I am just curious how addicted some of F4F members are and how long have you been this way. What is the size of your fig growing operations and how many varieties each one has.

Well let's see.I have pruning shears in my car at all times. I check cuttings for roots at least 3 times a day.My kids think i am crazy and i have managed to scrounge up 120 varieties of figs and have no hope of ever having enough.....No, i don't have a fig addiction,not at all!Lol

1,200 fig trees in 3-45 gal pots. 600 I will be planting In the ground, 600 will go Into greenhouses, 60 varieties, 5,000+- seedlings. Been growing figs for 10 years.

I'd never seen a fig before 2006 when I came across some Calimyrnas in the supermarket. For years, I'd have an entire shelf in the fridge reserved for fig cartons during the season. And I'd eat almost every single one and put on a few pounds throughout the months of August and September. That's real. 

I began growing in 2012 or '13 and I just finished pruning about 40 varieties. I'm reaaallly looking to get that down to about 15.

For the past couple of years, I've organized my family vacations so we go to the Mediterranean in September and there's a growing number of photos of me climbing hills, stone walls, and fences to get free figs. I haven't done that on private property yet but new year new me.

Wow! Id love to see your guys' collection!

Figgysid, Did you start out with business in mind or did your addiction get so out of hand it just happened?

grant441, how long have you been collecting figs and how many are in the ground.

You both live in good growing zones for gardening in general, I am a little jealous I have to admit. I have the room for quite a few figs but I am going to try and keep them as small as possible. Smaller means more varieties. My apple trees are being trained espalier and tall spindle so that they do not take up a lot of room.

Lol...Grant!! You dont have an addiction!

Figgysid...i dont know about you though...

P.S. Dale, good thinking on the smaller, the more carieties!!

I had an orchad with over 200 varieties of mostly tropical fruit trees/bushes. I wanted to see what grew, produced well and was in demand.

My grandma gave me a brown turkey fig tree In a 1 gal pot in 2006. In the 1st year planting it in the ground I picked 700 ripe figs, by the 2nd year I had picked over 2,000 ripe figs. Meanwhile none of the 200+, so called tropical fruit trees produced any fruits. So that is what got me hooked. Figs quickly produce massive quantities of delicious fruit, even with very little care, or fertilization. Grass clippings was all that brown turkey fig ever got.

I recently started to collect more varieties to see if any stand out for production or taste in my area. Almost all of them are starting to produce figs, so I should be able to try most of them, March thru June.

Oye.  I'm not so bad I guess.  I keep saying no more, and circumstances keep dictating that more come my way :-D.  I started 3 years ago, and then last year I went from 2 to about 20.  More cuttings coming sooner or later too, thanks to the kindness of the good folks on this forum.  Looking forward to putting some in ground, and ideally cutting down the forest to 10-15 varieties within a few years.  I'm guessing I'll peak at about 25-30 varieties.  I guess I'm just content owning a few of each flavor profile, plus a few of the exceptional specimens (e.g. Smith, Preto, CDD).  Someday when I own some land (that's the plan at least), maybe I'll go above that, but not any time in the near future.

I just started 08/15 but I have always loved fig.  I did not know they would produce in containers, now I know better and plan to get a greenhouse.  Great group here to get me well on my way.  Thanks

Hi. My name is starch and I am a fig addict.

They are my other children. From my 2nd wife called mother earth :)

Lol...Starch!!! I mean, welcome to the group, Starch.

Such good company to be in!  Figgy addict maybe here in AZ.  I had 3 trees 2014, 6 trees 2015 and now have 55 varieties in various stages from rooting to 7 gallons.  90% of the variety is from members here.  Thank you everyone and my dear friend Daisy for introducing me to her amazing Improved Brown Turkey.  I am having the most fun I have had in years, if not ever.  It is so great to have a garden project for the winter.  And the figs are just so responsive, every morning I am greeted by new leaves of that improbable shade of green.  I have a Dr. Gowaty cutting, put into a pop bottle on 12-26 that has leaves and figs already.  This is a hoot and a half.  And I am not sure I really have an addiction yet??? Does trying to plan a trip to see Ponte Tresa count????

I have about 35 varieties and am still getting more. Only one year in and my wife thinks I'm nuts.

I started collecting less than 6 months ago. I have 15 different varieties. Planning to get more. If anyone is having cuttings please share with me.
I am being ver crazy. I am searching whole day about figs. I thinking every minute not to look for anymore figs, but still looking.

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Looking for
Galicia Negra
Greek black
Maltese Falcon
Sicilian Black
Zingarella
Sal's Gene
Col de dame blanc
Longe D'aout
vasilika marva

Apalermo88, everyone I know thinks I'm a little nuts when it comes to gardening. 

Bunti, I feel your pain. I don't even know how my mind strayed from ordering more apple trees, BB's, another grape vine, blackberries and raspberries. I really honestly don't remember and it's only been a couple of weeks into this fig endeavor and I'm already at 32 varieties.

Whether or not they all see the spring sunshine is another story.

@ Figgysid1 -- is your orchard open for visits. Looks like it is a paradise for fruit lovers.

Shoot, I'm in.

Started summer 2015.

50+  types rooting/rooted/growing.

I already know it will never be enough.

Had my first/one fresh fig given to me this Fall, look what happened.

And yup, wife and everyone but here thinks I'm crazy... OK couple people here too. Lol

@paully22: I bought the property in June 2015, I'm still working on the details. Right now deciding on what kind of walking paths I like better, gravel, concrete, sand or stone. Sand is winning right now, even though concrete is easier to move plants on, sand is much better on my feet. :)

All good wishes to your venture Figgysid1

I feel like I need to show that I'm not just saying I have so and so # of figs. I just planted 400 in ground and have 200 left to plant. They are dormant, so they look very unimpressive right now. I will post pics of the in ground trees when they don't look so naked. But my greenhouse figs, do have leaves and some fruits even, so I will post pics them tomorrow.