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I recently got my hands on fig suckers and I have to many!

they are from a tree that came from Greece. The gentlemen had the tree since 1994 and he got it from one of his employees.

i would love some please. how much are you charging for them?

I am charging the price of sending it to you.

Keep in this is a sucker. Hence, it not set fruits right away. Also the fruits are green and as you might notice the branches tend to grow like vines

how much are you charging.....hey join us in the chat room

the best thing to do is to PM you ZIP and I will be able to tell you

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Montreal, just emailed you.

More info for everyone concerned

For the first time this week I met one of my neighbours and we had a long chat. He explained to me that he got the tree from a Greek worker who worked in his company many years ago. The tree was planted in 1994 into a barrel and the roots have never been pruned so it was very hard removing the suckers. I had to use a long knife and I even cut myself in the process. I took all the suckers as he was going to kill them all. As mentioned previously the fig tree sets green figs.

The tree itself spends most of the day in the shade and as you can see the branches are growing like vines.

I saw the tree 2 years ago but I ignored it because of the “vines”. In my mind a fig tree could not grow in such a way but I guess I was wrong.  

Americanfigboy: I am in the process of figuring out how much it will cost but probably around 10$ as a big max. Keep in mind as you are in Texas it could take a good two weeks before you get it. In this case this is nut a cutting but a sucker with roots so I think chances of surviving are much more higher.

94027
I emailed you.

>>> as you might notice the branches tend to grow like vines
 
Quite interesting!
 
Once, a horticulturist did mention of having a fig hybrid
F.carica x F.pumila (I think?), that acted like a vine.

Montreal,
I dont mean to get off topic of fig cuttings, but what is indeed interesting in looking at the branches is that they seem green so this years growth and if thats the case they really grew a tremendous length if uncurled to measure it would be rather surprising im sure.

Dieseler: yes this this is interesting but I am a bit supspicious if they grew all this year.

In 1950, Condit cross-bred F. carica and F. pumila "climbing fig". The cross was repeated by Storey in 1965. The offspring were sometimes evergreen, some were vine-like and some were weeping but none were "tree-like". I attached a picture from:

Storey (1975). Figs. pp. 568-589 in Janick and Moore (eds), Advances in fruit breeding. Purdue University Press, West Lafayette, IN.

I think Steve and Gorgi's suspicion that it might be something other than a Greek fig is entirely possible, given how figs are shared among fig lovers.  Without someone saying that he (or someone he knew) brought it into the country, it's possible that he got it from an Italian co-worker, who got it from a Portuguese neighbor, LOL.
But looking at the picture, it seems that the strange habit could be due to cultural conditions.  There seem to be few leaves on the "vines", most appearing on the ends of the branches.  It seems as if the nodes are very widely spaced.  That suggests that the tree put out a lot of fast, soft growth inside, before being put out (where the growth became more normal, and leaves are closer together).  That kind of growth is weak and floppy.  It will be interesting to see if the suckers replicate this growth pattern when others grow them.

Very true fignut,

keep in mind this tree spends most of the day in the shade. However, even if this tree is spending the whole day in the shade and has a few leafs I do not think it would change the form of the limbs.

Well if the suckers replicate the growth pattern of the mother plant, then I was suggesting that it can lend to wonderful espalier shapes on a south facing wall.

The_montreal_Fig, What it looks like to me is that most of the growth came while the fig was overwintering inside.  Warm, low light growing conditions encourage pale, weak, fast growth.  The stems are typically soft and unable to support their own weight, and the leaf nodes tend to be far apart.  A lot of people have limited options for overwintering and a place that warms up too early (promoting growth) is all they have.  Sometimes the soft growth is removed when the tree goes outside, and stronger branches result.  That doesn't appear to be the case here. 
Of course, I might be wrong, and as Ottawan says we'll have a lovely espalier fig.  Time will tell.

If this can help to the discussion. This part of the suckers I got.

Michal,
i like the web page displaying your figs.
Thanks for shareing.

Thanks Dieseler, but I still need to work on it and add more pictures and texts of my own.

looks like the fig suckers are on a trip all around the U.S. and Canada

I tried to fair as much as possible with everyone I send a sucker to each person. I got more requests then I expected but everyone who contacted me are going to have their sucker. I hope they will all survive but as I advised everyone I am keeping a few as backup if any replacements are needed.

If anyone else contacts me I am official out of stock.

Good thing I only posted here and not in GW!

I also want to add Michal thats a nice thing you have done for folks, your shareing of the plant.
Although i choose not to get one of your suckers i always say it will be nice 1 day to compare them from all the different climates they are going to grow in.
Great to see generous forum members.

I just got one

Dan
That took a long time since 2009!

Akram
I blame Nelson!! I missed out then mike moved away. So I got it yesterday from dom at the fig meeting.

By now someone must have tasted figs from this.  How are they?