I'm on Fig Crack!!

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Frankallen

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Posted 1379359420	Reply with quote #1

I'm very new at the Fig scene, but for real, it's like I am on Fig Crack!! It's like I can't help myself. Almost ever time I get online,I I am either reading about Figs or ordering Plants or Cuttings. My Wife said " What is going on with you and Figs" I said "Hell, I don't Know".....Actually she knows once I start a hobby, I go full force! Am I just crazy or what? This started when a friend of mine gave me a bunch of Figs to eat (Negronne)....have been a slave ever since! Someone please help me, my Bank Balance is dropping.........I am pretty sure I am not the only one here....lol Figs I have bought in the last 3 Months: Thank God, I have a huge backyard! Chicago Hardy Verde Ventotene Black Italian LSU Purple Peters Honey (cuttings) Paradiso Black Mission Magnolia Black Jack Celeste Negrrone Unknown Cutting (beautiful black) Turkey Brown Texas Everbearing Frank from BAMA __________________ 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

Pattee

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Posted 1379359645	Reply with quote #2

LOL , sorry , no reprimands or finger waggling from me !! I seem to be in the same boat ! Forget the "seem to be" ....... Oh nice collection ---- so far !! __________________ 7a & 9b ►I assume all my figs carry FMV ◄ Seeking : Italian 376,395 , Galicia Negra, Negretta,UNK Pastilliere ,Pananas Purple, Malta Blk+purple/red, Italian + Calabrian UNK's , Catanzaro, Malone, Sucrette(Baud) "We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?" - Gandhi

cobb4861

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Posted 1379360284	Reply with quote #3

Same here! I went from 9 tree's this spring to 30. And that isn't counting all the cuttings I have rooting right now! __________________ Meghan Cobb ~ Growing zone 9 Wish List: Pane e Vino White and /or Dark, De la Reina, Iranian mountain fig and anything else that is great to grow or at least try in the hot and humid Southeast Texas.

Quackmaster

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Posted 1379360330	Reply with quote #4

You are definitely not alone. I've been around figs my whole life but I just started my own collection this year, I'm up to about 25 varieties just this summer. My wife is always hounding me, she said I will look awfully funny going to rehab for fig trees. I told her it could be worse. __________________ Ryan Zone 9a SeLa, wish list:

blueboy1977

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Posted 1379361213	Reply with quote #5

I feel your pain Frank! I was first bitten by the blueberry bug. Had 55 plants at one time with something like 18 or 19 varieties. Took about 3 years to get over it! Thinned them down to a manageable level (22 plants and the best tasting varieties for my area) and now I'm here with y'all wondering where in the hell I'm going to put all these fig plants I plan to get! Everyone I know personally thinks I'm nuts but at some point you just gotta shake the haters off and do you!!! You will calm down in due time. __________________ Rob Zone 9a/9b were the too meet. South Houston Tx Growing: Black Madeira, Smith, LSU Scott's Black, Improved Celeste, VDB, MBvs, RDB, Unknown Peach/Apricot, Salce, Malta Black, Texas BA-1, JH Adriatic, Atreano, CDDN, CDDB, CDDG, Strawberry Verte

FiggyFrank

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Posted 1379361538	Reply with quote #6

You seem pretty normal in our eyes! __________________ Frank zone 7a - VA

SoniSoni

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Posted 1379362416	Reply with quote #7

Truly, fig adiction is justifiable. It's a healthy hobby, producing nutritious figs, and preventing these lessor known and rare varieties from being lost forever. If it's up to commercial fig growers we'd be limited to a very few varieties and the others will be disappear like many heirloom fruits and vegs have. I chalk up my fig expenses to entertainment because I enjoy it so much, ..plus doing the fig shuffle and potting up eliminates the need to go to a gym. See it's justifed! Soni __________________ Soni GA. 7-8. seeking Galicia Negra, Bianchi Guido, Violette de Sollies, Emerald Strawberry

Smaritza

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Posted 1379363748	Reply with quote #8

That's just normal fig behavior. Resistance is futile!!!! __________________ Smaritza Bronx, NY Wishing for: Ronde de Bordeaux, Aubique Petit, Pananas Purple, Longue d Aout, Lebanese Red, Ischia Black, Scott's Black, Martineca Rimada, Tarantella, Jolly Tiger, Nero,

javajunkie

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Posted 1379365627	Reply with quote #9

I'm really sorry your wife is giving you a hard time but I'm sure we're all in the same boat. Just enjoy it and one day soon you'll find "the one" that your wife just loves the taste of and she'll leave you alone. __________________ Tami SE Texas

dkirtexas

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Posted 1379366425	Reply with quote #10

Another case of "Ficus Addictus", incurable, I might add. Worry not, you are among friends. OBTW- I have the shirt __________________ Thx, glad to be here Danny K "EL CAZADOR DE HIGO" Waskom Tx Zone 7B/8 Wish list: anything anyone wants me to have. LSU RED. Any LSU fig.

susieqz

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Posted 1379371266	Reply with quote #11

there's something about this site and us lunatics on it. i bot a chicago hardy, came here for some info on its care. now i got fig trees all over. i think i got hypnotized ....... __________________ susie wish list: nothing. i can't grow cuttings . right now, i have 6 trees showing no signs of fmv. i'd like to keep it that way' i was told that if i couldn't deal with fmv, i should grow peaches, so i got a peach tree to live with my clean figs.

Smaritza

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Posted 1379378942	Reply with quote #12

Quote: Originally Posted by susieqz there's something about this site and us lunatics on it. i bot a chicago hardy, came here for some info on its care. now i got fig trees all over. i think i got hypnotized ....... LOL!!! __________________ Smaritza Bronx, NY Wishing for: Ronde de Bordeaux, Aubique Petit, Pananas Purple, Longue d Aout, Lebanese Red, Ischia Black, Scott's Black, Martineca Rimada, Tarantella, Jolly Tiger, Nero,

gorgi

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Posted 1379379433	Reply with quote #13

Sometimes, I wish that there were only a 100 (or so) F.carica variants ... __________________ George, NJ_z7a.

JustPeachy

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Posted 1379379493	Reply with quote #14

I have to giggle here. I got bit with figmania back in late June....now I own a Sal's, a green italian, a celeste, a hardy chicago, a petite negri, a LSU purple, and about 12 various unknown cuttings that are rooting! Oh, and a dwarf cavendish banana thrown in there for good measure! LOL I need to update my siggy wish list! :D __________________ Sophie~ Sophies Choices: Sultane, Sal's , Hardy Chicago and varieties suitable to z7b...not too picky at this point since we are still a fig growing virgin!

twovkay

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Posted 1379385622	Reply with quote #15

I'm in the same boat, wanted to go looking for figs on sale this wkend, was turned down by hubby! 1 month ago made him dig up a fig that had airlayered in an abandon lot! It dropped all of it's leaves but recovered with some new leaves. He thinks I'm crazy! __________________ Von Northern VA 7a

cobb4861

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Posted 1379386069	Reply with quote #16

Yea, I just don't ask my husband about any of this. He has his Krav Maga thing and I don't bother his hobby, so he leaves mine alone. That and he likes eating figs. V, maybe you just need to feed your hubby some fresh figs! __________________ Meghan Cobb ~ Growing zone 9 Wish List: Pane e Vino White and /or Dark, De la Reina, Iranian mountain fig and anything else that is great to grow or at least try in the hot and humid Southeast Texas.

Tonycm

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Posted 1379386477	Reply with quote #17

Everybody here got bit with the fig bug. If you're like me, I was planning on keeping about 5 then that grew to 12 then to 25, but I surpassed that. When I got to 50 varieties of my own with access to another 50 more varieties I slowed down but didn't stop. I'm trying to fine tune my collection. Now I'm weeding out the lessor liked varieties and keeping the more cold hardy types. __________________ Zone 6a Sarver, PA Wish list; Rafed's Genovese Nero

twovkay

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Posted 1379386582	Reply with quote #18

I do feed him figs and he likes them, but I also make him move the 15-20 gallon pots, 4 ft wide figs into the garage and out and in, etc...you get the idea, right? He doesn't want to move another 20 plants, but I hate to tell him, it is in his near future.LOL __________________ Von Northern VA 7a

cobb4861

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Posted 1379386750	Reply with quote #19

Uhh, he needs to buy you a good dolly then. That way it would be easier for him to move the fig tree's around.... __________________ Meghan Cobb ~ Growing zone 9 Wish List: Pane e Vino White and /or Dark, De la Reina, Iranian mountain fig and anything else that is great to grow or at least try in the hot and humid Southeast Texas.

HarveyC

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Posted 1379387828	Reply with quote #20

Yeah, I guess I was just a recreational fig "user" for several years before I got seriously hooked. Back in 2008 (http://www.figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/show_single_post?pid=27632870&postcount=3) I wrote: Quote: Originally Posted by HarveyC I should add that tasting Jurupa last year for the first time made me realize that I might like figs more than I thought after having others our family has grown around here. I doubt I'll ever build up more than a dozen (or two) varieties, but the Jurupa did help me decide to expand my collection. I think I need to blame it on the very nice Panache I had last year. Last year 14 fig trees in the ground and about 3 or 4 more in pots. I now have over 100 varieties and over 150 trees. And I go hunting for figs in the dark. In January one night I told my wife that I thought I was getting pretty serious about figs. She looked at me, shaking her head, and said she had already realized that for a few weeks. At Jon's Fig Fiesta someone asked me if my wife supports my fig venture and I explained that it's something she just tolerates. Don't know what would happen if she got hooked also. __________________ Harvey - Correia Farms Isleton, CA (Sacramento County) USDA zone 9b, Sunset zone 14 http://www.figaholics.com https://www.facebook.com/Figaholics

jenniferarino83

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Posted 1379389227	Reply with quote #21

I remember those days __________________ Jennifer A. Brown Wishlist: NONE Boise ID ZONE 5

cobb4861

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Posted 1379389394	Reply with quote #22

Harvey, hunting fig tree's in the dark? Does that imply what I think it does? (I'm hoping it's just ebay, but could be you're driving around taking cuttings from neighborhood fig trees...) You have an impressive collection of tree's and that orchard your starting is really impressive! Do you still have the Jurupa? __________________ Meghan Cobb ~ Growing zone 9 Wish List: Pane e Vino White and /or Dark, De la Reina, Iranian mountain fig and anything else that is great to grow or at least try in the hot and humid Southeast Texas.

HarveyC

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Posted 1379392531	Reply with quote #23

Meghan, too rural around here for me to go scouting for fig trees in the vicinity. I just go outside and scout around my own trees looking for an evening snack such as the Longue d' Aout I enjoyed tonight. Panache is a trustworthy supplier and I can almost always find a fix anytime I need one. __________________ Harvey - Correia Farms Isleton, CA (Sacramento County) USDA zone 9b, Sunset zone 14 http://www.figaholics.com https://www.facebook.com/Figaholics

DallasFigs

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Posted 1379432011	Reply with quote #24

Yes, your crazy... but then, we're all a little insane here... __________________ James - Irving, TX - Zone: 8a Follow me on EBay Wish List: 187-25 · Ice Crystal · Maltese Beauty · Maltese Falcon

snaglpus

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Posted 1379434651	Reply with quote #25

Figs are amazing and it's hard to stop growing just one. And it started in Marietta Georgia where I only had 1 Brown Turkey and 1 Celeste. When I moved to Charlotte, I bought 3 that surprised me by fruiting with very little care. Today I have......well, I'll just say I have over 500 fig trees. I just fell in love with figs. My boss has 137 arces a few miles north of Charlotte. This summer, he tasted his first fresh fig. (A few weeks back, I brought in a huge bowl of figs.) THat day, he tried one and then another, and then another and then another. He cleaned out my entire bowl of figs! Since that day, all he talks about is how those figs taste. And guess what? Now, he wants to buy some fig trees to put on his property. He said he's hooked! Yesteday, a lady and her husband stopped by my place. They were interested in buying my swimming pool. When the lady saw all my trees, she said, "what in heaven are all of those"? I told her they were fig trees. I explained the different types and cultivars I have. Some were ripe on the trees so I walked over and picked one Bayenfeige Violetta and one Strawberry fig and gave it to them. Both almost passed out with just one bite of the BV! They laughed so hard till they had tears in their eyes saying, "Wow, those were good"! The lady said the BV was almost too sweet and the Strawberry tasted like a sweet tangy berry. To make a long story short, they bought the pool. I gave them a one 3 gallon Hardy Chicago fig tree and a couple of jars of fig jam. So, yes, figs are so addictiing!!!!!! __________________ Dennis Charlotte, North Carolina/Zone 8a

BLB

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Posted 1379462536	Reply with quote #26

Well the darn trees grow so well, it's reasonably easy to propagate and there are sooo many varieties to try. You can't just have 1 or 2. "We're all bozo's on this bus" Firesign Theatre,

figherder

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Posted 1379475946	Reply with quote #27

I had my first fresh fig off of my 3 yr old tree this year. Since then I have looked everywhere for more but cant find any in my area. No nurseries have em, no big box stores, noone. My guess is I will hit ebay hard this winter. __________________ Jeff in zone 5b Wish list St rita,Vista,Sal's G,De la Reina, preto, Sport and pops purple red from Bellaclare, Planera Malta Black, Navid Unk Dark Greek,

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