Greenfin is a genuine nurseryman. Stop worrying too much, it's way better that spending a lot on cuttings and killing them.

Thank you your nice offer. I just order 25 rooted cutting figs.

Thank you.

I wanted to share some pics of one of the new methods I'm using to root and grow fig trees this winter.  I heat the water in the big pools, float hard plastic wading pools on that warm water, and then put fig cuttings/plants into those wading pools.  This gives me bottom heat, a nice zone of warm humid air, and well-distributed sunlight (from the random spinning of the wading pools throughout the day).  It also gets the plants up at a nice height to work with, so I don't have to bend over to tend to them :)

Most of these have been started over the last 3 weeks, with the ones with the most green growth being the oldest.  There's one Hardy Chicago in the first pic that has much more green growth than the others; it's been out there for 6 weeks and was part of an original threesome of cuttings that I tested (the other 2 leafed out even faster and were sold a couple of weeks ago).

The water temperature has been fairly cool, mostly staying in the upper 60's.  Rooting progress has been okay, but I'm going to raise the water temp up to around 75F to accelerate growth.  I'm also considering hanging grow lights over the pools to further accelerate growth.

 
 

 

 

 

Hey James, now that's an original idea! Good Job! .......Amazing! : )

Frank from Bama

Pretty dang cool..

You have some of the best ideas.

  James, that is the Marine World  for plants!  I just envision a giant Venus Fly Trap circling inside that pool waiting for you to reach across for a potted plant...   and that will be the last we hear from James!


   Blue

lol Blue :) 

Thanks for the kind words, everyone! 

It's definitely super humid in there, but there's enough air movement that it isn't problematic when vegetating.  It's not a good place for ripening figs, though--I get a lot of splitting in there.

I'm heading out now to pot up some more...

James, that is creativity at its best!!  How ingenious!

Awesome.  I think I saw my 5 floating by in one of the pictures!

Thanks ...

This is great. 

Finally -- No messing with rooting grief and searches for many top notch variants. Good prices and wide range of varieties.

James, I know this has got to be a lot of work! Just wanted to let you know from the Members, I have talked to, it's very much appreciated! Saves us a lot of time, money, heartaches and probably.... Divorces...lol

Thanks Again....

Frank from Bama : )

What a great idea!  And your bananas are looking superb.  Congratulations.

Thank you james...made an order for 5 trees to Marianna Fl. :)

The cuttings I bought from you are starting to shine, esp. The LSU Gold.( pic attached)

Im less hamstrung with the net now that I have a better phone.

Please folks look twice or thrice before passing on this offer.

I have several types of cuttings from James, everything is growing well. Need to find more space to get more. I would take anything he has with pride. James, if someone tells you they are my wife......run, lol.  Maybe the plants should be sprayed with antidepressants, killin myself here.

Hey James, if I win lotto tonight I'm coming to Kansas to buy your greenhouse, Mike.

Thank you, James!  Both for making this great offer, and for sharing your unique idea.  Between now and July, you'll have to share more pictures so we can see our little trees!

Amazing offer. Thank you.

Here are some updated pics :)

The bananas continue to stand guard, but their leaves are yellowing a bit from temps getting down to around 40F near the roof during a recent 0F cold spell outside.

This Hardy Chicago is around 7 and a half weeks old, and looks like it's ready to start getting some fertilizer.  I root the cuttings in ProMix HP without any additives.

Mare de Deu in center, Kure Beach on left:

This Black Madeira isn't as old as the others, it was just recently potted up.  But it's got one nice root and a greening tip, so it's off to a good start:

Petite Negri:

This whole tub is Conadria.  Since this is a designated 'Conadria tub', I'm re-using some old cups that have other names on them.)

The two tubs in the back are the most recent.  The tub with the most growth was filled first, the one closest to the camera was filled about 10 days later, and the two in back were about 10 days after that.

Due to the extremely high humidity and the intermittent 'rain' from water condensing and dripping from the roof, the potting mix is absorbing a lot of moisture and is wetter than ideal for rooting cuttings.  It looks like the cuttings that were already starting to grow at the time they were potted have continued to grow, while many of the 15-20 cuttings that were totally dormant when potted haven't done much.

So to play things safe, all pre-rooting will be done indoors in humidity bins like I've done in past years.  When their buds break and their roots are pushing up against the edge of their clear 16oz cups, I'll move them out into the brighter and wetter environment in the greenhouses.

Stay tuned for pics of Bin Mountain, it's holding 300 cups of impending figgy awesomeness :)

Awesome James, thanks for sharing the progress. I am very excited about this!

James, when do you think the Add to Cart buttons will be added to the backorders page? http://www.figcuttings.com/p/custom-fig-tree-orders.html