just saw an Ad on Craigslist, for A fig tree that need a home.

http://newjersey.craigslist.org/zip/3966070108.html

Mark

The owner called me last night, I am going to get it tomorrow. It's only 2 miles from my home.

How awesome! 

nice!!

good, Jimmy to the Rescue, again. I have to see your backyard it all should be zoned by neighborhoods.
Mark

Clifton, NJ.....isn't that the origin of FrozenJoe's "Joe's Jersey" fig tree?  I wonder.......


Frank

Lyndhurst is a small town, very close to Rutherford & Clifton. Lyndhurst has 36% residents has Italian ancestry. Some of my neighors don't even speak English. There are many fig trees in Lyndhurst and surrounding towns. Most of them are cold hardy and not protected for decades. BTW, Lyndhurst White was discovered here.

I did saved several large fig trees. But my yard here is out of space. So most of new trees are planted in Piscataway. I just put 250 trees in ground this week. Still have space for maybe 800 trees. Who wants to eat fig buffet 2 years later?

Update -- I didn't get the tree. The owner backed out and decide to keep the tree.

Jimmy you'll have quite an extensive orchard ! Did the owner at least offer you cuttings of the tree he decided to keep?

Pattee,
He just bought this house with the fig in the yard. He is afraid the tree will damage the house so wants to get rid of it. Just before I go there, someone told him the tree is still small, won't hurt the house in a few years. So he decide to keep it.

Hi Jimmy. The 250 trees that you planted in the ground, how do you protect them in winter?Or do you need to do it? Elizabeth.

Hi Elizabeth,

Most of them (>90%) are the same cold hardy variety, they will be on their own. For other varieties, I'll cut off young and green branches when winter comes and cover the trunk with mulch. If the tree is really small, I will dig it out and bring indoor.

Hi Jimmy, thanks for the info!

Great job in saveing trees,we lost a lot of trees from sandy,i am in Keansburg,I saved 3 myself.