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Gascony

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Hi, been lurking on this forum for the past year off and on, reading up on figs. I live just outside Kansas City, originally from East Coast. I am a zone pusher. I grow roses, hoyas, a few orchids and a few figs. This past year i killed my Ronde de Bordeaux. After a fabulous growing season in one of the worst droughts we have had, with scorching hot days ( but lots of H2O) and OK figs ( first crop, so expected them to be just OK) i wanted to store the tree indoors for winter. The irony is that the 3figs i had outside in the ground survived, with heavy mulch. ( Violette de Bordeaux, LSU Purple, and Chicago Hardy). I had put Ronde in a huge pot and put it into dormancy in the garage. Then i foolishly became worried about its shrivelling branches by February, and put it under grow lights in the basement. It started to then look healthy and get leaf buds. I must not have watered it enough as it started to wake up. By May, it was pathetic again, and did not have the energy to renew once more, and croaked...even the roots had rotted in the Spring rains.

My VDB was purchased from a "Edible" fruit supplier( not naming names). It came with noticeable FMV. It got big and never fruited, even after moving it a few times.

The LSU and Chicago Hardy are doing superbly up against the South wall of my house. Only Chicago has figs, but it is loaded. I am trying a few other cultivars.

Thanks for having me on this forum.
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Wish-list: CdDGrise, Sultane, Ronde OR Rouge de Bordeaux, Nero600m, Smith, Vista, anything rich tasting and dark!
I grow: hardy Chicago, LSU purple, marseilles vs blk., blk. Madeira, desert king, blk. Portuguese, fracazzano nero, unknown NJ, ....a lot of these are young. The first 2 are in ground year round in Kansas.
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Hello. Which zone are you pushing today?
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non compost mentis in Zone 6a
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hiya, nice to meetcha.
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wish list:  nothing. i can't grow cuttings  . right now, i have  6 trees showing no signs of fmv. i'd like to keep it that way' 

i was told that if i couldn't deal with fmv, i should grow peaches, so i got a peach tree to live with my clean figs.
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Welcome!  There are a few of us in that region.
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Zone 6, MO

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Galicia Negra, De La Reina - Pons, Genovese Nero - Rafed's, Sbayi, Souadi, Acciano, Any Rimada, Sodus Sicilian, any Bass, Pons or Axier fig, any great tasting fig.
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Welcome!
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Thx, glad to be here

Danny K "EL CAZADOR DE HIGO"
Waskom Tx Zone 7B/8

Wish list: anything anyone wants me to have. LSU RED.  Any LSU fig.
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Hi
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Egg Harbor Twp., NJ/ Zone 7

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Welcome to the forum
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welcome
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Greg North West Arkanasas Zone 6b
Wish list: any SPECTACULAR cold hardy figs, and/or perhaps a Niagra Bl., Laradek EBT, Kathleen's Bl, Hunt, a great UNK or anything anyone wants me to have???
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Welcome to the forum.  =)
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Jules

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NE Texas

Wish List: LSU Thibodeaux, LSU Red, Kathleen's Black, Lebanese Red, Jolly Tiger, Black Madeira, Purple Passion, Zingerilla (sp?), Martin's Purple Black, BA-1, White Ischia, any red fig, any dark fig or unknown
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Welcome
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welcome. with container culture, over watering is one sure way to kill a fig. rotted root indicates either it was watered too much or the soil mix wasn't draining properly. also moving in ground tree too often will stress the tree due to root getting disturbed.
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Durham, NC
Zone 7b

"don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill
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***** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. *****
***** and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...*****
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Welcome! I hear ya... the ones I put in ground and ignore a bit seem to do better than the ones I coddle indoors...
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Glad you decided to join in.

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Welcome aboard :)
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James - Irving, TX - Zone: 8a

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Welcome! 
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Meghan Cobb ~ Growing zone 9 Wish List: Pane e Vino White and /or Dark, De la Reina, Iranian mountain fig and anything else that is great to grow or at least try in the hot and humid Southeast Texas.
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Welcome Gascony,
Sorry to hear about your RdB, we all do it at least once.
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SE Texas
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Welcome! We all know how it feels to lose our plants. But plants seem to to come back!
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Smaritza
Bronx, NY
Wishing for: Ronde de Bordeaux, Aubique Petit, Pananas Purple, Longue d Aout, Lebanese Red, Ischia Black, Scott's Black, Martineca Rimada,
Tarantella, Jolly Tiger, Nero,
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