@@margaretmarshall3645 you're welcome.

@margaretmarshall3645 yes, I have 2 caprifigs, but only use Saleeb for caprifying because it is my only persistent caprifig.

@@margaretmarshall3645 we made some last year, it's quite good. Still a couple of months before bottling this season's wine.

Definitely an interesting one

@@FairmountFigs would you sell a cutting from your tree

​@troypriddyFNF this one needs another season of growth before I trim it

Hi! I would not grow it in ground primarily because yes, the season is not reliably long enough, although this year was an exception and also because it has a tendency to split when it gets a lot of water, I can better control the water in the pot (I can cover the soil in the pot if it is going to rain heavily when the tree is in the final stages of ripening)

Thank you, and I hope you have good luck with yours as well.

Hi, I like Green Michurinska and Angelito as well. Next year we will fruit White Algiers, looking forward to tasting that one as well, I have high expectations for it.

⁠@@FairmountFigs I haven’t heard of that one before! I’m just hoping 2025 is the year my White Madeira #1 graft takes off and produces well for me. 🤞🤞 It does seem like a lot of fig folk like Green Michurinska, too.

@margaretmarshall3645 both are very tasty.

Thank you! We're in Eastern Pennsylvania, but we shot some extra tasting videos during the summer to be able to continue to share after ripening season ended. Enjoy!

@@TRguy64 thank you!

@Scott-hl7om Hi Scott, thanks for watching. I'm on the border of zone 6B and 7A. Yes, most of my in ground figs have dieback. I-258 loses 2/3 of above ground growth. I need a long season like this one to ripen the crop, in most years 10% or less ripen, so the potted one I have does much better. Florea, Improved Celeste and Green Michurinska had virtually no damage last winter.

Hi, no that is one variety that I do not have!

@musaadfelton3909 thank you!. I'm not too surprised about the mulberry leaves since figs and mulberry are related. How does that tea taste? We also make tea from the flower and flower leaf of the linden tree.

@@FairmountFigs that's awesome to know. I will definitely try that with the flowers. The I like the mulberry tea. It's such a natural flavor compared to bought tea. Adding the mulberries themselves into the tea also gives very nice flavor. And mulberries are very high in anti oxidants

@@musaadfelton3909 Sounds very nice, I'll have to give it a try.

Hi and welcome! Fig leaves come in many shapes. I would say if the variety is a ficus carica, then yes, you can make tea from the leaves. Each variety tastes a bit different, some better than others.

Thank you!

Thank you! We are in zone 7A, on the border of 6B.

Right, it is helpful to keep those roots cool!

Without actual genetic testing, I can't say. They both ripen at the same time, Cessac a day or 2 earlier this year, similar growth habit, leaves. Both from regions with the wasp, so they could be related, as there are many figs across Europe which have been shared through the ages. It's interesting to speculate.

@@FairmountFigs lol I’m just messing with you bro. And i agree without DNA test it’s hard to say with certainty. There’s is someone in ourfigs who is doin full dna sequencing on some varieties (they already did preto, BM, and cravens craving) maybe they’ll do smith/cessac too. So far the leaves are pretty much identical for me too. Same with Tx-Ba1. Maybe next year I’ll be able to compare the fruit. 🫡

​@firstname7769 no worries and yup, Richard was doing dna testing, not sure if he still is, but that is one that I'd love to see, and agreed along with TX BA-1

No, there are just too many at this point, so in the spring, once we are clear of frost, they all go out at the same time.

Good idea, I'm hoping that the season is long enough for it to ripen

I put GM into the ground at one year, and then protected it heavily for the next 2 years.

Thank you!

@MI-Figs313 lol, right. Great idea, I will shoot a quick tour at some point and post it, thanks for the comment.

Thanks so much, I have subscribed as well!

@@FairmountFigs Thank you very much!

Hi, yes, pollination can clearly work with just distilled water, but from the little bit I understand, the pollen needs to germinate, and the sucrose solution provides the energy to kickstart this. Normally, the pollen would get a small amount of sugar from the stigma when it attaches to it.

@@FairmountFigs BTW I don’t know if you remember but you gifted me an I258 four years ago. Thanks again!

@@ramilviax6441 I do! You're welcome! I hope it took and is still growing for you.

Great point, makes setup and breakdown more efficient.