They got the only affordable figs on eBay. 

I just ordered 7 Black Mission plants from Florida Hill Nursery, directly from their web-site.  The small trees will be mailed on Tuesday, and should be at my door on Thursday.

I will let you know when I open the box.

Frank

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Yes, 7 small trees....for a pleaching/twisting/braiding experiment.

Funny you say that.  I just ordered a Black Mission Yesterday from Florida Hill.   I ordered a Green Ishia about a month ago.  It's growing like a weed.

I ordered a Black Jack and a Black Mission in 4" pots back in the Winter of 2010 from Wellspring Gardens. Both plants have been very slow to grow and nether has produced a fig. The Black Jack just started forming its main crop at the end of June so the jury is still out as to whether its true to name. It seems to have a weeping tendency. The Mission appears to be correct, but without fruit, you never know. Neither plant shows signs of FMV. The transaction with the vendor was uneventful.

EDIT: I double-checked my notes and realized that I bought the Black Jack from Almost Eden, not Wellspring Gardens. My bad!

OK, so the reviews are good!  LETS just wait till you get ripe figs and see if what you bought is what you got!

Suzi
Just jaded from past online experience from another online seller.  Ordered Italian Honey, got VDB or some other illusion which nobody can figure out..........Don't even want Italian Honey anymore, unless he rides a motorcycle, 6'4" charming smile.......

Suzi,

I know this much, the BJ is not a Celeste or a BT. It has violet terminal buds, fruit buds and violet tint on the leaf axils. Haven't seen that much violet on my other varietals. Time will tell.

I bought a black mission, ischia green and magnolia figs last June from wellspring gardens. They are in 3 gallon pots now 2 feet tall. Transaction went fine, but expect a very small tree with a leaf or two at most. I'm talking 3-4 inches tall at most. They left positive feedback and I also bought a few other items.

@Suzi

Then this is the place to find him! LOL. I have IH. Not loving TX. They have thru next season and then they will follow Blanquette into the wash ;-)

I got a few Black Missions two years ago they were all good growers bush type until this year they have emerged this year with FMV one real bad they are headed to the recycling center..From Wellspring

Very similar experience to Vince Russo, except Ischia labeled just "Ischia."

Is Florida Hill Nursery, and Wellspring Gardens the same?


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@ northeastnewbie.....
Were the "clean" Black Missions" plants growing in the same area as other infected plants?  If yes, do you think your other plants may have contaminated your newer, clean trees, and now they are showing symptoms?

Does Wellspring Gdns. use tissue culture to propagate their figs like Florida Hill?

I have read that if plants start out "clean" and they are planted near infected plants, the clean plants can be contaminated also.

Very confusing. 

HOWEVER....None of the trees in The Bronx, or, Westchester County show any evidence of FMV, and it's been that way for as long as I could remember.  Any guesses why?  Cold winters?  No vectors for spreading?

Frank

No, just two different sellers who are selling LSU Purple at a reasonable price. Floridanursery is $6.99 and claims it is disease free because it is tissue cultured.  I would order.  I just want to make sure I get the right tree and not find out years later that it's just a Black Mission or BT. 

Thanks for the clarifications.

Frank

I ordered the LSU purple from Floridanursery. I think when I bought mine, it said it was supposed to be 4 to 6 inches, but the one I received was not that big. However, it was very healthy and has grown quite a bit. It will be maybe two years before it has a fig, unless it really shoots up by the end of the srason.

I got one fig tree from Floridahill.. it is small, growing from seed. I have to wait 2 or 3 years to have figs to eat. :(

@ Airymind...

From seed?  I believe their stock is all tissue-cultured.

Frank

Interesting. I learned a lot of things new from this forum.

Well I placed the order for the LSU Purple, but after paying, Floridahillnursery said they can't ship to CA.  If so, it's unlikely they will ship to AZ since they have more strict regulations than CA.  Darn!

U P D A T E ......


My seven, "Black Mission" trees arrived today, from Florida Hill Nursery.  They were packed very nicely, and arrived without any damages.

Let me be very clear.  The "trees" are very tiny, each about 6-10" tall, with stems, maybe, about 1/4" diameter.... and, were grown in  plug-trays.  I expected this, so I am not disappointed.  It will be years until I see some figs. 

When they start to get taller, I will twist them/pleach them together...as an experiment.  That's the plan, anyway.  We'll see what happens.

Frank

I love to share photos. So here is my order that I recieved yesterday.   I ordered a Black Mission, 2 blackberries, and a Basjoo Banana.

Second photo is of the leaves on the Black mission.   Orange spots is?   My guess is rust (somebody can tell me if I'm wrong).   Probably from growing in a warm humid greenhouse during propagation.  I've seen this before and normally the new leaves don't have it.  As soon as I have enough new leaves, these turn yellow and I clip them off.

I've got a smidge bit of a Blackberry thing going on too......

The rust way up the plant is from the tight growing conditions, watering from the top, and high humidity in a greenhouse. Your little fig will begin forming buds all up the stem because it was previously shaded and they will react to the sun, it will then start suckering. Plant it deep in its new pot, mine were very rootbound.

Dan, and Brent....

Thanks for pointing out these tiny, brown spots.  I too saw some, but not every leaf had them.  So, that's what "rust" looks like? 

Not a bad deal...and, virus-free trees.  Now, the wait for figs.


Frank

I bought many seedlings from wellspring,  you will gets a very small seedlings but they will grow fast. But i am not satisfied with figs will need at least 3-4 years before they begin to bear.

Mine from Floridahill.