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Fig Seeds In A Cup® Grow Kit

Ficus carica

From the first seed to the next new leaf. Explore your plant’s growing conditions, seasonal rhythm, and everyday care.

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THE PLANT NOTEBOOK

Fig care, from seed onward.

Botanical name
Ficus carica
Common names
Common Fig
Family
Moraceae
Genus
Ficus
Species
F. carica
01

Start growing

Warmth and sun. Restrict roots to encourage fruit. Protect from heavy frost.

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Growing with your kit

The Seeds In A Cup® kit uses a 'cuttings' approach (or seed) to show how easily figs root.

03

Propagation

Cuttings (easiest) or seed.

04

Seasonal growth & harvest

Can produce two crops a year (Breba and Main).

05

Growing conditions

Dry, sunny, rocky areas.

06

Weather & tolerances

Drought tolerant; salt tolerant.

07

Pests & plant health

Nematodes, birds.

08

Plant safety

Sap is a skin irritant (phototoxic).

09

Botanical features

A deciduous shrub/tree with lobed leaves. The 'fruit' is actually an inverted flower cluster (syconium).

10

Varieties

‘Brown Turkey’, ‘Celeste’, ‘Chicago Hardy’.

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Garden & everyday uses

Fresh or dried fruit. culinary delicacy

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Native range & distribution

Native to the Mediterranean and Western Asia.

13

Conservation

Secure.

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Name origins

Latin ‘ficus’.

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History

One of the first plants ever domesticated by humans (dating back 11,000+ years).

TURN KNOWING INTO GROWING

Your next beginning, in a cup.

Seeds In A Cup® grow kits matched to fig.

THE GROWING CONVERSATION

Questions grow here.

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