Grafted
LSU Purple fig
Sweet, berry-honey flesh and a closed eye, which matters in a humid climate because fruit flies and souring get in through an open eye.
This variety
The fruit
Sweet, berry-honey flesh and a closed eye, which matters in a humid climate because fruit flies and souring get in through an open eye.
Taste, season, cold, and how to plant this one.
- Taste
- Sweet, berry-honey flesh and a closed eye, which matters in a humid climate because fruit flies and souring get in through an open eye.
- Ripens
- A small breba crop in early summer is possible, then the main crop later in summer. Fruit is ripe when it droops, softens, and deepens in color.
- Zones
- Zones 7 to 10. Much more cold-hardy than the tropicals on this list.
- Hardiness
- Fig rust loves still, humid air in Naples. The tree itself laughs at a Florida winter.
- Size
- 10 to 15 feet, easy to keep lower. A 15-gallon is already productive size for a fig.
- Tips
- Morning sun, open air, and a prune that keeps the middle empty. Water as fruit swells or they drop.
- Pollination
- A common fig. No wasp, no second tree.