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Thank you for accepting my membership. I am a collector of rare, tropical and sub-tropical fruit trees. I grow my figs in containers, here, in hot and humid Southwest Florida. I am experimenting with some fig varieties from Portugal, Lebanon, Israel, Louisiana, USA.....So far, I have had some success with "Celeste", "Brown Turkey,"Mel do Algarve", "Atreano", "Moscatel Branco", and "Figo Doce". I am looking forward to learn and to share material and information. I lived in Portugal for a while, and I fell in love with figs!!
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Welcome to the forum.Wish List - Any LSU fig -
Welcome! Was it easier to grow figs in Portugal?Ed
SW PA zone 6aComment
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Eboone,
I did not cultivate figs when I lived in Portugal. The country is a heaven for figs, and one find figs all over. You can buy them in open markets, supermarkets, small grocery stores! Portugal is a fig paradise! The Mediterranean climate is perfect for figs! Thank you for your welcoming to this forum!
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Ciao and welcome!Zone 5 Chicago IL Wish list:
1) Rest peacfully Amico Bello Buddy 👼🏼.
2) This weeks ebay auctions.Comment
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welcome, here's a link that helps some newcomers have found helpful.
Kevin (Eastern MA - Zone 5b/6a)Comment
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Welcome Berto. You found a great place to hang out.Scott - Colorado Springs, CO - Zone 4/5 (Depending on the year) - Elevation 6266ft
“Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.” – Bill MollisonComment
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Hello and welcome, I'd like to hear more about your Portugese figs and fig-related experiences there!Jesse in western Maine, zone 4/5
Wishlist- earliest maincrop varietiesComment
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Berto, what part of the southwest Florida are you from?
i have spent some time in the Tampa bay area and loved it.
anyway, again i need to say
welcome to the forumandreas-patras Peloponnisos Greece zone 9aComment
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Welcome! We have several very experienced members in FL who Should be able to help you a lot. If it weren't for the humidity and bugs, FL would be one of the best places on Earth to grow figs. Oh, and the bad soil with those nematodes. And the birds. Maybe you should quit while you're ahead and send me all those wonderful Portuguese plants to keep safe for you.
Welcome, anyway!!!Bob C.
Kansas City, MO Z6Comment
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Bob,
Thank you!
For the nematodes, I plan to graft good varieties onto Ficus racemosa/cluster fig rootstock. It works pretty good. I have seen a big fig tree that was grafted onto a Ficus racemosa. Now, that tree was destroyed, but before that I saved the rootstock and the scion wood. I plant to experiment that set up this coming Spring.
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Berto, welcome! Looking forward to seeing your posts, especially your take on Portuguese figs!Sarah
Bay Area, CA (zone: 9B)Comment
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Welcome to the forum Berto.
Following your grafting experiments with great interest.Comment
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glad to have you with us. I also live in the sweaty hot south so we have something in common. You will love it here good good people.Comment
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Lilfiggy,
I am glad to find out I am not alone. I was told I could not grown figs in Fort Myers. I am growing them.....I have been growing fruit trees for over thirty year, and my small fig collection I started a few years ago. Every time we went to Portugal, my wife kept me asking to grow figs. She grew eating great figs in Portugal. Wife is happy life is great! The entire universe is synchronized! Ahahahah
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Berto, is the F racemosa resistant to the nematode? You could become very wealthy selling grafted figs that are resistant. Especially if you grafted 12 varieties on to one rootstock. Do you have a way of checking sap Brix of F Carica vs F racemosa? I wonder if this rootstock would affect the taste. How hardy is the F racemosa? I couldn't find any info on it.Last edited by Harborseal; 10-21-2015, 12:19 PM.Bob C.
Kansas City, MO Z6Comment
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Harborseal,
The information I have comes from the person that grafted a Ficus carica onto a Ficus racemosa rootstock, long time ago. I saw this huge grafted fig tree with my own eyes before the tree was destroyed. The graft needs to be done very low because Ficus racemosa tends to sucker below the grafting line. As I mentioned before, I was able to save the rootstock and the scion wood! I plant to duplicate what was done before using the same material.
I do not have any way of measuring the brix for both species, and my understanding is that there was no change in taste.
I also don't know the hardness of Ficus racemosa. All. know us that racemosa is a tropical Fig, and is cultivated in southern India.
I will keep you guys posted!
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Hi Berto ,
Wondered if the U. of Florida fact sheet mentioned in the first post on this old thread would be of any help.
Mentions the racemosa rootstock is sometimes sold under a different name.
Kerry - NH zone 5Comment
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