Dave,
Please....
Don't keep posting pictures of your Martinenca Rimada. It hurts too much...
I'm joking. Of course you can post pictures of this beautiful fig variety.
But to me they are a painful reminder of the cuttings i received from M. Pons and that i miserably lost.
It was one of the most cherished varieties i received from him and the only one i lost.
I had 3 cuttings rooted with small leaves and mid May some heavy rains when i was away, spoiled them all. The pots were too exposed to the rain and the young roots had died due to excess water when i arrived.
In a desperate move i tried to graft a couple of chips but the cuttings were already in a very bad shape. I have one chip that took but i don't see any dormant bud and the fungus are trying to settle on it, so it's probably lost.
If i only had grafted one of the cuttings as i did with some of the other varieties...
Oh well, learning the hard way. Now, when i receive a precious variety, i always graft at least one chip (usually the bottom one on the cutting), even if it means reducing the cutting size buy one inch.
I have saved many varieties with this approach. And i keep thinking why didn't i do that with Martinenca Rimada... Very stupid decision...