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Old 04-02-2012, 09:11 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Fig lovers; here's your chance to post pics & show off your brebas!

The one pictured below is *either* Black Mission or a wild "crap" fig that I collected from a wild tree a couple years ago.
Biodegradable tags are used to mark the pots; they're OK for the first year or two but then turn to compost.



At least after I get a chance to taste it, it'll either get planted out back or used as grafting rootstock.
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Old 04-02-2012, 09:26 PM   #2 (permalink)
 
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:-( my three little baby fig trees didn't survive the winter. I let them dry out too much between watering. i shall look on with envy!

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For everyone else who, like me, had no idea what brebas were, here's an excerpt from a thread where Pitangadiego explains what they are:

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All brebas are figs, but not all figs are brebas. Figs can have as many as three crops. The first crop, which forms on the previous years wood, is called breba. The second crop is usually called "main", and is produced on THIS years new growth. Some have a third crop, but have never witnessed this.
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This is something new, are "brebas" edible?
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Brebas or main crop. Looks like it's on new growth
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My wife won't let me show you her Brebas.
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Just ordered today: Brown Turkey Fig Tree
Hope it can survive Connecticut zone 6.
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Hope it can survive Connecticut zone 6.
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If it struggles you should look into chicago hardy. I just talked to a guy out here in Colorado yesterday who has a 5 year old in a container that has survived unprotected here. we are a 4b/5a with bitter cold snaps from time to time!!

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Brebas are "usually", but not always of good eating quality.
Not all cultivars will even have a breba crop, & out of those, they may sometimes be of lesser quality.

If they're like the "crap" fig saplings we have here, all they're good for is grafting rootstock or throwing at the squirrels when they start going bonkers.

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Brebas are "usually", but not always of good eating quality.
Not all cultivars will even have a breba crop, & out of those, they may sometimes be of lesser quality.

If they're like the "crap" fig saplings we have here, all they're good for is grafting rootstock or throwing at the squirrels when they start going bonkers.

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