Ronde de Bordeaux and Hardy Chicago Figs

This year I planted my ronde and hardy chicago fig trees in the ground so they can grow bigger.  Planting in pot require a lot of watering and if you forget to water then your figs will get damage.  But now I will have to worry how to they will survive the cold winter.  Anyway, I'm happy with this year harvest. This year hardy chicago is doing very well and some figs are larger than last year.  My kids and I love these yummy figs!!!

Ronde De Bordeaux

Hardy Chicago

    

Hardy chicago

My Potted Figs

It's the fig season here in PA. My fig trees are loaded with figs! The ronde de bordeaux is the early fig because I already getting some ripe figs. The figs this year are larger than last year. I have six different fig trees. These fig trees grow so fast!

Figs are so sweet when ripe and good for your health. It is rich in potassium and calcium which helps to maintain blood pressure and prevent bone thinning. The soluble fiber, called pectin, in figs helps in reducing blood cholesterol. Consuming figs also helps in aiding digestion and taming various stomach and bowel-related problems. It's also a good source of dietary fiber that have a positive effect on weight management....meaning a sweet way to lose weight! I'm going to eat a lot of figs now....hehehehe.

September Figs Update

I bought my figs from treesofjoy on March 2010. They were still dormant when I bought them. After some care they grew beautifully and produced some delicious figs! It is hard to describe the taste and some more fruity than the other. All were very sweet. The skin on these figs were thin compared to the store bought. The taste of course is way better than the store bought. I just ate some brooklyn dark and it was so good, juicy, and fruity. The brooklyn dark fig is the largest in size compared to ronde de bordeaux, black mission, or hardy chicago. The dark portuguese figs still not near ripening. I would say the dark portuguese is a late season fig in PA or because this is the first season so the figs came a little late. If you ask me which is my favorite, I would say I like them all. If I have to pick then I would say brooklyn dark and ronde is the best because of taste, size, and color. Both have a really nice color inside. The ronde is a little prettier because of the dark purple color and reddish inside. Ronde is also a fast growing tree. I might have to change the pot again next year. Just picked a few more Ronde so I will enjoy these slowly.....hehehehe
Picture taken 9/16/10

Picked 9/22/10

9/22/10

Picked 8/22/10
Picked 8/22/10
Picked 8/22/10


Picked 8/29/10

Picture taken 9/22/10

Figs Update

My fig trees are growing nicely and there are even figs on the trees. I constantly have to water my fig trees or they will wilt after a day without watering. I also feed my trees Kool Bloom fertilizer every other time I water. Pinching the tips of the branches after 6 leaves can induce branching and fruits. My trees are a lot fuller after pinching. I really can't wait to try some figs! :)

Ronde de Bordeaux

Ronde 1st fruit

Brooklyn Dark

Brooklyn Dark 1st fruits

Black Mission

Black Mission 1st fruit

Hardy Chicago

Dark Portuguese

Dark Portuguese fruits

Smith

My New Fig Trees

Hello everyone. Recently I got the fig bite and kept on wanting to own a couple fig trees. Not sure why either since I have not eaten a fig maybe over couple years. Why am I like this? Well, maybe because I went to the fig forum and saw that many people are growing these trees. So it must be good since many people are growing them and they own so many varieties...right? And plus after looking at hundreds of pictures and read hundreds of posts, I am convince that these are delicious fruits so I got to plant a tree or two. Deep into my research on fig trees I realized there are over hundreds of varieties. It gave me so much headaches trying to decide what to get. Originally I only plan to get 2, because I have no room for more since I have a lot of tropical fruit trees. But like the rest of the collectors I want and want.....so I ended up with 5. Thanks to Bass from TreesofJoy I get to spend a lot of money for a new hobby. My husband say I'm crazy!!! Sadly, I might have to agree with him.

Bass is from Bethlehem, PA and he is a really nice guy who grow hundreds of fig trees...in his backyard, front yard, greenhouse, and garage! He also have what I wanted pawpaw and jujube. He got some really good varieties and I'm sure I will be back this summer to help him eat his jujube and pawpaw....maybe I'll get to taste some fig too if my fig trees need another year to fruit. Before I met Bass, I thought he lives near or in a farm since he have so many trees. And I thought my gps too me to the wrong place when I was in front of his house....LOL

So here are my new babies. I do want to plant them in the ground but I might have to wait until they are larger since I am new and not sure how to protect them from frost. This is how they look like after I repotted them.



This is how they look like before I repot them.


This is how the Ronde de Bordeaux looks like when I took it out of the pot. Bass- you seriously needed to repot this tree a while ago.


I got two of the larger fig trees since I really want to taste some fig this year. But I really want to taste other good varieties so I got 3 small ones too. These were from the greenhouse.


This is how they look like without the pots. I was surprised since they were rooted with only perlite. I mixed those perlite with my potting soil, peat moss, and some slow release fertilizer. I read somewhere saying they like ph of 6 or 6.5 so I added some sulfur to slowly change the ph. I will need to get some garden lime next time. The sulfur was here since I needed to use on my lychee tree.