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$7 fig trees for spring/summer delivery, around 150+ varieties

Hey Greg ,
I agree with you that the real value is in the sharing and the joy it brings to both the giver and the one that is receiving .
Also you are right about the millions of years it took nature to create the trees . 
In as far as monetary value goes you can't root a ruby :)

John
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I just wanted to let James know, that I really appreciate him doing this sale! I can't even imagine the work it takes to do something like this! What's so great about this is, people who has limited funds can afford to have figs that they only just dreamed about, Thanks to James! : )
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Amen to that Frankallen.
You are a good man for doing this James!
I hope your Telapias and Bananas thrive just like our baby trees.
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thanks for doing this awesome deal! I placed my order in :) I can't wait until July
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Nice job James!  Nice concept.  I just placed a purchase.  This is a win-win for those looking to get there hands on some great cultivars!  The price is amazing.
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Pons varieties for 7 bucks im in!
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You are AWESOME! Thanks again buddy!
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this is really perfect for me I only need a few.  will place an order really soon. you now gave me WINTER FIG FEVER. thanks a lot lol.
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Thanks for the great offer, James. I just placed my order.
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Do you have Galicia negra?

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Now, we can all look forward to next year! : )
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Wonderful offer ! Nice to know that there will be for sure figlets of these great varieties in my future. Great varieties and price. Love this forum! Merry Christmas everyone!
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James - how are you handling over-orders of varieties?  Is your site taking a variety off the list when you have reached a max number of trees?  

And if not, how do you handle this hypothetical example: your Black Madeira tree can handle 25 cuttings, but you already have 50 orders for it, and people have paid in advance, expecting their tree in July.  Will you be emailing them to select a different variety, or refunding their extra payment (perhaps meaning they only will get 4 trees instead of 5), or asking them to wait till next year for it, or what?
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I love this James I think this is Great !!!! But their is a lot of concern about non-dormant fig trees being ship like this. Is their a way to guarantee they will live ??? All fruit trees and bare root plants are always ship dormant so they don't shock the plant by moving the soil away from the roots ,My second question is How are you going to process the new fig from growing in your green House before you ship them. ??? thanks
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Johnparav,
"Someone posted on another thread that paying 500 plus dollars for 3 cuttings was a good deal because it would cost more  to fly to Switzerland  and get your own cuttings . What a bunch of hogwash ....."


I was the person who paid those 3 cuttings of Ponte Tresa on Ebay for $541.00 and I thought I got a good deal BECAUSE I expected the price would go higher IF I did not wait until the very last 6 seconds to submit my bid .
Up to date I still feel happy with my decisions, and never regret to pay such a high price for those 3 Ponte Tresa cuttings . I am happy with my play . Happiness is priceless for me . 
If it happens tomorrow that someone would get 3 PT for only $1.00 on Ebay, I wont hesitate to congratulate that buyer for his LUCK . His luck and my happiness have the same value, no matter who pay what amount of money ..    
 Mr Johnparav,
you do not need to trash anybody who refuses to do things your way .

 
Regarding the recent sale of GreenFin, I believe I was among the first 10 persons (who had submitted a list and promptly paid for) when his sale just appeared on forums that awesome midnite . Whoever trust him, buy his cuttings . Whoever has some doubt, do not buy . That is simple . 

I confirm that I am not a fig dealer . So far I did not sell anything on Ebay or anywhere in the world . But who can stop me if I will sell my fig trees one day ????   




  
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Originally Posted by eboone
James - are you going to be regularly updating your sales page based on your anticipated available number of cuttings of each variety?

Very nice offer!

Yes, when sales for particular varieties get to the max I think I can produce over the next 6 months, I'll remove the 'Add to Cart' buttons for those varieties.  Kind of like I did with the cuttings page, but I won't keep the individual numbers updated in view like I did with the cuttings.
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Thanks James :)

And Merry Christmas!
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Originally Posted by cis4elk
  
I've been thinking about this since I read the post early this morning, I wasn't really sure how to react to it at first. It seems everyone who is saying anything is in support of it, why wouldn't they be. To me..it stinks.
Why?
Like many members, I have spent a considerable amount of time, money, and effort doing my homework and making purchases and trades. Some varieties were given to me out of the goodness of peoples hearts, and I thank all of you very much. Most of them I paid a fair going rate for, either as cuttings or retail plants. Some I paid through the nose for, partly because I really wanted that tree and partly because it was rare and of value. Having a rare and valuable variety is nice because it is OF VALUE, not that I'm in it for the money but because I now have something that I can likely make some trades for; and furthermore if I have a few extra plants at the end of the summer I can put them on eBay and get some return to help pay for this habit..just a bit. Every year I sell 2 or 3 plants on eBay, that is all.
Maybe I think it stinks because there is nothing on the list that I want. But most of all, now my valued varieties your telling me are worth $7. This doesn't leave me feeling good, and it shouldn't. Anyone who has something of value shouldn't be overjoyed to see someone else out there selling the same thing for nothing. I would like to have a positive outlook for this, but I don't. Sorry. I think if you charged even what a common tree is worth  at any given nursery for some of these varieties I wouldn't give a squirt, but this just feels sort of ridiculous and some other words that I can't and or shouldn't come up with...it's not even worth your time.

Thanks for devaluing my collection.

I don't think this project will devalue your collection as much as you think it might.  UC-Davis gave away cuttings for free for many, many years, and it didn't destroy the market.  For example, UC-Davis gave away far more Black Madeira wood than I will distribute, yet Black Madeira continues to be highly valued on ebay and elsewhere. 

My suspicion is that the extra supply that I'll inject into the market from this 1-time project will be countered by increased demand that continues to spiral upward as a result of the healthy growth of our hobby.  My project will help to grow the hobby and will help to get more people involved, which is just going to lead to more demand down the road.  Providing a cheaper entry into the world of fig collecting = more collectors, and more collectors = more demand. 

Regarding the price, I really struggled with what to charge.  I thought about charging $10-15 as a more neutral price, but didn't want people to think I was trying to make big profits, so I tried to go with the lowest price I could afford to offer, and have been intending to only do this as a 1-time thing.  I know the cheap price undermines some of the sales efforts of others, but so do all offers of free/cheap cuttings and trees.

I hope your collection thrives for you and continues to give you joy.
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If the tree is shipped to Ca. in lets say coir,is that considered bare root?

I don't think so, but I'm not sure.  One of the ways I had considered growing them was via hydroponics or aquaponics, perhaps even utilizing Deep Water Culture and growing them in water.  Doing so could result in massive root growth while avoiding the shock from having to remove the roots from potting mix or some other solid media.  I had been thinking I could then lightly pack moist sphagnum moss in with the roots, bag them up to keep the moisture in, and ship them that way.  But now I don't think I'd be allowed to add the sphagnum moss.

Here's the wording sent to me by the Cali Ag official:

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The following are hereby declared to be hosts and possible carriers of the pest quarantined against:

1. Soil (except when commercially packaged). For the purpose of this section, soil shall mean all growing media; 2. Humus, compost and manure (except when commercially packaged); 3. All plants with roots (except bare-root plants free from soil). “Free from soil” as used in this regulation shall mean free from soil in amounts that could contain concealed Japanese beetle larvae or pupae; Restrictions.
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Originally Posted by pukzpukz
I love this James I think this is Great !!!! But their is a lot of concern about non-dormant fig trees being ship like this. Is their a way to guarantee they will live ??? All fruit trees and bare root plants are always ship dormant so they don't shock the plant by moving the soil away from the roots ,My second question is How are you going to process the new fig from growing in your green House before you ship them. ??? thanks

Thanks, Joe.

I was thinking about growing some of the plants in a DWC media-less environment, so that the roots wouldn't get shocked.  Another idea was to go ahead and grow plants in a light potting mix, and to then remove the potting mix in such a way that the process doesn't shock the roots.  One idea for that would be to put them in an 8" deep trough of slowly running oxygenated water in my aquaponics tunnel.  The plants won't drown or suffer any negative effects from being submerged in that well-oxygenated water, and the mix could lazily fall away on its own over the course of an hour. 

I'm not sure what you mean by processing.  I'll probably spray them with an antitranspirant, is that what you mean?

Are you in Louisiana?  I don't think they require bare-rooting, so you shouldn't have any trouble on this front.  For folks in laxer states, I was intending to leave the smaller ones in cups and semi-bareroot the larger ones, removing/softening the potting mix enough to fit the rootball into the box.
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Originally Posted by figpig_66
Do you have Galicia negra?

No, but it sure looks tasty.
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Originally Posted by Figbert
First,  Thanks for the fantastic offer;  I am wondering about the request for the varieties requested also; but my main concern is the shipping,  Can we go back to that,  "  I put them in bags to keep them moist, and ship them in a box for sturdy protection."  Could I be able to get moist potting mix around the roots of my selections?   Its get incredibly hot and dry here in the desert SW,  I would be willing to pay extra if need be,  Thanks,,,,

I think it depends on your particular state's regulations.  I don't know for sure what New Mexico's regulations are, but I am hopeful because I don't think they're as restrictive as some others like CA and AZ.  I would ensure that the roots would stay very moist regardless of whether I get to use potting mix.

Can wet paper towels work almost as well?  For all figs not in pots, I was intending to wrap their roots in moist paper towels and plastic/bags to prevent them from drying out.
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  We're probably only talking a dozen or so forum members here on the left coast that are interested in making the buy and are impacted by the bare-root regs.  Bagged root-balls with moist shredded newsprint or paper towel have been received here happy as clams.  (And UPS shipments have not had the AG-Nazi's boot on their throat.  I received a 6-foot box from a member last night with eight 1.25" gauge stone-fruit trees in it with potting soil.)  
   My only concern was the time-line for this shipment.  July here means 110* heat.  Figure 125* in the trucks on the loading dock.  If AZ and CA shipments might go out in spring, they stand a lot better chance of not arriving as steamed vegetables.

   Blue
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To everyone:

Thanks for all the kind words and support!  I've been working my way through an avalanche of pm's and emails and hope to be caught up by tomorrow. 

I look forward to doing updates and sharing the progress of this project.  Wait till you see my 1,000 cup mega-heating-pad, it's pretty cool :)

We'll figure out shipping solutions that work for everyone.  A lot of folks will have it 'easy', since I won't have to bareroot their plants.  But for those in more restrictive states, we'll still get it figured out.  At worst we could always just wait for the peak heat to break, so you'd still get your trees, they'd just be bigger.

I appreciate the faith that so many are showing, and I take that responsibility very seriously.  I am absolutely committed to doing a good job on this project for all of you.

James
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One possibility for the bare-root trees would be a Missouri Gravel Bed. The gravel encourages thick bushy roots and plants up-root cleanly.
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