Tasting the Desert King Breba Fig in Zone 6B

[@ahmedfadhil5505]

Looks delicious, thanks for mentioning All the good information

[@PukaHeadMan]

Adam, you sure convinced me on getting one of those Desert Kings

[@raykinney9907]

I live in Oregon 8b, grow mostly Desert King, and King varieties. They seem identical to me so far. The King is from Saudi Arabia, via a Portland dentist that did work for the royal family there and was gifted a cutting. He gifted my father a cutting, back about '66. To me, they taste the same, grow the same, propagate the same. Those that know genetics far better than I, say that with genetic sequencing, there ARE differences, but phenotypically the same. I highly suspect that the ancestry of the DK found in CA in '30, had its origin with this strain King, or its close ancestor.

[@melchiorsternfels6454]

Desert King is probably a selection of the old Italian Filacciano Bianco fig. Nevertheless it's a real American. Looking forward to my first harvest of DK...

[@seeyinng]

hello, I just got a new baby desert king fig tree... can you tell me how I protect it for the winter ? I also live in Northeast NJ. Thank you.

[@kjaan]

How soft does the breba have to be to pick it?

[@bcfigfarmfruitorchard5079]

As long as your finger slightly sinks into the skin, you are good to eat it.

[@larawines4875]

How does the taste compare to other breba varieties? Also how many did it produce this year?

[@bcfigfarmfruitorchard5079]

@@larawines4875 great taste and produced 50 figs this year

[@larawines4875]

@@bcfigfarmfruitorchard5079 awesome! Are you doing a video on it this year?

[@lindaberri593]

How hardy this tree is if i want to plant it in zone 6a Michigan in the ground and do I have to protect it in the winter

[@joselopez-he1mc]

Im 5b and we get -5f every year. I dont think even michurinska would survive that but highly doubt an established fat dk tree would survive without protection. Others say most figs can do 15f without protection if dormant but some can do 10f. My exp seems to be that 15 is ok for a dormant fig.

[@gardenofseeden]

How do you keep it alive in the winter?

[@cabbay6466]

they stay alive unprotected in washington state, its the most popular fig here, and its colder here

[@LittleRapGuy]

Can one not hand pollinate?

[@bcfigfarmfruitorchard5079]

@@LittleRapGuy dont know try

[@briancrispano828]

Check out Hand Pollination! Marion and Dale of the Millennial Gardeners KZbin channel has some great documentation’s of how to go about it!

[@briancrispano828]

I commented too soon^ but do hope you try the hand Pollination