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Need Florida Fig Advice

Hi:
How long had your graft been in place?  I've been wondering how long it takes for a graft site to get strong enough to not have to worry about it breaking. 
Good luck with finding a way to save it.

Hi:
How long had your graft been in place?  I've been wondering how long it takes for a graft site to get strong enough to not have to worry about it breaking. 
Good luck with finding a way to save it.

Not sure I emailed Harvey and he said a year and they should be supported during that time. Oh well live and learn expensive lesson, well I grafted two pieces to my unknown tree.
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covered the little snub that was grafted with grafting tape and buried deeper so the scion that started to have roots was under the soil along with the original root ball since they were still connected at a spot.
gal-plant.jpg  and stuck two in a pot with miracle grow seeding and cutting mix.
root.jpg   I'm wondering if I should just put them outside in the ground? has anyone rooted outside in full sun?


Maybe it will be a blessing in disguise and you'll have more than one tree. As for the two in the pot, I would not suggest putting them out in the full sun now. You want them to have warmth and humidity to root. Too much heat, like in the full sun, and they will die, never mind rooting Taking place. I surmise and speak from reading older posts here, not from experience, and I haven't read about anyone rooting outside in full sun. The closest is outside, under shade and in some sort of humidity dome.

My update well the Galacia negra none of the cuttings or the graft took.. the nub I planted in the ground is bouncing back about 4 inches.

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My moved fig still is growing crazy new shoots and NO FIGS such a bummer..
I did graft a peters honey, Long de out, black maderia, and a unknown friends white fig from pa.. they all took so maybe next year I will get figs from the grafts.

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My Raspberry Latte from KK is doing well has a bunch of figs on it and shows the same
characteristics of figs growing into figs.
two fig latte.jpg 
my KK stella has one figlit and is starting to go
kkstella.jpg 
and my KK RDB
KK RDB.jpg 
My hirts VDB
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my Home depot Brown Turkey
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My i258
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my Bananas
bananas.jpg 
My Coconut Mango
coconut mango.jpg  and my friend the Coral Snake NOT!
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Long growing seasons is overrated lol, I'm hoping next year to finally eat some figs
that celeste and KK's Latte will be the first ones cant wait


Congrats on at least the nub surviving and all others thriving.

Hi,
So do you still have the galicia negra or did all paths fail ?
You should remove the weeds from around your trees as slugs will go from one to the other and shorten your trees.
You could use some fertilizer at Spring time and in the Summer to get much MOOOOOOORE growth.

All failed except the nub that was about 2" above the ground, it started a shoot and is about 4-5" now growing great in ground its a year behind but better late than never lol. Everything is growing great I just have that one 3 year old tree that grows like mad but never has figs. My son cut the grass and I do the weeding because I don't trust anyone around them one slip of the trimmer could be fatal for those trees. They are good now i need to mulch them and put a barrier so I don't need to deal with that cuz it's not fun lol.

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