Tag: Ficus carica

Another potential nematode resistant fig rootstock: hybrid Ficus pumila x Ficus carica

February 28, 2020

(Note: See here for a list of all posts I have made about nematode resistant fig roostocks.) In my search for nematode resistant rootstocks for common fig, I’ve recently acquired a new candidate to try out (actually two new candidates). I have already posted about how I’ve tried the ornamental creeping fig, Ficus pumila, which … More Another potential nematode resistant fig rootstock: hybrid Ficus pumila x Ficus carica

Fig nematode resistant rootstock project, 2019 status report

December 22, 2019

My project to test out various Ficus species as potential nematode-resistant rootstocks for edible figs has made slow but steady progress in 2019. Root-knot nematodes are one of the biggest challenges in growing figs in Florida and other warm climate regions around the world. I am trying to acquire every Ficus species that’s reported to … More Fig nematode resistant rootstock project, 2019 status report

Mystery Fig Number Two: please help ID this big, red, luscious fig

August 28, 2018

People were very helpful in identifying the first mystery fig I posted as being almost certainly Celeste, so I’m back with another unidentified fig variety. My temporary name for this one is “Big Red”, because it has some of the largest fruits I’ve seen on a fig tree in this area (most of our local … More Mystery Fig Number Two: please help ID this big, red, luscious fig

Mystery Fig Number One: Can you identify this fig variety?

June 28, 2018

There’s something about figs – people just lose track of their variety names. Fig trees are easy to start from cuttings, so when people find a good one, they multiply it and give it out to friends and neighbors. But if the parent fig tree had a variety name, its baby trees go out into … More Mystery Fig Number One: Can you identify this fig variety?

Fig-Grafting Update: Progress with Ficus pumila

October 6, 2017

Time for a long-overdue update on my project to explore potentially nematode-resistant fig rootstocks. The project hasn’t progressed as fast as I would have liked, but I do have some potentially promising results with the Ficus species I rated as a “wildcard” in my first post on this topic: creeping fig, Ficus pumila. To recap, … More Fig-Grafting Update: Progress with Ficus pumila

In Search Of Nematode-Resistant Fig Rootstocks – Progress Report 1

December 16, 2015

Figs are a great fruit that’s mostly well-adapted to the south-eastern US, but they’ve got a major problem limiting them in our area: root-knot nematodes. Many of our soils are full of these microscopic parasitic worms that burrow into the roots of fig trees, sucking sap and impairing the roots’ ability to pull water and … More In Search Of Nematode-Resistant Fig Rootstocks – Progress Report 1