Photo: Trew, C.J — Public domain · source
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Survives zone 7 through 9
Excellent fresh and dried.
- Hardiness
- Zone 7 to 9
- Habit
- Tree
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- Breba early summer + main crop late summer–autumn
- Mature size
- EXCELLENT in containers — root restriction promotes fruiting
- Light
- Full sun — fruit sugar needs sun and heat
- Soil pH
- 6.0–7.5 (lime-tolerant)
- Environment
- Mediterranean
- Status
- Cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 1–2 yrs
- Pollination
- PARTHENOCARPIC (common types) — no pollination needed. ⚠ Never buy Smyrna types in a cool climate: they need the fig wasp and will drop all fruit