Looks good! If the main crop doesn't ripen, perhaps you should not prune too much in the hopes of getting a good breba crop instead.

Nice ! Since last time I posted my pictures there is almost no change. We are having cold weather and around frizing very little sunshine. Thanks for posting Martin.

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Jason (Zone 10b, San Diego)(10)

Looks
good! If the main crop doesn't ripen, perhaps you should not prune too
much in the hopes of getting a good breba crop instead.

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here in our climate breba crop is unreliable do to our often cold up and down spring weather .

Usually on our fig plants they are rubbed off when they appear so plant can concentrate on main crop figs , sometimes several breba may be left on one branch only to sample.

Martin

I did not know that! Best of luck with your main crop.

Pastiliere is famous for dropping figs, especially in your climate. You have a lot more patience than I do. That tree would have been history a long time ago.

Hi rayrose,

yes had a 4/5 season old pastiliere from ucdavis and each season drop its figs i tasted about a dozen fully ripe ones in that time and still have pictures of them on tree and cut open.

I must say that they were right their on par with madeira figs i have as they were top notch on my palate but like you said they drop almost all the time so i burned the tree.

Rouge is from person that runs another fig site who obtained his as rouge de bordeaux from ucdavis which looks like my old pastiliere with exception of its growing somewhat slower.

Decided to give it more time as i have downsized quite a bit and can afford the space it takes.

But it must start to produce ripe figs non the less.

Martin

Rouge de Bordeaux and Pastiliere are different names for the same fig, so why go through a repeat performance. I know we all think we'll have better "luck" next time, but it is what it is.

rayrose SC 8

Rouge
de Bordeaux and Pastiliere are different names for the same fig, so why
go through a repeat performance. I know we all think we'll have better
"luck" next time, but it is what it is.

Reply,

yes they are one and the same but after sending pastiliere to burn barrel i thought i should have kept it since i have the room so afterwards came rouge as it was readily available at the time.

Will keep this one around to see whats what have nothing to lose as i can enjoy some of best on "personal palate" with our other fig plants and get plenty of ripe figs as nowadays its just me eating them.

Martin