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[PsyBearknot]

Olympia



Violet de bordux

[wharfrat]

damn bear, u been busy.. reminds me I got some seed to start.  Happy gardening   

[bezevo]

nice trees  bear good luck

 

i grew  figs in large pots 8gl in zone 5 ,i kept them in a cold dark basement room to sleep  in winter .out side spring summer fall

i got lots tasty fruit . my fav was weeping black

i ha 6  varieties .

sadly last year they did not make it threw winter so i will have to start over . not sure what killed them they did not wake up in spring

Edited by bezevo, 29 March 2018 - 10:05 PM.

[PsyBearknot]

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Olympia
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Violet de bordux
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Chicago hardy new growth

[PsyBearknot]

Found this one at big box hardware store
Celestial
Only hardy to zone 5. Will have to be container grown
New leaflets and figlets forming plus a trunk shot

[PsyBearknot]

Celest

[Lakegal7]

Very nice PsyBearknot!
Looks like your raised bed garden is
on its way for a great growing season.
when seeing your top dress leaves
Reminds me of of your neighborhood
pre sacked leaves you were able to put to good use
Love to see a pix of your finished raised beds

[PsyBearknot]

[GlitchInSpace]

i love figs. i've got some pretty cool varieties too

[twoguysupnorth]

Gigs are nice. They haven't done much outdoors zone 5 but the roots will grow back so far for a few years at a friends. I moved mone in and out and put to sleep in the basement with no fruit but a nice houseplant for a few years. Hers did really well last year after completing several hugelbeds. They grew but didnt ripen a bit fall crop. The figs are way bigger and got farther than ever. I'm sure it's the beds heat keeping them warmer. If it's the same this year I hope we can get a ripening tent or something up. She has warmer lake shore nearby than we do but I'd love to grow some more. I've only ever eaten one ripe fig from my own, a cutting of hers several year ago. Taste is out of the world if they stayed on the plant.

[GLP]

Dry the leaves for tea, they have been found to lower blood sugar levels. They have a very faint fig taste, very pleasant. This can be blended with other teas to mask the flavor if desired, I normally add a little lemon balm and peppermint or spearmint.

 

Hypoglycemic action of an oral fig-leaf decoction in type-I diabetic patients.

GLP