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looking for fig cuttings or plant

i got the fig fever. Been trying to find some new figs to grow. i have a 3 year old Chicago hardy fig tree thats has tons of fruit . just trying to see if i can grow so other types of figs.
I'm on the eastern shore  DE.
-Chris 

There will be lots of cuttings offered soon.  Welcome!

Chris, don't you think we should get to know you and a little about yourself, before you come here and on your 1st post, asking for cuttings or trees?

I've got access to some . I'm below OC about 30 min.
I know of 3 or 4 different places to get some but think they are all brown turkey. I can post pics the next time I'm at the location of the bushes.

i guess your right frankallen lol. I guess should start with how i first encountered this magnificent plant. Well , it was about 15 years ago when i first visited my grandmothers house in Mexico .There she had a giant fig tree that reached the third floor , with hundreds of figs on it. it funny how you could smell the unique scent of figs from 20 feet away. i remember picking lot of very big green figs that were so sweet that you couldn't stop eaten them . since the tree was next to the stairs which spiraled upwards you could pick even from the tallest branches . Every since that day i loved figs ,which for some reason can't seem to find locally?  fastfoward 12 years ... i find myself looking at plants at my local lowes to find FIGS for sell . i bought the biggest one and planted it as soon as got home. only to have it die that winter ... or so i thought. out of nowhere it starts growing new shoots to grow twice as big as when i bought it.that season i only got 3 small figs before it went dormant and died off. this spring i cut all of the dead branches off and hoped that it once again grew. Well i tell you what, it grew to about 12 feet with lots of branches and this time it has tons of figs. i pluck about 3 or 4 a day .

Cool story. I also remember eating some sweet green figs in Mexico with my family as a child. I have no idea what variety they were, and at the time didn't even think to ask. That was over 20 years ago, and I still love figs.  Those trees were in Sonora, and I have no idea what happened to them. Do you still have access, or have family that has access to that tree at your grandmother's?

Unfortunately they had them cut down cause all the figs brought tons of mice and other pest . My father still talks about them since the tree were  planted when he was child.

That is unfortunate.  Good luck!

Hey, i_like_figs:
In a couple of months some members will likely have some cuttings they are wiling to either share, trade, or sell.  Feel free to hit me up in November and I'll see if I have anything for you.

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