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This listing is for a live and healthy Giacomo Rao fig tree growing in a #2 nursery pot. Started from a cutting as a backup. Strong root structure, and ready to up-pot or go inground next season. Produces medium-sized green figs with pink pulp. There is no shipping available. This fig tree is a PICKUP ONLY ITEM LOCATED IN STATEN ISLAND, NY.
Giacomo Rao is a variety introduced last season. If you missed out on the cuttings giveaway, please don't miss out on this tree. This is the absolute last one I will have for this season. The new owners of the property have not (yet) invited me back to prune this beautiful tree. So I don't know if there will be another shot at cuttings material for a giveaway. Please click this link to the giveaway from last season and read the story behind this beauty.
About Fig Mosaic Virus (FMV). Most of the fig trees in our orchard show signs of FMV. We don't consider FMV to be a significant issue and believe all fig trees have the virus. As fig collectors, it's something we have to accept and shouldn't worry about. When a fig tree is afforded proper care, sunlight, and nutrition, FMV appears to a much lesser degree or not at all. We've also observed as fig trees age the virus will appear less frequently. We love eating figs and don't treat our beautiful fig trees with any chemicals other than Neem oil which is a natural product. So figs coming from a tree with signs of FMV taste just as delicious as figs coming from one that doesn't.
About NYCfigs
Like many children of Italian immigrants, I grew up around a wonderful fig tree. We shared a building with our extended family in the Westchester Square section of the Bronx, NY and the fig tree was my Great-Grandfather Pietro's. In 1942 Grandpa brought a small piece of that tree with him when he emigrated from Bari, Italy. I have many childhood memories playing with my brother and cousins under the canopy of that massive fig tree. Grandpa's fig tree never failed to provide a delicious summer snack for all of us. Although everyone has moved away and the building has since been sold, Grandpa's fig tree continues to grow in the same spot today. I started growing my own fig tree on Staten Island in 1995 and collecting in 2012. Today I consider myself a horticulturist, fig collector, and hobbyist with approximately 60 different fruiting varieties in our collection, including Great-Grandpa Pietro's. My family enjoys propagating and raising figs in potted culture here in New York City with no help from a greenhouse. Our goal is to find the many wonderful varieties of fig that grow well in NYC, USDA Zone 7b, with the minimal amount of fuss. It is a wonderful, healthy activity we share together with friends and neighbors. I am a member of CRFG, NAFEX, BYFG and a regular contributor to the Ourfigs and former Figs4Fun forums under the moniker nycfig. I'm a contributor and administrator of one of the largest Facebook Groups dedicated to figs, Rafed's Fig Group. In 2016 I was honored with the title of Fig King at the Staten Island Fig Festival, New York State's only event encompassing all things fig. I am also the founder and owner of figBid.com, the internet's only open marketplace dedicated to figs.
If you are the slightest bit interested in learning about fig trees I highly recommend joining www.ourfigs.com. There are also several active Facebook groups that you can check out. Just type "Fig Tree" in the Facebook search bar and click the link for 'Groups'.