Are you ready for 2023? It's going to be a great season!
Northern California
Pete (FigLife / SubmarinePete)
Videos:
I moved to the Sacramento area in the summer of 2022. This area of California has a fairly long growing season (~4600 GDDs). The weather is dry and can get hot in the summer, unlike many of the coastal regions of California. California has the fig wasp (fig pollinator), which enables growers to enjoy caprified (pollinated) figs.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Eric (LoftinArt / Sod)
Breba Crop Videos:
Main Crop Videos:
- Albo
- Anjeer Torki
- Col de Dama Blanca-Negra
- Crozes
- De la Senyora Hivernenca
- Fico Greco
- Nordland
- Pel de Bou
- Qalaat al Madiq
- Tia Penya
Eric grows figs in the Willamette Valley in the beautiful, but often dreary, Pacific Northwest. The Pacific Northwest is characterized by a short growing season (~2200 GDDs) with dry, low humidity weather in the summer.
NEW YORK CITY
Alex (Sajoma NYC / Strell)
Fig Varieties:
- Alacantina Negra
- Black Manzanita (hand pollinated)
- Bordissot Rossa
- Boscorosso
- Calderona de Miner
- Causses de Vers
- Coll de Dama Bordissotenca
- Corallo
- De Capocorp d'en Munar
- Del Bisbe
- Dels Ermitans (hand pollinated)
- Eaubonne
- LSU Red
- Lungo del Portogallo
- Martinenca Rimada (hand pollinated)
- NV1
- Ponte Tresa
- Popone
- Reculver (hand pollinated)
- Rosso di Trani (hand pollinated)
- Verte Pulpe Rouge
- Zaffiro (hand pollinated)
Tips & Experiences:
- Fungus Gnat Control
- Storing Fig Trees for the Winter
- Visit to Montserrat Pons - Part 1/3
- Visit to Montserrat Pons - Part 2/3
- Visit to Montserrat Pons - Part 3/3
- Water Rooting Experiment
- Whip and Tongue Grafting
- Wild Figs While Traveling in Portugal and Spain
New York City has humid summers with precipitation year-round. It is an urban growing environment, resulting in some growing techniques that are different than would be used in the countryside. The season length is pretty good (~3700 GDD) but bugs and weather conditions can make summer growing conditions less ideal than the west coast.
VIRGINIA
Pete (FigLife / SubmarinePete)
Fig Varieties:
- Adriatic JH
- Algerian Chetoui
- Baldufada Rimada
- Beltrana
- Black Bethlehem
- Black Crimean
- Black Greek
- Black Manzanita
- Black Tuscan
- Blanche de Deux Saisons
- Blue Princess
- Bordissot Negra Rimada
- Bourjassotte Grise
- Bourjassotte Noire
- Boysenberry Blush
- Bubble Gum
- Burgan Unk
- Burgisa
- Calderona de Miner
- Calderwood Unk
- Campaniere
- Capoll Curt Negra
- Cardenillo
- Casa di Lazzaro (Mario #50)
- Cessac
- C'est Bon
- Champagne
- Citrullara
- Col de Dame Bordissotenca
- Col de Dame Gegantina
- Col de Dame Grise
- Col de Dame Mutante
- Col de Dame Noir
- Col de Dame Roja
- Colonel Littman's Black Cross
- Craven's Craving
- Dalmatie
- Damigella con Ramo
- DC2
- De La Roca
- Dels Ermitans
- Des Roig Manyo
- Desert King
- Eaubonne
- Edith's Raspberry Jam
- Faja de Ovelha
- Famino
- Feather River
- Fico Secco
- Forastera de can Reviu
- Fracazzano Nero
- Galicia Negra
- Gentile
- Green Michurinska
- Hative d'Argenteuil
- Hollier
- Honey Plum
- Ibiza
- Impellizzeri
- Improved Celeste
- Ischia Black
- Italian-258 (I-258)
- Izbat an Naj
- Jebba
- Joualle Noire
- Kafe te Jiate (KTJ)
- Kortbawi
- La Bourgeoise
- La Costa Unk
- Leo Longhissimo
- Leon's Montenegro
- LiVolsi
- LSU Black
- LSU Purple
- LSU Tiger
- Madeira Island Black
- Magnifica Dry
- Makadonia Dark
- Malta Black
- Mare de Deu
- Marseilles Black VS
- Martinenca Rimada
- Medici Historic Reserve #3
- Melanzana Calabrese
- Moscatel Preto
- Moscatel Verde
- Negra d'Agde
- Nerucciolo d'Elba
- Nostrano
- Nuestra Senora Del Carmen
- Ondata
- Paratjal Rimada
- Paratjalina
- Pastilliere
- Petite Aubique
- Petite Negri
- Piccola Negretta
- Piombinese
- Ponta do Pargo
- Ponte Tresa
- Preto
- Purpura Verde
- Qora Yasile
- Red Lebanese Bekaa Valley
- Rigata Rossa A
- Rodgrod
- Rosa Esmeralda
- Rossellino
- Sao Miguel Roxo
- Smith
- Socorro Black
- St. Martin (VR)
- Strawberry Verte
- Sucrette
- TC12
- TD Yellow Crinkle
- Tenerife
- The One
- Thermalito
- Tina (Mario 218)
- Tres Num Prato
- Turquie 2
- Verdino del Nord (VR) / Figoin
- Verdolino
- Violet Sepor
- White Madeira #1
- White Triana
- Yellow Greek
- Zaffiro
Tips & Experiences:
- Rain & SWD
- Fertilization
- Producing fruit on a First Year Tree
- Rooting Fig Cuttings (Part 1)
- Rooting Fig Cuttings (Part 2)
- Low Maintenance Growing
The climate in Northern Virigina is humid and wet year-round, causing many problems with pests and spoilage. The mid-Atlantic has a good season length (~3900 GDD) and summers can get uncomfortably hot. I grew figs in my backyard in the suburbs of Washington, DC.
