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

James, Looks AWESOME! I am excited to see everything is going so well.

Definitely "Green" with envy.  So excited to get my baby trees from you.  Which ones are they???

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Jodi, you mean you did not write them down? One of the most frustrating thing for me is losing a tag or mixing up the tags. This means I end up with an unknown after having a variety that has a name. Now I use metal tags and despite doing this, I have a couple with a question mark.

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Yes I have been labeling them all with the metal tags. At least with names they come to me with. I have a whole notebook full of Figs I'm becoming acquainted with now thx to the forum. Anxiously awaiting tasting the fruits. So many Figs...

I'm going to try a few video updates today to see if I can give everybody a better view:




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Is it too late to find more cuttings?  Any ideas or help will  be appreciated.

I am sorry if this red text is too rude.  I am just feeling sorta panicity   I have had no success with the cuttings that I purchases.  I would love to find someone who can get at least one to me.  I sent money for cuttings of the Godfather tree but have not heard anything.   I had so wanted to get started this year. Thank you in advance

Hi Sissy,

I did a quick search and found a couple of long-time forum members who are still selling some cuttings (apologies to any other trusted sellers I missed, I was just doing a quick search).  I've bought cuttings from both of them, and have always been really pleased.  Here are links to their ebay pages:

drivewayfarmer: http://www.ebay.com/sch/drivewayfarmer/m.html?item=152089453886&hash=item23693ce53e%3Ag%3AFQgAAOSw3mpXNeXq&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

Herman2: http://www.ebay.com/sch/hermansur/m.html?item=322105343894&hash=item4afef97f96%3Ag%3AcwkAAOSwP~tW5fWe&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

It's usually hard to find cuttings at this time of year, but you might get lucky if you start a thread about it.  There are lots of helpful members in the fig community, and I wouldn't be surprised if someone had some extra wood that they were willing to prune off of their trees to help you get started.

I just started watching your videos, wow, I have small idea of how much work is involved and I can say great job!

Also, it's fun to guess the varieties as they float around. :)

Hi James, just finished watching your videos, great job!. You are a very busy man! I see your zone 6a, and just wondering what type of winter protection do you give your outside fig orchard?

Great job on the latest videos, GreenFin. The fig trees seem to be growing well. Will definately need to be hardened off after shipment.

Just curious, how do you control mosquitoes or are they even a problem? How about gnats and fruit flies?

James my old friend. My hat goes off to you.
Good Luck


Wow, i just remembered i placed an order and havent checked the thread in a while so i thought id check it out.  I dont know how you do it.  The vids you posted are great.  cant wait to get the plants.  Thanks again for the great offer.

Very, very cool!  Love the fig progress, and those bananas are awesome!  Great videos.  Is it July yet??  I can't wait, and I will be sending in my 2017 order soon, too.

Absolutely awesome! I just ordered a i258 from you can't wait

Hi james ....
Nice for ur information...
But what you also give a guarantee for such international shipments to Asia ?


    moeslem,    James has absolutely no control over the customs nor postal systems in foreign countries that may thwart the delivery of shipped packages abroad.    And many of us here have experienced the result of jumping through all of the legal hoops to send our cuttings overseas, only to have the recipient declare that the cuttings arrived non-viable.   AND...  after shouldering the expense and cumbersome legal burden of sending replacements abroad, we received a counterfeit cultivar back from the recipient, rather than our original cuttings.   So any guarantee that might be offered, would simply invite these said abuses.

   How about THEM figs!   

    LOL!!!!

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Wellspring Nursery sells and ships $12.98 per tree, they arrive 6-8 inches tall fully rooted and ready to pot.

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Hi James, just finished watching your videos, great job!. You are a very busy man! I see your zone 6a, and just wondering what type of winter protection do you give your outside fig orchard?

I start by planting them all very deep when they're first planted, so there will always be at least a foot of wood that survives below ground regardless of how severe the winter is; that way it'll always sprout back up in the spring even in the worst case scenario.

When early winter arrives, I mound up mulch (hay, compost) around the base of the tree.  The trees this winter were all killed down to that mound line, but the wood from the mound line down all survived.

Next year I may step things up and put small tunnels over them, I'm not sure.  I'm also planted about 150 more, so I may hire some help with whatever method I use!

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Great job on the latest videos, GreenFin. The fig trees seem to be growing well. Will definately need to be hardened off after shipment. Just curious, how do you control mosquitoes or are they even a problem? How about gnats and fruit flies?

My shadehouse finally just arrived, so that'll give me a chance to try my hand at hardening them off before shipment.  Now I just need to squeeze 'build 50' shadehouse kit' into my existing 100-item to do list...

The fish quickly gobble up any mosquito larvae they encounter, so the pools never cause any problems.  The bananas, however, catch water at the base of their leaves, and larvae can grow in there.  Amazingly, lizards seem to do a pretty good job of getting most of them (I've probably got a dozen little lizards living in the tunnels).  But a lot of mosquitos fly in from outside, so there's always some.  On the bright side, though, they seem disoriented and tend to just hang out on the plastic roof.

There are gnats and fruit flies, but they seem to prefer the banana litter (old leaves, flowers, male fruit, and especially any overripe or rotting fruit), so they don't hang out around the figs or seem to cause any problems that I can see. 

Speaking of Wellspring Gardens, they're a good source for Kona Sugarloaf pineapple plants.  If you've never had a Sugarloaf pineapple, you're missing out!  They're red on the outside with white flesh, and there's no core so you can just cut the top off and eat it out like a sundae :)  I think they're superior to standard yellow pineapples in both flavor and texture, I can't recommend them enough.

James, thank you for the great offer! Wish I found your site earlier so I could've ordered for 2016. Can't wait for my 2017 order to arrive!

Carmine
Long Island NY

Hi, James! Trying to stay afloat with many responsibilities going on in my life right now so I havent been on F4F much. But I had yo come say hello and say that I am looking forward to my little trees :-). Thank you in advance! I KNOW it is a tremendous amount of work for you. Great work you do!!!

I can't wait for my July order!

James, I placed my order and now can't wait till March! Thanks for the opportunity!

Hey James,

Thanks for the updates on the thread and all of your work!  Just had a quick question as to when in July will the figs be sent out?

Thank you,

Phil

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Hey James,

Thanks for the updates on the thread and all of your work!  Just had a quick question as to when in July will the figs be sent out?

Thank you,

Phil


Hopefully the July deliveries are still on track... looking forward to mine! I ordered some for next March as well and will put in another order for next March since he has added more varieties but figured I would wait for my July order to see how they arrive. It is a great opportunity to pick up some rare varieties so I have been excited... looking forward to an update!!!

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