Armando, my water supply for my farm is fine.  As I type, my river pump is pumping 2,500 gallons per minute to irrigate my alfalfa.  The water rights to our farm go back over 100 years and are further secured by a contract with the state as part of a settlement when they caused damages to farms in the area in 1976/77 with some their water management practices.  I know many orchards have been removed elsewhere and it is a sad situation for sure.  My fig orchard is actually irrigated by my domestic well and that is also a very good supply, just much smaller system.

Gina, yes, that's right.  I figure if the terminal bud loses the variegation I'll probably trim it off to help encourage branching from the nodes below.

Very nice Harvey, definitely a dream come true. May it be fruitful in more ways than one.

Harvey, you're the man we all want to grow up to be. 

If you score the bark and cambium above those nodes with the variagated leaves they'll develop branches that may be variegated.  Air layer those after a few nodes and they'd fetch a pretty penny on ebay.

OTOH, if you start getting a lot of mutations you might want to ask what's in that well water   :)

The original 3 rows (138 spaces) was filled up in the summer of 2014.  In March I removed 15 of those trees which were either duplicates or triplicates to make room for other trees.  Earlier this month I prepared another 3 rows (140 spaces) and last week my nephew helped me plant another 77 trees.  Most of the remaining spaced will be filled in the next 3-12 weeks as potted trees mature a bit more.  Four of the trees planted last week were larger trees which had grown in my greenhouse over the winter and I built wind shelters around them to avoid damage.

 

There are more photos on my Facebook page.

Very nice!

Oh Ah  big tractor with blade on front.  I love machinery.  I asked my husband for a small bobcat for Mothers Day.   That was yesterday.    He is still laughing.   Sigh.    Your operation is amazing.  I will visualize it when I am watering my cups with the garden hose.    Great Masterful Job.    Put a large blow up ballon there shaped like a giant fig   "Eat More Fig" on it.   LOL    Joyce     

Oh Ah  big tractor with blade on front.  I love machinery.  I asked my husband for a small bobcat for Mothers Day.   That was yesterday.    He is still laughing.   Sigh.    Your operation is amazing.  I will visualize it when I am watering my cups with the garden hose.    Great Masterful Job.    Put a large blow up ballon there shaped like a giant fig   "Eat More Fig" on it.   LOL    Joyce     

Where is the LIKE button in here :)

Inspiring, Harvey!  Best wishes for your orchard!

Wow! Congrats Harvey, what a wonderful setup. I hope that all plants grow rapidly and virus free. Truly an amazing setup for commercial output of many varieties. This could be a great way for people to experience the taste of many variety of figs, not just the standard type that most customers are used to. Many people think that the standard commercial figs are all that exist. So Harvey, this is your chance to let everyone experience the taste of many fresh figs that most shoppers never knew existed, yes they will have a chance to taste real quality figs. Good luck and good growing.

Thanks!  Wayne, I don't have any dreams of having a FMV-free orchard.  I see signs of FMV in many of my trees and just hope that good nutrition will reduce the effects.  I don't yet know what I'll do with all of the fruit but will figure out something! :)

Very impressive!

(Isleton is a town I really appreciate.)

Seems like nobody on this forum  even close to you as a fig farmer. Maybe… few collectors with rare figs in pots will not became envy. But after seeing you farm "figs in pots" sounds funny........

 Looking at your farm we all look like kindergarten children . WOW……….

Thanks for the good wishes, Gordenia.  There are many here that know a lot more about figs than me and do very well with their trees.  I just have more land than most people and have a nice climate for growing figs.  I just hope I'm able to keep it fun (work can take the fun out of things).