Adoption of BT at Lowes

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adoresfigs45

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Posted 1434203009	Reply with quote #1

While cruising markdown racks yesterday, I saw fig tree. Hmm a treasure? Nope BT. Garden manager (whom I have gotten to know quite well from my turn trash into treasure ability) said " Joyce take the fig. " No uh huh. " It's 3 dollars." No don't want it. "1.00 I have to get something for it and I will throw these two pieces of lucky bamboo that fell out of their pot in for good measure, see they have nice roots" Now the ladies that work there have moseyed to the back and are shaking their heads up and down and smiling. "Take it, Take it. Nobody wants it" Ok, OK. Husband says that it the uglist plant ever. So home it came. Pruned, Repotted fertilized. Hope you all are proud of me. LOL Joyce

ChrisK

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Posted 1434204684	Reply with quote #2

Well done Joyce . Feels great to save one and they usually understand or feel the kindness you show them and pay you back in awesome figs. Pic please, when and if you get a chance. Working downtown ATL today. Brings back memories of NYC.. It is cool not to be in the woods once in a while, lol. __________________ ChrisK Atl GA Zone 7b-8a

DesertDance

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Posted 1434214254	Reply with quote #3

Congratulations on your BT score! Enjoy! Suzi __________________ Zone 9b, Southern California. "First year they sleep, Second year they creep, Third year they leap!" Wish List: I wish all of you happy fig collecting! My wishes have been fulfilled!

Egghead

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Posted 1434224813	Reply with quote #4

Joyce! A woman after my own heart -- I haunt the Lowes markdown racks! LOL! __________________ -- Ione -- amazondoc on ebay -- http://www.eggheadhill.com (website coming eventually!) Lebanon, TN 6b/7a Figs (currently all babies): Atreano, Battaglia Green, Black Bethlehem, Desert King (Wellspring), Ischia Green (Wellspring), Janice, Kathleen's Black, Lattarula/Italian Honey (Wellspring), Letizia/Florea? (Wayside), LSU Black (PFTP), LSU Gold, LSU Purple, Lyndhurst White, Magnolia/Brunswick (Wellspring), Marseilles Black VS, Nero 600M, "North China"/Magnolia?, O'Rourke (PFTP), Olympian (Wellspring), Osborn, Panache (yay!), Peter's Honey, Petite Black Dwarf/Petite Negri? (Wellspring), Poppa John (PFTP), Red Lebanese (cuttings), Red Sicilian, Sal's (EL), Ronde de Bordeaux, Sicilian Black (Robin), Stella, Violette de Bordeaux (Wellspring) wishlist: Florea, Hollier, LaRadek English Brown Turkey, Rockaway Green, Smith, Vasilika Sika, Weeping Black, any Rimada -- and Jolly Tiger someday!

JoAnn749

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Posted 1434262561	Reply with quote #5

The fig Gods may reward you for rescuing the BT, and it will be a tree that was labeled wrong! The "Celeste" I purchased from a garden center turned out to be a LSU Purple! __________________ Jo-Ann DFW TX, Zone 7b-8a Wish List: Black Madeira,, Kathleen's Black, Malta Black, Marseille VS Black, White Paradisio, LSU Scott's Black, Conadria, White Trianna, Marttineca Rimada, Excel, Peter's Honey, Bebera Preta (Abebereira), Strawberry Verte

kkk2210

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Posted 1434328898	Reply with quote #6

I hope it turns out as a black Madeira __________________ Vinny Bognor Regis, United Kingdom Wish List : Callara, De La Rio,Cul Noir, Calvy, LSU Red, I-258, Maltese Beauty, Preto, FMV Infected Ischia Black UCD. My Ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/myb/Summary?MyEbay&gbh=1

jdsfrance

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Posted 1434362567	Reply with quote #7

Hi adoresfigs45, Nice find. Now you just need to find out if it really is a BT . Do you have a little pic ? Just to know if I'm proud of you, or reaaaaaaally proud of you :) I myself kept haunting a shop that has a spring sale on plants, and for two years they had small fig trees - yes labelled BT too - but they were not BT - I have one just to try and find out. But they saved my soul... They had no fig trees this year :( . __________________ ------------------------ Climate from -25°C to + 35°C Only cold hardy figtrees can make it here

greenbud

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Posted 1434385673	Reply with quote #8

Whatever variety you bought I hope it exceeds your expectations and provides you and your family with tasty, healthy food! Sometimes the discoveries you're not searching for provide you with the greatest amount of joy...

binbin9

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Posted 1434391175	Reply with quote #9

figs are a rare find at any of the bog box stores in Seattle. But for a dollar how can you lose? __________________ Renton, WA My Seattle Garden Blog \| Fig Addiction WISH LIST: Genovese Nero Rafeds \| UCR 187-25 \| Black Tuscan \| Black Triana \| Jack Lilly \| Barbillone \| St Rita \| Tauro \| Jin Ao Fen \| Lampeira Preto \| Any fig over 100grams =)

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