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Figs from seed

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Lyn starts with ...
I have a couple of self-sown fig trees (white genoa) coming up in the garden. are they going to be any good for fruit or do we need to use cuttings?
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Lyn12
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18th February 2011 2:14pm
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Jason says...
How did you get seeds from White genoa? are you sure they aren't suckers coming up?
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Jason
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18th February 2011 2:38pm
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Julie says...
It's usually birds that drop them. I don't have a fig tree on my block, but one has come up under the grapefruit.

I have to remove it, as it is competing for water.
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18th February 2011 9:56pm
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Jason says...
Interesting, I didn't know the common varieties of figs could make viable seed at all
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19th February 2011 1:10pm
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Phil@Tyalgum says...
You can grow figs from the seeds in the dried packets from the supermarket as well, they are usually fertile and imported from Europe or the Middle East.
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19th February 2011 1:57pm
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kert says...
Most dried figs from OS will be Smyrna . This variety has complicated ,specialised pollination requirements that are near impossible to meet.
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Mustafa says...
Fortunately Australia does have the caprifig wasp to enable pollination of the Smyrna varieties
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Jason says...
Yep I knew you can grow the seed from the dried figs but I didn't think the normal figs that don't need pollinating were able to make viable seed, pollination or not
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kert says...
If you think growing Smyrna is a cinch ,read the DPI pamphlet on what you need to do.
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Phil@Tyalgum says...
I used to see seedling figs growing outta the footpath in Melbourne's inner suburbs, seems the ordinary garden figs do have the odd viable seed somehow
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John Mc says...
The local sandpaper figs produce viable seed in the thousands. Although small, the soft texture is the same. The fruit very prolific but, it just lacks flavour.
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Lyn says...
The trees have come up on their own, probably from my compost or bird droppings. I do have a white genoa on my property, so assuming they are the same.
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Lyn13
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21st February 2011 6:19pm
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Lyn says...
definitely not suckers...the tree does sucker, but they all come off the base of the tree. I have successfully potted these and grown fruiting trees. the new trees are a long way from the parent tree and I wonder if they will fruit as well, or if at all.
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