Thanks for the great offer.

After spending many hours reading fig description I liked 33 varieties.... then I thought o no I would have to buy 33 containers and plant them.... needless to say I need to narrow down the list. :( wondering if u can get a votata plant..read that it's O so good

Hi Greenfin...one request for Persian White if you can track that one down.  Thank you for this great service to the fig community.  Hope it all goes very well for you.

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!

I wish I had more space for more trees, what an awesome deal/service to the F4F community! Hopefully I'll be able to place a small order at a later date after making space for a few more trees. Wishing you the best of luck with this endeavor and Merry Christmas!

If the tree is shipped to Ca. in lets say coir,is that considered bare root?

  

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.

Ok, this is a great opportunity for people to get their dream varieties at a very VERY low cost.
Let's harvest the positive and get rid of Negative energy in this thread.
Every body has valid concerns and they should be discussed openly. Nothing wrong with that.

Having said that, I have read several times a concern that is very valid. THE TIME OF TRAVEL OF BAREROOTS. Can be detrimental and fatal to survival of delicate new starter trees for which James would've worked so hard to grow for us.

A suggestion: And this should be strictly the choice of the buyer, Perhaps the delivery month can be changed to whatever the buyer feels would be safe for their done?

And finally, I do have confidence in James's good intention. I say we should all support and give the project a chance. Afterall, it's a win-win situation for both us and him.
I have places my order! It's a YES forme.

ok I ordered  4 trees and paid ..

I will be in trouble ...ha ha


no more figs  was the order from the bos

Thank you Calvin. I suppose Ponte Tresa's are now worth only $7 so I guess I'll just give mine away.

By The Way......
If James can grow bananas and figs in Kansas, I am most confident he can pull this off too.
Cheers!

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 .
As far as real value goes , its a tree not a rare gem that nature took millions of years to create . You just stick a twig in the ground and it grows into a tree and you cut that tree into twigs and make many more trees so lots of twigs quickly.
If you go to the Mediterranean , every time you turn a corner you'll find another fig tree growing wild with beautiful figs . Nobody tries to hoard the variety and sell cuttings for hundreds of dollars .
So for those that have overpaid in the past well now you don't have to .
And for those that are just getting into figs this is a great deal and you don't have to go through the hassle of rooting them yourself.

John

Fico preto, black maderia, all cdd's, Abebereira, and most of the high priced trees for $7..... you guys are so lucky. This is how it should be and its a bareroot not even a stick. Mass produce and make profit. Proper nurserymen . I wish if I could buy some from you :(..  

Nature took millions of years to create trees too and they're so much better than ANY gemstone.  I feel bad for people who can't think of better things to do with their cash then spend it on a stone because it's rare....sort of a strange kind of selfishness that we can fall into.  I'm with you very much on being happy to see these plants prices come down.  I think the real value in these plants comes from being able to share them.  When I get expensive figs they get spread around for the cost of shipping once I grow them up...feels great to do because the real value is in the joy they bring to us all because of the miracle that they are.  Greenfin is doing this in a much more meaningful way than most of us can...thank you Greenfin!

Scarcity is a bad thing.