how to store over winter

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bigfig

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Posted 1418083757	Reply with quote #1

hi just order a MADELEINE" Rooted Cutting 1 year old from France .. I'm new to growing figs this will be my first year in spring my question is what should I do with it when I get I live in zone 6 north new jersey since things don't start growing here till April (how to store it) __________________ Wish list :vasilika sika,,JH Adriaticand common french Joe New Jersey 6a

Yeehova

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Posted 1418084254	Reply with quote #2

How cold does your garage get? __________________ Brian Wish list: Col de Dame

bigfig

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Posted 1418084529	Reply with quote #3

garage gets around 38 at its coldest __________________ Wish list :vasilika sika,,JH Adriaticand common french Joe New Jersey 6a

Yeehova

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Posted 1418084723 · Edited	Reply with quote #4

I would probably keep it in its pot and in the garage. I would water infrequently and never heavily until spring. __________________ Brian Wish list: Col de Dame

pino

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Posted 1418084759	Reply with quote #5

When are they sending it to you? Many times they don't ship until spring. If you receive it now in zone 6. You could store it in a cool place until spring or grow now near a sunny window sill or under grow lights. Make sure you don't let it freeze since it is a young plant. __________________ Pino, zone 6, Niagara, JCJ Acres Wish; Peace on earth and more figs Italian 258, Galicia Negra, Luv, trade suggestions welcome.

Frankallen

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Posted 1418086239 · Edited	Reply with quote #6

If you ordered this Fig cutting from France off EBay, I hate to put a damper on the Fig you ordered,but you may get a visit from the USDA! Most cuttings and Plants are not well recieved from other Countries, from our Goverment. If you got the Fig Cutting off Ebay, you may have a problem. The USDA came to see me and asked for the Cuttings,I had just recieved from Portugal off eBay ...I was taught a lesson on buying plant material from other Countries beside the US.... on eBay...Hopefully, you will get lucky. :) __________________ Frank from Bama- Zone 7-b Alabama .................................................... "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever". Mahatma Gandhi

cis4elk

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Posted 1418086342	Reply with quote #7

Depending on the size, I would pot it into what you want it to grow in at the start of next growing season. I'm guessing it will be bare-rooted or in a rather small pot, which will likely be a pain to regulate water level. If you do have to do this, after potting water it in like you would any other time of year and put it in your garage like everyone else said. If it's around, I like to use about an inch or two of snow every 2wks-1month, just depends on how dry the air has been. The snow melts slow so most of it absorbs into the potting mix -vs- watering, sometimes with water a good deal of it will run through and out the bottom of the pot. Good luck and welcome to the forum, you better start looking for room for trees because this is very addictive. __________________ Calvin Littleton,CO z5/6 Wants List: For everyone to clean-up after themselves and co-exist peacefully. Let's think more about the future of our planet and less about ourselves. :)

bigfig

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Posted 1418093664	Reply with quote #8

thank you all , I hope it grows ,would love to share some cuttings (that's next on my to do list grow from cuttings) __________________ Wish list :vasilika sika,,JH Adriaticand common french Joe New Jersey 6a

drphil69

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Posted 1418101504	Reply with quote #9

Quote: Originally Posted by Frankallen If you ordered this Fig cutting from France off EBay, I hate to put a damper on the Fig you ordered,but you may get a visit from the USDA! Most cuttings and Plants are not well recieved from other Countries, from our Goverment. If you got the Fig Cutting off Ebay, you may have a problem. The USDA came to see me and asked for the Cuttings,I had just recieved from Portugal off eBay ...I was taught a lesson on buying plant material from other Countries beside the US.... on eBay...Hopefully, you will get lucky. :) to add to Frank... If bought off ebay from France, cancel it. You will get a call or visit, you will have the plant confiscated by the usda, and you risk the usda a taking your other fig trees. Just my opinion. __________________ Phil - Zone 7A - Newark, DE Newbie fig lover just trying to learn.

GRamaley

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Posted 1418171510	Reply with quote #10

Yep, I got to meet our local officer via phone and email over fig seeds I bought, I handed over the two little trees I had managed to grow.... was heartbreaking knowing they were going to destroy them... it took 6 months for them to contact me. Good luck. __________________ Gloria --------------- 7a, maybe 8

RichinNJ

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Posted 1418176962	Reply with quote #11

Jon the owner of Encanto Farms and the F4F forum will have many cuttings available soon... http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/cuttings-info-for-f4f-newbies-2015-7143720?pid=1285098638#post1285098638

bigfig

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Posted 1418219959	Reply with quote #12

thank you rich ,any idea which one's do best in north new jersey looking to grow a couple different one's ones that grow big __________________ Wish list :vasilika sika,,JH Adriaticand common french Joe New Jersey 6a

Frankallen

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Posted 1418232243	Reply with quote #13

Quote: Originally Posted by bigfig hi just order a MADELEINE" Rooted Cutting 1 year old from France .. I'm new to growing figs this will be my first year in spring my question is what should I do with it when I get I live in zone 6 north new jersey since things don't start growing here till April (how to store it) Joe, you can overlook our post if you want to. We were just trying to warn you, of the trouble you can get into, with buying Fig cuttings from foreign Countries! __________________ Frank from Bama- Zone 7-b Alabama .................................................... "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever". Mahatma Gandhi

bigfig

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Posted 1418233019	Reply with quote #14

i canceled I didn't know , told the seller to keep the money and don't send it (boy was he happy) __________________ Wish list :vasilika sika,,JH Adriaticand common french Joe New Jersey 6a

Frankallen

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Posted 1418238300 · Edited	Reply with quote #15

Quote: Originally Posted by bigfig i canceled I didn't know , told the seller to keep the money and don't send it (boy was he happy) Joe, I believe eBay will give your money back, if you will explain to them the circumstances! They did for me, even after I received the Plant. I told them the USDA man came and got my Cuttings and I wanted to see about getting my Money back and they did. I called them on the phone...Try it ! ......Sorry about your Cutting...:) __________________ Frank from Bama- Zone 7-b Alabama .................................................... "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever". Mahatma Gandhi

brianm

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Posted 1418239230	Reply with quote #16

Im sure the seller refunded eBay the money too Frank. __________________ Wish list: Galicia Negra,UC Davis Black Ischia, Maltese Raven

bigfig

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Posted 1418239926	Reply with quote #17

thanks frank already told seller keep it ,you live you learn I guess wish list LSU Thibodeaux __________________ Wish list :vasilika sika,,JH Adriaticand common french Joe New Jersey 6a

Frankallen

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Posted 1418241424	Reply with quote #18

Quote: Originally Posted by bigfig thanks frank already told seller keep it ,you live you learn I guess wish list LSU Thibodeaux Hey Joe.....Hit me up this early Spring and I will send you a Fig Tree that you could plant in the Ground in your Zone!!............Free of Charge!! __________________ Frank from Bama- Zone 7-b Alabama .................................................... "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever". Mahatma Gandhi

bigfig

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Posted 1418241931	Reply with quote #19

wow really ,thanks my dad has 1 that I just covered for winter he past away this year(still hurts not seeing him out there) so I trying to keep garden and other things he did going when I uncover it in spring would love to send cutting to whom would like some , just learning bout figs didn't even know you could grow plants from a cut stick .. God Bless Everyone __________________ Wish list :vasilika sika,,JH Adriaticand common french Joe New Jersey 6a

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