Wordless wednesday

Wordless wednesday

Turkish Fig

My Turkish friend spent the fasting month and celebrates Eid Mubarak in my house. His wife and his 3 children arrive a few days before fasting months and he arrives a few days before Eids. Since i start growing fig i asked him to bring fig cutting from Turkey for me but his father told him that fig will not grow from cutting. Imagine my surprise when he gave me 2 fig seedlings (in a polybag) instead of cutting that i asked for! It is really amazing how he can bring these fig seedlings as hand luggage, carrying it all the way from Turkey to Malaysia and not being caught by authority. Sadly he does not know what cultivar it is but the fruit is for sure not purple. I hope this fig is self pollinating. Thanks Mevlut for the fig seedlings.

Turkish fig

grown from cutting

And these are the self pollinating fig that is grown from cutting. Only  50% of cutting rooting and growing shoot, the rest of the cutting become mouldy during shipping and rot after a few days. But considering the cost of buying fig seedling, this method is still cheaper.  The big seedling is Adriatic and the other one is conadria. A few more cutting is growing shoot (white patlican, calimyrna, abacou, adriatik and conadria)

Cinnamon basil

I love varieties of herb. This is among the basil that i grown. For Asian who is so used to cook with spice, this cinnamon basil smell is very annoying, it just has a hint of cinnamon, but the combination of cinnamon and basil is very strange. It taste is slightly better than lemon basil. It is 4th in my list.