Post by Day on Aug 16, 2017 16:06:35 GMT -5
So I was at my local nursery the other day to buy more bean inoculant (I might as well have asked to buy a water buffalo, what with the way he looked at me) and since that proved fruitless, I decided to wander aimlessly in the outdoor section for a while, as is my habit. I ended up among the fruit trees, specifically the figs. I love figs. Earlier this season, the nursery had at least a dozen tempting varieties, but now there were only three: a half dozen "Turkish" figs, a single and very unhappy white genoa, and a far-too-big-for-its-pot Panache.
And since it's August, the Panache was in the middle of ripening up a few fruit. Now, I'm notusually one to destroy private property... but lo and behold, the birds had already torn apart the topmost fig, leaving the nearly ripe center exposed a few inches from my face. I couldn't help myself. Growing fruit trees from seed has always fascinated me. So I took a pinch of the inner goop and smeared it on an old home depot receipt, folded it up, shoved it in my pocket, and then went about my day.
When I got home, I did more research, because it occurred to me that isn't the breba crop supposed to be the only fertile cropping? I'm still new to figs. Anyway, this search launched me on a crazy multi-day internet research binge about figs, wasps, how angry people get when you suggest growing trees from seed, etc.
Turns out Panache only produces the one crop, and the unique variegated exterior of the fruit is because it's a chimera. Which would mean it has dual sets of DNA. Which would suggest it's probably infertile, perhaps not unlike a tetraploid seedless watermelons right? I'd like to better understand this. Is their any chance the seeds I have could be viable if all the other circumstances are ideal, or is it genetically impossible on this variety because (insert reason here.)
Any insight you all can provide would be extremely helpful. I'm making progress across the river of knowledge, but I need more stepping stones.
And since it's August, the Panache was in the middle of ripening up a few fruit. Now, I'm not
When I got home, I did more research, because it occurred to me that isn't the breba crop supposed to be the only fertile cropping? I'm still new to figs. Anyway, this search launched me on a crazy multi-day internet research binge about figs, wasps, how angry people get when you suggest growing trees from seed, etc.
Turns out Panache only produces the one crop, and the unique variegated exterior of the fruit is because it's a chimera. Which would mean it has dual sets of DNA. Which would suggest it's probably infertile, perhaps not unlike a tetraploid seedless watermelons right? I'd like to better understand this. Is their any chance the seeds I have could be viable if all the other circumstances are ideal, or is it genetically impossible on this variety because (insert reason here.)
Any insight you all can provide would be extremely helpful. I'm making progress across the river of knowledge, but I need more stepping stones.