Bountiful Figs

I have started a loquat project, the project will be finding out which cultivars can fruit in zone 7a ‘Northeastern United States’, and which can fruit in zone 7a ‘South Eastern United States’, and I do mean in the ground unprotected. At least one cultivar has fruited every year in zone 7a ‘South Eastern United States’, yet the cultivar is unknown and still has to be tested in zone 7a ‘Northeastern United States’.

Many cultivars can survive zone 7a, yet the plant surviving does not mean that the flower buds, or that the flowers have much if any frost resistance. If the flower buds or the flowers are destroyed then that ruins the chance of a crop. At this time I am still growing the seedlings which will become the root stock, for the cultivars that I will test in our climate.

Here are seedlings that I started germinating the seeds Monday, May 6th, 2019:

This photo was taken Monday, July 22nd, 2019

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This photo was taken Monday, July 29nd, 2019

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These three photos were also taken on Monday, July 29nd, 2019, each grow bag taken individually

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These photos was taken Wednesday, August 14th, 2019

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March 2020 I gave each seedling that I started Monday, May 6th, 2019 it's own grow bag.

These two photos were taken Monday, March 30th, 2020, they are the same plant taken at different angles

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These two photos were also taken Monday, March 30th, 2020, they are the same plant taken at different angles, yet not the plant above

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These photos were also taken Monday, March 30th, 2020, 3 other seedlings.

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These photos were taken Friday, May 22nd 2020

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This photo was taken Tuesday, July 7th, 2020

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The 2 following photos are the same plant taken from different angles, they were taken Friday, October 9th 2020

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The 3 following photos are the 3 remaining seedlings, 2 of the original 6 seedlings perished in 2020, these photos were also taken Friday, October 9th 2020

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