Hey guys,

A neighbor gave me three rooted suckers yesterday (I've attached another one of my trademarked extra-blurry cell phone pictures just in case anyone wants to see them).  Two are six or seven feet tall and one is about four feet tall. None of them has a well-developed root system attached. The guy who gave me the trees recommended burying them. I started digging a hole last night but I wasn't able to finish it before it got too dark to work. Right now the trees are in pots.

If I bury the trees, my plan is to bury them about two feet deep, cover them with a few inches of dirt, a piece of plywood, woodchips, and then two or three feet of dirt. Otherwise, I'll put the trees in a heated--but not well heated--basement. I'm leaning toward burying them.

I've heard of people burying figs in a lot of different ways. Anyone have a favorite method?

Also, do I need to do anything special now or later because the trees have undersized root systems?

Does North Encanto count?

I think I would try cutting them back to about 2-3', then wrap them in parafilm, to keep them from drying out, and then pot them up and keep them indoors in hopes of getting the root system to develop, even if they leaf out. Moisture retention will be the biggest issue, it seems to me.

The parafilm worked well on a similar sucker taken in early Sept. and placed in filetered sunh, outdoors.

Thanks for the advice, Jon. I have some follow-up questions. Do you use the grafting tape or something else? Should the wrap be tight or loose?