The Encanto sourced Black Madeira is the best dark fig with it's red interior and syrup. It produced a 60g fig the other day that I showed in the latest video. There are honey figs too that are very good. Some people only prefer dark figs. It's a matter of preference. There are some figs that are like having a slice of melon. I recently bought Hative de Argentile which I had once from a cutting I started from UCDavis. It was very unique in that I found it had a spicy note to it also. It was a very slow grower though. When it comes to Black Madeira people seem to want the KK sourced Black Madeira. I think that I read in a forum that it's original source was from Encanto Farms in CA. For me the Encanto farms one is definitely a stronger variety and produced earlier and had larger figs. Black Madeira is considered the King of Figs.

@@NewEnglandgardening Thanks for the feedback on them. I am very curious to try my first Black Madeira. I started my Black Madeira KK in February from a cutting I bought from a fig grower in Rhode Island. I took it down to my family ranch in South Texas in April and it's done well in the Texas heat. It grew two nice 4 ft branches loaded with figs, but they haven't ripened yet. I'm hoping for Thanksgiving some will be ready. I'm very much looking forward to it. I sought the KK because I heard it's vigorous, prolific, and resistant to FMV. I am curious to try the UCD and the Encanto versions, but it sounds like you think the Encanto and the KK might be the same variety.

It was complete. All I had to do was unscrew the old one and replace it with the one I bought on ebay. I was going to take it apart to see if I could fix it but it was just easier to buy a rebuilt one on ebay.

@@NewEnglandgardening Alright, Thanks!

I have to bring my fig trees into the cellar or a shed for winter because they will not survive outside winter temps. I have heard of people in New Hampshire having a fig tree survive in the ground in a microclimate in a location like next to a houses foundation on the south facing side with a lot of rocks or a driveway. A hardy Chicago might survive but will die back to the ground and put out new growth in the spring. People use to dig a trench on one side of a fig tree and cut the roots on the other side and push the tree over into the trench and then cover the tree with a tarp and soil and dig it up in the spring.

Thank you! I don't mind keeping plants in containers and moving in the mudroom or the garage. I wasn't sure a 3 3.5 month summer was enough for figs to be prolific! I'll try this in the spring. Thank you!

Thank you

I had a couple more ripen and they stayed on the tree and dehydrated to the point they were super sweet like strawberry preserve. They were almost to sweet.

I had gotten rid of all my citrus but then bought another Owari Satsuma a couple of years ago from four winds growers. It dropped it's fruit this spring but set a lone fruit this summer which ripens around December I think. If it stays on.

After I put both trees in the ground they got canker and I ended up getting rid of them. They produced great peached the first two years in the containers though. I recently planted two apricot trees and one already had canker and they produced no fruit this year. The neighbor has fruit trees with canker. Once this disease gets on your property and into the soil it will be a problem with stone fruit trees for years. I will probably get rid of the apricot trees too. I've planted some heritage apple trees which are less problematic.

This tree did not survive in MA. They grew great but some disease attacked them when I planted them in the yard. Something would cause the bark to die and it would die back and then try to grow back with new shoots but the last one I had finally died.

@@NewEnglandgardening Thank you...Interesting. I'm also a beekeeper and want to final some good tree to grow around my yard. Sourwood and Tulip Polar are doing really well.

I only have an Owari Satsuma. It dropped all it's fruit this year for some reason. I think I need a new soil mix.

I had a groundhog trim down one of my best Echinacea plants and was upset when it happened but it ended up producing more flowers than my other plants which surprised me.

@@NewEnglandgardening That is one of the advantages of using native plants.

I haven't found the right mix yet. I only have an Owari Satsuma now in a clay pot with a lot of orchid bark in it but it flowered and ended up dropping all the young fruit this year. I need to try another mix. It's difficult because a soil mix that is good for the summer might stay to wet indoors in the winter when I bring it in. Citrus hate wet roots. So the trick is less watering and well draining soil. They can take drying out but die back quickly if the roots stay wet for to long. The leaves turn yellow and drop when over watering.

I think they are moving south now but I have a Downy Woodpecker that has learned to get the sugar water from the feeder and is a frequent visitor.

I have Jacob Cline and I think the other is called Raspberry Wine.