[Harborseal]

Welcome! There are numerous streams and rivers in CA with lots of seedling fig trees as you describe. If you google waynes word fig sex you'll get the scoop on caprifigs and common figs. If you have caprifigs, PM me!

[lilfiggy]

Hi welcome to our home. you will like everyone here no egos and tons of knowledge.

[eboone]

then they take over your life!!!!

I think that starts earlier than 100...

[Q*]

You're gonna find that the hybrids are pretty darn good tasting figs. The thing is....they are hybrids of very common varieties of figs found locally(the fig trees sold at Home Depot). If they are green....they are almost always a hybrid of a Kadota....and if they are purple...they are almost always a hybrid of a brown turkey or black mission....unless you live in an area where you have Italians with nice fig collections....then the sky is the limit on what kind of hybrid you have! Warning....growing figs is a very addicting hobby....two or three....turns into 10....then 25....then 100...then they take over your life!!!!(jk)

[silveradocanman]

Great! That's really cool, I'm glad you chimed in! Let me know if you want to try this one over in Arizona, I'd be happy to send you some cuttings.

[Q*]

Welcome to the forum Mike! Being in So Cal...you're going to run into a lot of random fig trees growing everywhere!...especially in Orange County!... When I go "fig hunting"....I've run into hundreds of wild fig trees...most grow no figs at all...a hand full grow caprifigs(male figs) that aren't edible...and once in a blue moon...you'll find a tree that has female edible fruit. It's most likely a hybrid from a local pollinated tree and spread by bird poop. I have 3 unknowns that I've collected from random flood control basins....next to hiking trails...randomly on the side of the road....I'm currently growing them in Arizona seeing if they need pollination to set fruit.(if they need pollination to set fruit...it's worthless to anybody outside of Southern California) Good luck with your new found tree! There are lots of really nice people here with tons of knowledge!

[fitzski]

As Mike said above, many figs have different types of leaves. It's just one piece of the puzzle. A ripe fruit is the next piece but seeing you have the wasp in your area and it looks to have grown wild, it's most likely a new type of fig.

The leaves/fruit may help narrow down it's parentage though.

It kind of looks like a Conadria to me or maybe a cousin.

http://figs4fun.com/Thumbnail_Conadria.html

[Hershell]

One day Mike I will have time. Thanks my friend.

[Taverna78]

Ciao and welcome to you new home... From what I have learned here is almost impossible to determine Fig tree by just leaf. I have many tree that have couple different leaf on same tree. Even then when you have ripe fruit unless it's a easy determination or ultra clear photo will still be hard to tell. But I assure you some one here we'll help you figure out !
Think tis way... You are very lucky to have growing Fig in your life and that you wish to learn more as where some people can't grow or care to have AND you have natural water stream in Cali. The stream is a bonus alone from what I hear about Cali water issues.

Welcome again

[silveradocanman]

[silveradocanman]

So there are two different kinds of leaves it appears, what does that mean?

[silveradocanman]

Not all the leaves are the same, it appears to have two different kinds. I'll post pictures down below.

[silveradocanman]

Haha Hershell! Something tells me I need to become friends with you! Let me know if you want some cuttings!

[Hershell]

Welcome to the forum Mike but be ware of Mike, he's a trouble maker. So I see that you already started bragging about having seedlings and a creek and being in Southern California. Sounds like a great place to grow figs, congratulations I'm sure you will fit in here and find a lot of us would like a cutting from any tree that produces edible figs or not. Any way, Welcome aboard! Oh and watch out for Wills too

[silveradocanman]

Yeah, the area in which it is growing is very random, amongst native trees and plants, on the side of the creek bed.

I'm 99.9% sure it was not planted there by humans.

[eboone]

The other possibility is that the female fig was planted in the past, and the wild caprifigs around it are the result of pollinated figs from the fruiting fig plant dropped to the ground naturally or thru bird / animal droppings. Can you be sure the area was not a small garden or orchard planted in past?

[silveradocanman]

Some great conversation in that thread. Thanks!

[AscPete]

Hello Mike,

Welcome to our figs forum community.

In the sticky topic linked by Kevin in post #2 is this document, http://www.crfgsandiego.org/Presenta...ible%20Fig.pdf It was published by California Rare Fruit Growers it has good info on figs especially in California...

If the tree is a seedling then there is no reason why you couldn't name it since there are no official governing bodies.
There are a few naming convention practiced in the Fig Forum Communities, http://www.ourfigs.com/forum/figs-ho...any-other-name but they do not actually apply to seedlings. Good Luck

[don_sanders]

Welcome. Pretty cool to possibly have a new variety growing in your back yard.

[fitzski]

Are all the leaves the same? Or do you have leaves with different number of lobes?

[silveradocanman]

I know it's not very clear, but this is the only picture I can find, the figs aren't ripe in the pic, but it's the best I have. I can get a clear picture of the leaves when I get home tonight.

[silveradocanman]

It is indeed

[DaveL]

Hi Mike, welcome to the forum. Just wondering is your profile picture the creek you mentioned.

[fitzski]

ok, i guess that answer my question. We have a new fig variety.

One thing that will be interesting is to see if it needs the wasp for main crop figs.

Kevin

[figgrower]

This website may be helpful. http://fruitandnuteducation.ucdavis....g_Propagation/ I am a newbie like yourself, but I would love to grow it out and compare it to the figs that I have tried.