So I made a list last September of varieties I would be looking for during the off season.  There were 59 varieties on the list (not that I wanted them all, mind you.  I was just to indecisive to narrow it down.  I figgered when I got to 10 that would be enough).  So, I ended up with 19 new varieties this season plus 6 more I am expecting from UCD.  I checked the remaining list and found 53 on it.

fig math: 59-19-6=53

God help us all.

Fignorance is bliss, I don't count ; )

LOL... I suppose that is one way to do it.

I say More Better!

Dec 2013: 14 varieties
Apr 2014: 29 varieties ...
Lilli

In a little over a year I have amassed over 100 varieties in 5 gallon buckets and I'm not even going to count what's still in the fridge or coming from UC Davis :)

We're all deranged!

now you guys know why i drink so much... i'm trying to forget how many i have!

I like the way you think!  Compound interest is a beautiful thing.

javajunkie, if you have cuttings in the fridge, I am willing to buy or trade for some of mine.  What do you have?

From Carroll Shelby "...enough is not enough, more is better and too much is just right..."

Patriota,
The cuttings in the fridge are the ones I bought or traded for. All the cuttings from my own trees went for trades and gifts to other members. I will be willing to share after I get the ones I want growing and have an extra.

James you may come around one day "perhaps"  were you get to the point to downsize as it "perhaps"
gets to be too much work and or to many to eat , too many similar tasting to each other etc etc.

This winter, I had a little help from Mother Nature and Bugs bunny!

I managed to lose between 10 - 20 plants in 5 gallon pots. The rabbits like to chew the area where the bark meets the soil. As a result all top growth is killed. Some trees do come back but some never do.

That happened despite having a chicken wire wrapped around most of my 5 gallon containers.

So I found a solution.  I’m using Gibraltar Building Products 96 in.x27 in.x1 in. Galvanized 2.5-Gauge Steel Dimpled Lath. I cut a piece and wrap it around the bark. It looks like it might be working for now, as most of the rabbits in my yard have dentures at this time.

My most valuable trees, the ones that were wrapped by it, made it. I thought that I will be able to handle what I have left, until I received another 31 cuttings that I had forgotten about from UCD.

I’m not counting but last time I looked, I still had over 60 cuttings rooting.

I have a feeling that one day I will have a free garage sale.

Martin,

Much of what I am doing now is in Denver.  I have been looking for varieties which will do better here.  Downsizing will be taking trees to Texas and planting them in the ground.  While I have very limited space here, in Texas there is no danger, yet.  My end goal is fewer than 30 (hopefully closer to 20) so I can grow some other fruit trees.

I also don't count.

Anything worth doing is worth over-doing. :)

Hi Sas, How do those rabbit taste ? Figgy ?

With my 20 trees, I already think I have too much trees - but unfortunately, still not enough figs :(
Perhaps this year ... BT is promising some, the others are still almost sleeping. so far my ufti trees being the last ones to wake up ...
On two overwintering figs, I found a new critter : a caterpillar ! The two figs were shells only . I'll try to post later .
Now, I'm still thinking if I should remove all overwintering/old figs and crush them, or leave them on ... For now I'll leave them on ...
I see now the brebas popping out ... that's confusing ...

At last count I had 39 varieties including several UNK,,,,, too many  ;o)
I will weed them out as I evaluate for taste, productivity, and cold hardiness.

Ultimately, will end up with around 12 +/- in ground and maybe a few in pots

Greg , " few" is a variable. LOL

  JD, a couple of them like peanuts and eat out of my hand. I have three newborn ones  in my lime tree pot.

JDS French figs are on top of my list. My favorite is Col de Dame., but it's for warmer areas. Baud mentions Temps down to -18 for the following figs.
I'm sure that there are others out there that could handle low temperatures, but when small they all go inside way before the freeze.

Ugh, so hard to get rid of when they are so darn cute.

I always said that 1-3 good figs are all that is required for an average family.
With that respect, I am a fig-sinner looking more greener grass...