James kindly let me adopt this Atreano complete with its homemade fabric bag at last years fig gig in Marshall, TX (thanks Danny).  This spring it started putting out leaves in earnest so it was transplanted to a 3 gallon nursey pot.  See James, it wasn't dead at all.  Just another example that you do need to beat up a fig tree really bad to kill it.  Apparently this one wasn't beat up sufficiently!

Looking good Steve.  Your plants are growing nicely.  It must be spring here

Meghan,

Good to see you back!  I have a photo for you........ I'll try to post in the next few days.  That LSU Tiger you picked up for me is also alive and well.  It is going to be the subject of my first air layer.

That one was a good candidate for an air layer.  Glad its up and growing for you.  Do any of your plants have figs on them yet?  Most of mine are already growing their first round of figs.

Steve - what are the white spots on the leaves?  Is it a residue from something in the water?

Very nice Steve, I was asking another member about Atreano recently and wondering how it might perform along the Gulf Coast. He told me the tree is a very aggressive grower and needs to be in the ground. I never got an answer on how large the eye is as that can make or break a variety in our location.

Hi Meghan;) hope all is well and glad to see you on here again!

Rewton,

The spots?  Well, we are officially in spring here and the pollen has been the worst I've seen in many years, north or south.  There was a short thunderstorm here last night, just enough to spot up the leaves with pollen.

oh yea, the pine pollen is thick.  Can't even walk around outside without turning your shoes yellow.