurinska not an Adriatic? Would you consider Stella an Adriatic or similar?

I really do not know much about the Adriatic figs. Thanks for helping me learn about this group. I had a Texas Strawberry Unk on 10/21/22. That is super late for me. We were extremely lucky to have a great October in 2022. This is not typical for the Willamette Valley!

I have Green Ischia and Mercedes Gem. The Green Ischia died back to the ground but, has recovered nicely and is about 12 inches tall and growing fast. It will be interesting to see if they are so much alike that I will cull one. The Valle Negra that you gifted me is doing great. It gave me Figs last summer and looks to be doing ok this year as well! Thank you for doing the work you do, so the rest of us don't have to.

What style of grafting did you do your persimmons with?

I need to learn this. My trees grow vigorously in Louisiana and I`d like to add some Celeste branches to my much larger Brown Turkey to see what happens. I need to get some LSU Purple and Olympian trees but I`m running out of room because my emergency solar panels will need open space not only for frequent storms but greatly reduced costs of summer air conditioning, cooking and winter heating. Or I`d have 8 more trees right now.

I live in Port Coquitlam BC and im just trying out fig trees, and my tiny 1 year old fig tree I bought from the garden store this winter, I up potted it in the spring and im about to harvest its first braba in about a day or 2 im really letting it get nice and its on my balcony where it does not get the best sun since I have massive trees in my backyard. Is early because I had it indoors early in spring and did not take it out untill early June, its even just starting to form double bumps which was surprising since its still really young, I have many other varieties im trying out but so far this one has been doing the best, my celeste and LSU purple had a ton of winter damage from late which set them far back, also ive heard you can plant fig trees close together and still have good success if you prune them, ive heard a fig grower Ross Raddie who has a chanel and he planted his fig trees only 2 feet apart which he i thought was crazy but hes having success.

Good job! I'm hoping to take up grafting figs, too. Mine will all be potted as i'm in 7b and most years in ground figs die back to the ground.

Hi, so this is a mystery. I h 0:05 ave a supposed cold tolerant fig I bought from Lowe's. The first year, no figs, all the stems died during winter, I thought it was dead, but the next year, it grew like crazy from a stump, and we had multiple fig crops, 5 to 7 at a time, off of new stems. They tasted wonderful.l!! So this year, I kept my fig tree in a green house, about a small 3 gallon clay pot , and it grew vigorously in the winter after solstice , but It seems more leggy, but grew more new branches, and has produced about 20 figs this year to date, none ripe, slow to rippen.. I'm in Missouri, and it's hot and dry, so I water the plant every day, and it's full sun, 90°F+, full sun but doesn't get full afternoon sun, shaded by then. But now I'm considering shade, at least for the pot/roots due to your video. Many fruits, but seem slow to ripen. Very long stems, with a large number of leaves and fruit at the ends of each long stem. I'll try to find out what the genus of it is. Thanks! Dave

sounds like your shady portion of the day is typically in the morning and then sunny in theafternoon? Do you have any growing that get sun early and shade late afternoon? I have some breba fig trees that get late afternoon shade and have had a rough time with them and am wondering if that's why.

I'm in Seattle. My dessert King has 5 or 6 breba (first time). I have about 10 other various varieties...I don't see figs developing on any of them yet. All my figs are in pots. Our weather has mostly been cold this year so far.

My Stella dropped all breba also, but has tiny figlets that sometimes will ripen in time. My DK is absolutely loaded, but is also probably 25 years old and, therefore, very stable. Others doing great so far this year in Salem, OR are my Atreano, Olympian, and Souadi. My surprise of the year so far is my one year old Red Lebanese Bekka Valley. No breba, but biggest main crop figlets yet this year. I've not gotten Smith breba yet either in the pot.

I love your dog, every time you come out, that's your faithful lil companion ❤️ it is a beautiful dog..

Breba's don't do well in Georgia at all, they all fall off.😢. What kind of buckets are those BLUE ones?? You have a lot of them, and I've never seen them? I like the sturdy handles. Much srurdie than the paint buckets?

I'm sure temperature swings and variety play the biggest role in fruit reliability but I wonder if soil type is a factor in reliability and quality as well when planted in ground

My 5 year in-ground Stella, which are commonly sold her in Portland, had 17 breba and dropped every. single. one. Very upset about that. Last year it ripened one and it was delicious but I think the tree has to go, it just doesn't hold.

Just to clarify, breba trees in my yard are not grown in full shade. They still get 7+ hours of sunlight a day during the spring and summer. Breba producers will still do far better in full sun than not, but for my yard I had to prioritize location based on the shade issues.

I have LSU Hollier in ground and when the fruit is rip, the skin turn light brown color and soft texture. Your LSU definitely not rip at all. Could use another 2 weeks

Eric, I am with you about buying Peaches. I've tried several times to grow peaches in Washington, just north of you. Even the variety "Frost" was eaten alive by Leaf Curl. I gave up trying and I am better off for it!

Enjoyed the video

Only one? I think more! :D I have so many figs, I am not even sure what all are Mt Etnas. I know I have at least 4 but possibly more.

why are your backyard trees in pots instead of the ground? Is it to move them inside during the winter, to make them fruit earlier or what? What are the dates you start to harvest the potted trees? the in ground trees? thank you.

Question ❓ I follow Chris @ Oregon Figs and he's been so helpful to me as a new fig grower.. You both are from Oregon, but, he seems to have better climate than you ? Seems you have a lot more die-back and seem to struggle a bit more ? Your state has some Wacky weather... I can follow 4 people from Oregon and the difference in climate is Night & Day?

I have about 8 of these in my yard.. Last summer two of them (the same variety) bloomed like crazy, so I was excited. I even hand pollinated the flowers individually more than once. I didn't get a single fruit to form. So disappointing. I have yet to taste one of these.

How much water do they need in the summer?

That’s a great tip, Eric!

Looks amazing 💯

Your collection looks great. Im up here in Boring/Sandy area. Just starting my fig journey. If you want sell any plants that you don't want? I will gladly take them off your hands. Plus if you are interested in selling cuttings this winter too? Would love to get as much variety as possible. Thanks, good luck this season.

My Brown Turkey tree was just a few tiny branches and it`s growing so fast this year in Louisiana. It`s already a giant circular bush three feet tall and 8 feet wide. I trimmed it too for cuttings. I got four Celeste this year as well. Hopefully I`ll get some figs but no sign of them so far.

This is really good for people that want to grow in ground in the PNW nobody knows what other varieties are going to work unless somebody's out there doing it.

You should try Pacific Pride nectarine. I just picked one up over the winter suppose to be very curl resistant

But I read that the fig wood contains latex that can be toxic when burnt especially if not dried for months or a year.

Hi, did I missed the thumbnail part of the video?

I agree. I’m adding to my 3 in ground trees. 16 varieties in pots suck.

You are doing a lot of work feeding and benefiting microbes. Might consider moving away from chemical fertilizers. It tends to kill all your biology.

Sorry to see so much cold damage. I had a lot better luck down the hill from you in Salem. The LSU Gold I got from you a few years ago was one of the only two that had any significant damage.

Better, much improvement. Keep on keeping on!

How did you bring the CA seedling up? I got some cuttings from a couple trees planted by the birds on my fiance's grandpa's property near Fresno, and I'm curious to see how they do here in Portland.