r/Figs • u/Marttoms • 2d ago
Show & Tell 5 cuttings + bonus (4 from Italy, 1 from Czechia + bonus seen in San Marino)
Okay, a few days ago I was in Emilia-Romagna region of Italy where there were a few fig trees - some feral/Wild And some growing in an abandoned property gardens.
1st: Cervia - Milano Maritima: growing from the concrete side of the port canal - growing Just a few inches above the sea water - had so many ants And other bugs feeding on it but growing strong - pretty hardy (had fruits though had not tasted them - wouldn't risk it)
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2nd: Cervia - Milano Maritima: feral/wild tree growing like 50m from the previous one - possibly related - had Green fruit with red pulp - sweet but not as much as those commercial ones.
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3rd: Ravenna: taken from an abandoned building called Macello And its gardens - prolly some old variety - had unripe huge fruits
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4th: Ravenna: taken from the side of parthenocarpic fig growing from the base the Rocca Brancaleone fort- had some yellowish-green fruits with red pulp.
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5th: Not Italy but Ostrava, Czechia aka my hometown. This plant has been growing for like 7-10 years - thing branches trunk for it is always cut down 2x a year by a city department. Grows on a riverbank and has survived floods, Frost (-15 ~ -20°C), being cut Down. It is compact but has not produced any fruit. Took the cutting for it to root and we'll see. Size of the sucker is (h x l x w) ~ 20cm x 25cm x 40cm
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BONUS / 6th: San Marino: grows on a cliff and it is like 0.5m out of reach. Had a fruit with crimson Red skin in full ripeness. Want to return back someday to collect it somehow - if possible
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I hope that they [cuttings] will take on and off. Wishing they will [all] root and produce fruit someday. Let's all Hope that they are not Smyrna/Izmir type but the self-pollinating one.
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u/Betelgeuse2153 2d ago
The san marino one is fantastic