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Few questions about adriatic varieties
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Posted by flaxos 6 (My Page) on Fri, Dec 28, 07 at 18:10
| I have only one question. Is it possible to propagate adriatic type of ficus carica by seeds? If no, how we can cultivate so many varieties of adriatic figs? |
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RE: Few questions about adriatic varieties
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| Hello: Unless you are doing it as a challenge to prove to yourself to grow from seed, it is not a good idea because it may take a long time to fruiting. The most common method is by rooting fig plant cuttings. You may find many useful threads descrining how to root fig cuttings at FIGS4FUN FORUM at the following URL: http://www.websitetoolbox.com/mb/figs4funforum The following threads may be of specific/immediate interest to you:
http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/figs4funforum/vpost?id=2137711
http://figs4fun.com/basics.html Let the Fun For Fig begin. |
RE: Few questions about adriatic varieties
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flaxos, Your question (as I understood it) seemed to ask why there are different versions of Adriatic.
If figs are propagated by cuttings, all Adriatics should be the same. All Brown Turkeys should be identical, Celestes, etc., etc.,etc. - but they are not. There are different strains of many figs.
If there were seed grown Adriatics (or other varieties)that would explain differences - seed grown plants can show variability. But that probably isn't the case with fig strains. My guess is mutation. Just saw a post on a striped black fig that was supposedly a mutation of Panachee, a light striped fig. Mutations aren't always that dramatic. But a little bigger fig, better taste, better production, or other change, might start another strain of a named fig.
One thing to keep in mind: different strains of a variety need to be grown side by side to determine if they are indeed different. Figs can look and taste different because of growing environment. |
RE: Few questions about adriatic varieties
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| Fignut: Yes, that's exactly what I want to hear. Thank you for your answer. |
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