Tasting GE Neri, Stella Main Crop? and a Genovese Nero?? Figs 2018

[@s006wgs2]

Hi, I like your vids. You should update this vid and point out it is not a GE Neri. My first GE Neri is ripening and it is huge and reddish just like the pics online. I'm growing figs in Dayton Ohio. Zone6 Thanks

[@kicknadeadcat]

That's what I thought. Neri means blacks in Italian

[@zawape]

The GE Neri does not look like the one sold commercially. If you google it, none of the pictures are of a yellow fig.

[@benbseattle]

This one is from Wagner farms

[@cmontano841]

Especially since GE Neri is the largest fig variety at tennis ball size fruit.

[@niknoorman7]

Hi Ben, I saw some GE Neri colour are brown red, so are they both same because of climate.

[@gamelard1963]

my GE neri fig gives red figs. its weird because no has made videos of them. lol just you and everywhere i go they show them as red. but yours is yellow. hmmmm

[@gamelard1963]

@@gofigure4920 mine gives dark outside with reddish tones, and the inside is red, and taste like berries.

[@byrongark7416]

Have you confirmed the stella to be true to type as it is not typical in video

[@CT-gr8jl]

Looking for your CMH video I just ordered mine should be here soon. Are you doing a grow tent or just the light?

[@laeotis1]

So glad to see something about the Ge Neri, I got one last year and it has no figs growing yet, and not much info out on it... is it a TC?

[@benbseattle]

No this is a plant from cutting. It surprised me on taste. It's actually not bad. Might be a long yellow or deanna. The flavor is light honey melon.

[@tonyb7319]

@@benbseattle I think I might be a long yellow or deanna. I have one ripening up now and it's green with purple on bottom.

[@enscribe]

Do you know where you got that Cordi Stella? I have one from Burnt Ridge that definitely has a different leaf structure, long thin fingers that undulate, and the figs are oblong (My figs are not ripe yet however.

[@benbseattle]

Mine came from burnt ridge in 2015. at 2.50 there are finger leaves on the plant. I swear figs are so finicky they behave so unpredictably sometimes

[@ceili]

Hey Ben, have you considered using LED lights. The are some great LED's being manufactured in the states at the moment, albeit quite pricey.

[@benbseattle]

Yes there are they draw less power too. I went with cmh lights because of the fecent cost compared to metal halide and their par values. I've also had a local figgyist who recommended them he was ripening black Madeira in the winter

[@ceili]

Ben B. Seattle yeah, cmh are great lights. I've seen ramv ripening figs with them. I have my bm under an LED right now with fruit beginning to form. Your hobby is about to get a lot more expensive 😂

[@benbseattle]

Who said it wasn't already =)

[@gardengainzz9191]

Your GE Neri reminds me of my Deanna Fig. The same honey-meloney aftertaste...could it be the same?? Thanks for sharing your video.

[@benbseattle]

There's a strong possibility. The size is similar too

[@kicknadeadcat]

@@benbseattle Neri means blacks in Italian soooo🤥

[@justrightnow2]

Hi Ben, do you know where I can get same as your GR Neri? Thank

[@benbseattle]

Not sure mine might not be the correct type though

[@justrightnow2]

@@benbseattle I don’t mind thoug

[@kicknadeadcat]

GE Neri? Neri means blacks in Italian. I got a tiny one a few weeks ago. The picture shows a dark fig. No idea what that is, just know its not Neri as black as it should be🤣🤣🤣

[@Detour4it]

Too much water and too hot under the cover.