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Originally Posted by kkk2210
8 years .. Does the winner get free cuttings lol?? . It could be ponte tresa lol


Your wish might come true Vinny ! who knows ?


Everybody so far, did not have a right answer yet
Yes, I will give away something nice if ... I win the lottery tonite hehehe

Wait.....that tree is in Texas! Ok, it is 4 years old. But I still think it could be Atreano. Those branches look just like my tree.

I'm with Dennis.  4 years old.

I would guess that it's 5 years old.

5 years old

The lady owner said 10 years, but I do not think so 

Mai
check the history of the sale of the house and see how much the old owners had the house before the Hungarians purchased the house.
check the Zillow.com first.
then you might have an idea give and take couple of years...
Mark

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Originally Posted by lolita1234
The lady owner said 10 years, but I do not think so 


How old do you think the tree is, and why? Thanks for your interesting account and photo :)

Lol, Richie!!

How is the Fig Rescue coming along? I love the story and hope the tree does great and rewards you with beauty and tasty Figs!

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Originally Posted by noss
I don't want the tree, so I don't care how old it is, but you could air layer big pots on each of the trunks and get several trees for free AND let the stumps grow up to get more, if it's a good variety.  Just a thought.  Good luck with your tree.

noss


You read my mind, Sir .
I already did since the tree was in my possession from day 1 

Nice tree! You may graft your PT to this tree.

I had a truck load of branches to bring home that day . It took me 10 hours to cut them into small sticks and another 2 days to pot all the branches (that I am planning to do bonsai with them)

here are some of the cuttings. There was a total of more than 850 cuttings   . Please do not mind the name on the bags. I just recycled old plastic bags that belonged to people who sold their cuttings to me )r


The next day , I brought an electric Saw-All, 2 shovels, and a number of plastic bags . Hired a Mexican guy at the Labor center to go along .
The Hungarian lady asked "what are you going to do with the fig tree ?"
I joked  " I am going to grind all the trunks into powder and make medicine with it "
"for what kinda treatment ?"
"leaves for Sadness. Fruit for Depression . Roots for Mental troubles . Trunk for Laziness .. You name it !."
"Really ?'  
"Yah ! this is a precious tree "
"Well,  you are going to make a fortune ! I think I was crazy to sell it . I need to keep one branch "
I laughed  , laughed and laughed ...

Using a shovel the guy started to dig around the tree . We both thought that the tree was 10 year old (the owner told us so) 



But when all the dead leaves around the tree base were removed, my Gosh ! what you saw before was just some branches that belonged to a huge tree underneath .


. The more we took the dirt out (and it was muddy ) the more we discovered that the diameter of that base was about 1 meter . No way that we can dig the whole thing in one piece . Way tooooooo big and roots were crawling everywhere .

What should we  do ??? use a crane ?

What the story about bonsai?

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Originally Posted by lolita1234

The Hungarian lady asked "what are you going to do with the fig tree ?"
I joked  " I am going to grind all the trunks into powder and make medicine with it "
"for what kinda treatment ?"
"leaves for Sadness. Fruit for Depression . Roots for Mental troubles . Trunk for Laziness .. You name it !."
"Really ?'  
"Yah ! this is a precious tree "
"Well,  you are going to make a fortune ! I think I was crazy to sell it . I need to keep one branch "
I laughed  , laughed and laughed ...


Mai, that is hilarious.  :)
As for the trunk, I would dig up what is achievable by the average human, then simply state that there is no way to remove that caliber of trunk without a machine.  I think that would be fair.  Don't let her take advantage of you.  Get some rest!

I have done bigger and it probably weigh in around 350 lbs, need to dig a three foot diameter and two feet down. Two very strong people can lift it into a van.

Wait a second. That cut off base was not part of the original picture. My guess was 6-8 years old. That is the age of what I saw in the picture. It would not include age of the stump. Lol

I'm a landscaper. The largest fig tree I've moved (with 2 helpers) was about 8' tall x 6' wide. The base was over 3' wide x 2' deep. We hand dug it and used a ball cart to move it. I estimate it was well over 600 lbs. probably over 30 years old. The largest roots were the size of baseball bats. We cut those off with a sawzall.

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Originally Posted by Figgysid1
17 years old?
I ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE OUT A FIG TREE BUT THEY WANTED TOO MUCH AND I'M WAY TO OLD TO DO IT MYSELF!! IT WAS A CELESTE FOR SURE.. I'D SAY LOOKING AT THE SIZE OF THE BRANCHES LEFT IT IS ABOUT 5 YEARS OLD OR EVEN MAYBE 6 BECAUSE TREE'S IN DALLAS, TX DON'T GROW VERY FAST BECAUSE OF THE WINTER MONTHS.. LOOKING AT IT I  WOULD THINK IT MIGHT BE A ALMA FIG TREE!! ??? JUST GUESSING THOUGH..
THEFIGSTER!

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