MY FRUITING FIG

 It only took 4 months for the fig tree to bear its first fruit.

It was very sweet. Guess what, there was no pest and the birds and squirrels. 

Giving its first fruit

Close up

Taste nice and sweet

source: my Malaysian Blog 2016

STARTING A NEW HOBBY FIG TREE

A small seedling was purchased by my wife when she went to the house of her friend, my class meet in Putra Jaya. She was making a hobby and business of planting fig trees.

23 sep 2015

We were so happy as in jan 2016, it started to bear fruit. The fruit were sweet.

10 Jan 2016

20 Jan 2016

From then on, my interest in fig growing grows.

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Saturday, May 7, 2016

Pokok Pertama Berbuah

Posted by joha at 8:42 PM

Selepas empat bulan pokok tin mula berbuah...

Giving its first fruit

Close up

Taste nice and sweet

SATU PERMULAAN DENGAN POKOK TIN

Friday, May 6, 2016

SATU PERMULAAN

Posted by joha at 8:30 AM   extracted from http:pokoktinpj.blogspot.com/

Sepokok benih yang dibeli oleh isteri tersayang, bila dia berjumpa dengan kawan kawan dari STF. Di beli di Putra Jaya dirumah Mak Tam

Di ambil pada  23 Sep 2015

Dan pada bulan Jan 2016, sudah mula mengeluarkan buah. , 4 bulan sahaja...

10 Jan 2016

10 Jan 2016

Dari sini timbul lah minat nak menanam pokok tin..

Price Check on Malaysian Fig Prices

BB. Here is another price tracking dated 15 Sept 2016
It is another FB posting, and I am giving him extra exposure...
...

Muhammad Faizal Sanip

23 hrs

Pelbagai anak pokok tin stabil untuk dijual.Berminat. hubungi Faizal 0123788797

RM80

Kampung Budiman, Meru, Klang

Yellow Labanese rm150
Verde Branco Giganta rm350
Gulgun rm300
Green ischia rm140
China White Rm150
Super Jumbo rm130
Excel rm130
Red Khutmani Big rm120
Ibg rm80
Md rm80
Btm6 rm80
D0an banyak lagi..
Harga Dari rm80 Dan keatas ya.. tq

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AA. It may sound crazy, but the price of the seedlings is too high.

Here is a snap shoot

price sample

Look at the price of manresa fig, at rm 530, more than the basic salary of poor Malaysian.

Planting On Ground - My IBT Fig

Planting on the ground has a lot of advantages. You do not worry about too much water, as the drainage is better.

The Green Jordan that was planted 10 Sept 2016

After the planting, it rained heavily for 2 days, so was worried that the new plant will be flooded.

So I devised a method to cover it. This was why the plastic sheet appeared over the seedling.

The cover and I hope the wind is not too strong to blow it away

Planting My Fig on Ground

I have decided to move some of my plant to ground. This is because, planting on ground will grow  a bigger tree, reduce the chance of water stagnation.

So on 6 Aug 2016, I moved 2 trees, mikael and BTM6 from pots to ground.

The fig trees are placed beneath shades of palm branches

My Fig Mikael happily under the shade on 11 Aug 2016 

My Air Layered Fig - MD1 AB

I had reproduced the MD fig tree by the process of airlayer.

This was the plant that I bought on 18 may 2016.

So far I had made 2 seedlings, I called it  by the alphabets A and B. So the new seedling is MD1 A. MD1 is the parent. If I were to buy another MD tree, it is called MD2.

This is the second seedling...

air layered plant MD1B 

My Fig Garden - My Collections

Date 9 June 2016
Additional 4 more trees.
1. purple jordan
2. green jordan
3. btm6
4. btm6



Date 7 June 2016
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And today, I bought more varieties.

1 LSU gold and the other was BK?, I have to get it correct.

LSU is the long one, about 12 inches long

The LSU needs support, it is too tall

Date: 1 June 2016,  I bought three more varieties of my fig trees. All are from NT
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There were:
- alma
- wuhan
- bellone - but the seller is not so sure as the name tag had disappeared.

I am hoping to increase my collection to 20 varieties and keep 3 trees per variety. That will be alot, 60 trees around my little house.

from left bellone, alma and wohan

with the above three, my collection has become 15.

I intend to stop at variety of 15 figs

My New Interest in Fig Tree

I had revived my interest in tropical farming. This time it will be in home farming, that mean I am planting fig tree around my home only.

In my last entry, I talk about the first tree is fruiting fter only 4 months. The price of fresh fig fruits is too expensive in Malaysia. The seedling is worst still.

The high price can be deterrent, and at the same time it can be s motivation, depending on which side you are on.

Here are some of the plants that I am starting to grow...