Do figs exert mind control over any one who grows one

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eaglet2

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Posted 1447103216	Reply with quote #1

This has to be passed on to warn others. My personal experience is YES . note the following My dentist opinioned how he missed the figs that grew in his fathers yard. In short, I went there (walking distance for me) met the present owner and dug a section of root with suckers out of what is now a weed patch. Potted a 2’ sucker , nursed it for a month and delivered it. I couldn’t believe how excited he was to get that plant, Mind control? Next I get a call from his father he found out about to fig and took it back home in the south. Spent 20 min telling me how thankful he was. Mind control? Next son called “can I get him another fig”?, ‘ I said yes because I should get 6 or 8 next spring from the suckers from the root I kept. That fig was determined to infect the area with its clones. More mind control. As I read the forum it apparent that those figs infect and take control of most humans who try to grow them. I’ve only had figs trees since spring of 2014 from cuttings, My wife is accusing me of being in a cult, I may have to go for counseling to kick to cult. Bill in Maryland __________________ willei

cis4elk

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Posted 1447105616	Reply with quote #2

YES. Must grow figs, must propagate figs, must have more varieties of figs. Figs collect humans not vice versa.(it sounds best if you use monotone) __________________ Calvin Littleton,CO z5/6 Wants List: For everyone to clean-up after themselves and co-exist peacefully. Let's think more about the future of our planet and less about ourselves. :)

OldOneEye

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Posted 1447106136	Reply with quote #3

Hahahaha! I think you might be right. Now that you mention it, the first time I tasted a fresh fig I was suddenly motivated to find a fig tree and plant it. But that wasn't enough. I wanted another one. And another one. It seems your theory holds up. We might be under the influence of the Ficus Hive Mind! __________________ Zone: 6b TN

kingoceanos

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So that is whats happening to me now....
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Wish List so far.Figo Preto, Italian 258, Godfather

Smungung

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Posted 1447116185	Reply with quote #5

Lol I just posted a thank you post for a couples free trees I received. I think this is a million percent true. __________________ Matthew Mei Age:15 Zone 6A Secaucus, New Jersey Aquarist any questions pertaining to fish shoot me a message always willing to help! :) Gardener Fisherman

OttawanZ5

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Posted 1447117898	Reply with quote #6

Mind control sure. It also controls life as well and more so if growing in pots. It is hard to leave the city for long period of time in the fig growing season. But despite all this one keep on adding and keeping. __________________ Ottawan-Z5a, Canada

figpig_66

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Posted 1447118809	Reply with quote #7

Yea i only truly been in for i year and have 30 to 40 varieties. Who's counting. __________________ RICHIE BONI HICKORY LOUISIANA ZONE 8B WARM HUMID WINRERS ARE VERY MILD LOW 20'S BUT WARMS RIGHT UP DURING THE DAY. SUMMER IS EXTREMELY HOT & HUMID 100 degrees 100% humidity fig tree grow like crazy but some split from rain & humidity Wish list. Col de dame blanc Col de rimada Lsu numbered figs

Smyfigs

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Posted 1447119229	Reply with quote #8

Quote: Originally Posted by cis4elk YES. Must grow figs, must propagate figs, must have more varieties of figs. Figs collect humans not vice versa.(it sounds best if you use monotone) Lol...yup! Mind control!! I think my family is beibg affected too! __________________ Meg-Hardiness Zone 10a Looking for... Socorro Blk Wuhan Jolly Tiger Lamperia Preta Herschtetten St. Jean Black Ischia "The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy." ~ Mother Teresa "Do not pass by a man in need for you may be the hand of God to him." ~Proverbs 3:27~ "He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." ~Job 5:4

Smyfigs

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Posted 1447119472 · Edited	Reply with quote #9

Quote: Originally Posted by figpig_66 Yea i only truly been in for i year and have 30 to 40 varieties. Who's counting. Funny thing is that i posted how much i love the forum, the fig varieties, etc. then someone posted a response saying that i would soon be propegating cuttings and getting a cloner...I laughed and said "im not that sophisticated!" TODAY: im looking for a cloner (cheapy one) and have gone as far as looking at past posts about making my own (like Harvey's)! Weird!! Ps: i just started into figs this past September! __________________ Meg-Hardiness Zone 10a Looking for... Socorro Blk Wuhan Jolly Tiger Lamperia Preta Herschtetten St. Jean Black Ischia "The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy." ~ Mother Teresa "Do not pass by a man in need for you may be the hand of God to him." ~Proverbs 3:27~ "He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." ~Job 5:4

COGardener

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Posted 1447124443	Reply with quote #10

Fall of 2014, I had 4 fig trees.... one year later I some how have nearly 80.... what was that? "Get more" Sorry, I have to go the voices are calling to me! !!

Jodi

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Posted 1447127091	Reply with quote #11

It is scary and somehow comforting to read this! I'm sitting in my living room looking at a wall of Fig trees wondering how I went from 1tree to 13 trees and 10 varieties and a whole frig full of cuttings in a year. Wonderful crazy addiction! Even succumbed to dried figs at the grocery today. Yuck! Need fresh figs! I might still get 6 more with oil on their belly buttons before Father Frost nips them. That would be a delight! To all the figgy friends, blessings of Fig dreams till they are ripe again. __________________ In the book the "The Meaning of Trees" it is said the fig regulates the heart and that the true essence of Figs is...food for the soul. Daisy's IBT cuttings will be available in January/February along with a few Lampeira Parda. Wishes for Martinenca Rimada, Black Ischia, I258, CddRoja, Jolly Tiger, Your favorite Figgy! Zone 8a Camp Verde AZ

Jamie0507

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Posted 1447128873	Reply with quote #12

THANK GOD I'M NOT ALONE! Lol, you have no idea how many looks of dismay I pretend not to see on my husbands face every time a new package arrives in the mail.. Oh wait.. Maybe you do know! Yay! Seriously.. There should be a warning placed on a must-read sticky that warns of this fig sickness.. Although if someone is reading said sticky, it's most likely already too late.. Bwah HA HA!!!!! __________________ Jamie Zone 6A My List of Fig Varieties: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13MXbhU3b-5Y4bkNSWHVikw6m-vovlHZcBjcsxMwQ7iY Wish list: Col. Littmans, Figoin, Black Tuscan.. And now for my "Hey..A girl has got to have dreams!" wishlist: Sangue Dolce, Montenegro, Rigato del Salento

Charlie

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Posted 1447159430	Reply with quote #13

We are chosen. The fig puteth forth it's shoots and the time is near. Somebody has to repopulate the new world with figs of all likes and manners. The fig chose us. We didn't choose it. :) __________________ Zone 7A ~ Fort Smith area Arkansas

DonCentralTexas

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Posted 1447163769	Reply with quote #14

Of course they do. We humans don't give plants enough credit. There is an interesting book called " Botany of Desire", by Michael Pollan that only looks at a few species, but it's not hard to extrapolate to others such as figs. __________________ Don (Near Austin, TX zone 8b) If you have these for sale/trade PM me: Zingarella, Grantham's Royal, Calderona, Genovese Nero, Noir de Barbentane

SarinaP

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Posted 1447176036	Reply with quote #15

Absolutely. While it is asinine to hypothesize that fig trees invented the internet, they are clearly making the most of it. Imagine, if you will, that some of the forum's senior members are in fact fig trees trading cuttings and shipping out extra freebies. How genius is that??? Signed, Hello-my-name-is-Sarina-and-I-have-a-serious-fig-problem __________________ Growing in Zone 7a: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_uY4GZ90-gNAdZFS0enckqojLQT2-8cp2pcsRp-Bdqg/edit?usp=sharing Wishlist: leaning toward French cultivars!

Smyfigs

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Posted 1447184439	Reply with quote #16

Quote: Originally Posted by Jamie0507 THANK GOD I'M NOT ALONE! Lol, you have no idea how many looks of dismay I pretend not to see on my husbands face every time a new package arrives in the mail.. Oh wait.. Maybe you do know! Yay! Seriously.. There should be a warning placed on a must-read sticky that warns of this fig sickness.. Although if someone is reading said sticky, it's most likely already too late.. Bwah HA HA!!!!! Lol..."that look of dismay each time a package arrives" XD! Yup! __________________ Meg-Hardiness Zone 10a Looking for... Socorro Blk Wuhan Jolly Tiger Lamperia Preta Herschtetten St. Jean Black Ischia "The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy." ~ Mother Teresa "Do not pass by a man in need for you may be the hand of God to him." ~Proverbs 3:27~ "He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." ~Job 5:4

Smyfigs

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Posted 1447184476	Reply with quote #17

Quote: Originally Posted by Charlie We are chosen. The fig puteth forth it's shoots and the time is near. Somebody has to repopulate the new world with figs of all likes and manners. The fig chose us. We didn't choose it. :) SOMEBODY has to do it, right, Charlie?! __________________ Meg-Hardiness Zone 10a Looking for... Socorro Blk Wuhan Jolly Tiger Lamperia Preta Herschtetten St. Jean Black Ischia "The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy." ~ Mother Teresa "Do not pass by a man in need for you may be the hand of God to him." ~Proverbs 3:27~ "He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." ~Job 5:4

Smyfigs

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Posted 1447184525	Reply with quote #18

Quote: Originally Posted by DonCentralTexas Of course they do. We humans don't give plants enough credit. There is an interesting book called " Botany of Desire", by Michael Pollan that only looks at a few species, but it's not hard to extrapolate to others such as figs. This book is on my "To Read" list now! __________________ Meg-Hardiness Zone 10a Looking for... Socorro Blk Wuhan Jolly Tiger Lamperia Preta Herschtetten St. Jean Black Ischia "The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy." ~ Mother Teresa "Do not pass by a man in need for you may be the hand of God to him." ~Proverbs 3:27~ "He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." ~Job 5:4

Smyfigs

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Posted 1447184627	Reply with quote #19

Quote: Originally Posted by Jodi It is scary and somehow comforting to read this! I'm sitting in my living room looking at a wall of Fig trees wondering how I went from 1tree to 13 trees and 10 varieties and a whole frig full of cuttings in a year. Wonderful crazy addiction! Even succumbed to dried figs at the grocery today. Yuck! Need fresh figs! I might still get 6 more with oil on their belly buttons before Father Frost nips them. That would be a delight! To all the figgy friends, blessings of Fig dreams till they are ripe again. Lol...Jodi!! Yes, I have asked myself the same question "how did I start to get so nuts about figs? How?!" Then I come to this forum and suddenly, I feel alright. Ahhhhhhh. __________________ Meg-Hardiness Zone 10a Looking for... Socorro Blk Wuhan Jolly Tiger Lamperia Preta Herschtetten St. Jean Black Ischia "The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy." ~ Mother Teresa "Do not pass by a man in need for you may be the hand of God to him." ~Proverbs 3:27~ "He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." ~Job 5:4

Smyfigs

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Posted 1447184693	Reply with quote #20

Quote: Originally Posted by figpig_66 Yea i only truly been in for i year and have 30 to 40 varieties. Who's counting. Heck, after the first 6 cuttings, I just figured, eh, why not! Who's counting is right! __________________ Meg-Hardiness Zone 10a Looking for... Socorro Blk Wuhan Jolly Tiger Lamperia Preta Herschtetten St. Jean Black Ischia "The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy." ~ Mother Teresa "Do not pass by a man in need for you may be the hand of God to him." ~Proverbs 3:27~ "He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." ~Job 5:4

Smyfigs

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Posted 1447184801	Reply with quote #21

Quote: Originally Posted by cis4elk YES. Must grow figs, must propagate figs, must have more varieties of figs. Figs collect humans not vice versa.(it sounds best if you use monotone) My husband is ready to buy a second fridge [weeee voice is heard in the background "must buy figs...must buy figs (in monotone)"]. __________________ Meg-Hardiness Zone 10a Looking for... Socorro Blk Wuhan Jolly Tiger Lamperia Preta Herschtetten St. Jean Black Ischia "The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy." ~ Mother Teresa "Do not pass by a man in need for you may be the hand of God to him." ~Proverbs 3:27~ "He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." ~Job 5:4

Smyfigs

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Posted 1447184836	Reply with quote #22

Quote: Originally Posted by Smungung Lol I just posted a thank you post for a couples free trees I received. I think this is a million percent true. Free?! Uh, oh...... __________________ Meg-Hardiness Zone 10a Looking for... Socorro Blk Wuhan Jolly Tiger Lamperia Preta Herschtetten St. Jean Black Ischia "The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy." ~ Mother Teresa "Do not pass by a man in need for you may be the hand of God to him." ~Proverbs 3:27~ "He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." ~Job 5:4

Smungung

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Posted 1447185989	Reply with quote #23

Just yesterday my mother had the most strange look I can't even describe when I received more fig trees. __________________ Matthew Mei Age:15 Zone 6A Secaucus, New Jersey Aquarist any questions pertaining to fish shoot me a message always willing to help! :) Gardener Fisherman

Jamie0507

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Posted 1447211641	Reply with quote #24

Quote: Originally Posted by Smungung Just yesterday my mother had the most strange look I can't even describe when I received more fig trees. Mathew I am 39 y/o and I too receive that same look from my mom every time she comes over (which is often) and sees a new fig tree OR finds me in my "mom cave" trying to propagate more new trees from cuttings.. I even named one of my nicest trees after her.. SHEESH.. That's the thanks I get.. Lol! __________________ Jamie Zone 6A My List of Fig Varieties: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13MXbhU3b-5Y4bkNSWHVikw6m-vovlHZcBjcsxMwQ7iY Wish list: Col. Littmans, Figoin, Black Tuscan.. And now for my "Hey..A girl has got to have dreams!" wishlist: Sangue Dolce, Montenegro, Rigato del Salento

Tea

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Posted 1447250917	Reply with quote #25

Ummm, true story y'all: Last night I was dreaming about figs. Pruning figs, rooting figs, researching figs. Not even eating figs, just obsessing over the plants. O.o __________________ Growing: Tx Everbearing, LSU Purple, LSU Gold, and a mysterious Black Italian. Wish List: 1,2: Strawberry Verte and Abebereira/Berbera 3: Battaglia Green 4: Panache 5: Violette De Bordeaux 6: Anything with a closed eye that will be happy in humid Central Texas. Bonus points for stunning form and/or fruit.

Smyfigs

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Posted 1447262692	Reply with quote #26

Okay, Tea, now you're really in trouble! __________________ Meg-Hardiness Zone 10a Looking for... Socorro Blk Wuhan Jolly Tiger Lamperia Preta Herschtetten St. Jean Black Ischia "The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy." ~ Mother Teresa "Do not pass by a man in need for you may be the hand of God to him." ~Proverbs 3:27~ "He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." ~Job 5:4

AndyInNYC

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Posted 1447276786	Reply with quote #27

You can call me Watto - Fig mind tricks don't work on me! Says the guy building a cloner from a 54 gallon tote solely to propagate fig cuttings. Andrew

Smyfigs

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Posted 1447285882	Reply with quote #28

Lol...Watto. __________________ Meg-Hardiness Zone 10a Looking for... Socorro Blk Wuhan Jolly Tiger Lamperia Preta Herschtetten St. Jean Black Ischia "The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy." ~ Mother Teresa "Do not pass by a man in need for you may be the hand of God to him." ~Proverbs 3:27~ "He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." ~Job 5:4

noss

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Posted 1447401965 · Edited	Reply with quote #29

Well, Guys, One of the earliest photos of me shows me, at 6 months of age, sitting on a blanket in front of one of my grandparents' two fig trees. I don't recall when I ate my first fig, I was so little, but that would be where and when I became infected/possessed by the fig hunger. It's a hunger than can never be relieved. It's an infection, an addiction, a possession, an infatuation that never goes away and only grows stronger for the rest of one's life and maybe beyond. It is actually how fig trees get around, this infestation of the human psyche, so the fig tree can never die out. Even more clever is how this mind control of the fig is so strong that human fig-nuts don't have the slightest desire to kick the habit. When I die, I want my urn to be made out of polished fig wood and I want wood from my favorite fig tree (Most likely Figzilla. If she's still going strong.) to be cremated with me. I'm so glad to be in such good company. :) noss PS--What is a cloner and how is it made? __________________ noss/a.k.a. Vivian Lafayette, LA Zone 9a Wish List: Col de Dame Blanc, Col de Dame Noir, Scott's Yellow, Tony's Brown Italian, any other fig that is good in the rain/humidity and has a real figgy flavor.

jdsfrance

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Posted 1447439095	Reply with quote #30

Hi, No they don't do mind control... But wait. What are those pots in my garden? why are all the branches I cut from my Dalmatie in pots with dirt ? Who did that ? ... :P I'll see if they'll make it. At least I have none* rooting inside my home ! *: The 2 pots with the two small ground layers of osborn prolific do not count ... They are not Dalmatie :) The pot on the balcony does not count either as it is not inside and is of an unknown strain ... Damn it ! __________________ ------------------------ Climate from -25°C to + 35°C Only cold hardy figtrees can make it here

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