yeah.. i have 5 different type in cup right now.. all totaling in 26 (recount from last time, my son found that it's 26 and not 28). well.. 7 types if i count 3 backups.

i'll end up keeping two of each, and give away the rest. i guess i just like the satisfaction of knowing they have rooted.

pete

Who? Me? 

This is my first year rooting figs, and I do have a lot. Not gonna say how many... In the triple digits. Already there are 17 out of the rooting chamber(s), and living outside in the shade with hopefully many more to follow. I want to have the problem of 'too many'. I don't know how many I'll keep, or in what forms - in pots, in ground, in hedges, 'down the hill on their own', etc.

I am hoping to have lots of plants in gallons to give away, and there are plant friends already interested in growing something besides the local 'standard 3' (brown turkey, mission, and that green one). Besides friends, I'm willing to give them to local farms, fruit stands, etc. They can grow them themselves or sell them for a profit. I don't care, I'm just having great fun doing it.

But that is just a hopeful dream... Reality may be different.

joe,

what are your 12?

pete

Thanks Michael for providing some solace to this disquieting dilemma, but what do I do after I clean my bowl?

Gina, I like your logic and enthusiasm.. I personally have a problem with giving my "children" away. Once they burst forth into this world, I feel obligated to protect them from all the evils of the world until they come to a natural death...unless they produce tasteless, watery figs, of course.

Joe, I like your resolve. Are you sure I can't tempt you with a Jolly Tiger for spot #13?

I learned from my mom who also loved to start things, then give many away. If you give them away, you have room to start even more.

When I was starting blueberries a few years ago, I ended up giving away maybe more than half of them. Those were nice too - most a couple years old. I find it helpful for my mental health to totally pre-absolve anyone of responsibility for taking care of any plant I give them. Roses, sages, landscape plants too...

I also start numerous seeds in the spring and give away many tomatoes, peppers and the like. It gives me pleasure. :)

Every time I think I'm done I read about a variety new to me and the bug bights again, I'll be done after I get this one and that one.... For the 20th time I'm nearly done ...again 

egads!

I mist mine by hand when they are uncovered and no roots yet, and even though I have 'triple digits', my triple digits are no where near 800, lol.

And I thought I had jumped the shark. ;)

Dave - when I was in college, one of my roommates famly had just moved to the Verde Valley. During spring break we would go explore the various historic sites, ruins, etc. Pretty country.  

It's not my fault I have 80 figs in 1 gallon pots from cuttings with likely more to come.  I used to get 1/3-5 to root and this year the first 2 batches rooted 100% and the rest rooted over 80%.  Like many of you I've given lots away and am selling some on ebay.

LOL, You'll get plenty of encouragement here, just hang around and keep posting. You'll have 20 before you know it, that probably won't be enough for you, it certainly wasn't for me. Bananas are nice, but as you learned far more difficult in our part of the world, little return for the effort if you are looking for fruit to eat. Figs on the other hand, much more bang for the buck.

Noss,

I definitely qualify for the newbie and I figure I've had good success. Having said that I think that my success is directly related to two things. The first being total neglect.

When I received my cuttings I prepped them by using a 10% bleach wash and then a thorough water rinse followed by a burial in 70/30 mix of Potting mix/perlite that was barely moist not wet. They were then placed in Chinese take out trays. These seal very well. I then, and here is where the neglect came in, stacked the trays about four deep and placed them on top of my hot water heater which is in a dark closet. I came back one month later and took them out and potted up what had rooted. What did not root I put back in for more neglect.

The second part is keeping them in my face. The potted ones are left on a sheet tray and are prominently displayed on my kitchen bar. My wife isn't thrilled with this part.

I see them twenty times a day and just keep up with them. If they look like they need a little water I give it. But mostly I just look at them a lot. When the first really dark green leaves appear they go outside (not by design but the temps were low 60's to mid 80's) on a table under a very large grapefruit tree. Here they get checked a minimum of four times a day.

All this is probably just luck on my part but that is what has worked this year which is my first year rooting figs.