Here is my new addition to the family. From Guess Who? OK that was a rhetorical question. It was received on 4/09 and I potted it today. I will do an update to pics in a few months.
Thanks G
Sal

Very Nice Sal, a new sal added to the household I see lol.

Familar container indeed and a caring person it came from.  ; )

Im working on getting the Sal's Figs one Sal at a time.

I can` belive how big your tomatos are(backround), I started mine about 6 weeks ago now they`re  7" inch tall if wether will be nice I may plant them outside in the next week or so.

Thanks to all
Nelson that was good one Sal at a time. I call my Unknown, Sal G after my Uncle Sal Greco who recently passed and now Little Sal C Jr. Maybe I'll be like George Foreman and name all my figs Sal.lol
Jusalda those Tomatoes were started in late Feb and have just recently started to grow and put on fruit as soil has finally warmed up They need to set fruit now as in next month might be to hot and blooms just drop because night time temps stay to warm to set fruit
Sal

I'm with Remis, I looked at the fig for a few seconds, then noticed the blooms on the tomatoes and thought to myself....holy crap, wow!  I started mine 2/21, transplanted to cups on 3/14 and 3/21 (resprectively) and they're only ~ 7"-8" tall at this point.  I need to bring them upstairs soon and start to harden them off so I can get them in the ground soon. 

I was always amazed at the plants and trees in Florida when dad was alive. He did grow wonderful tomatoes much much earlier than i ever could and fig trees in the Fort Lauderale area but the ants used to be bad on his fig trees and at the time i could not figure out how to stop them till years later.
Fond memory i have when we drive there in January - February  years back to visit dad when everything here is dormant and seeing much green down there and chipping my tooth on bottom of pool (long story) what a climate and i can only dream about what i may or may not be able to do growing fig trees in that climate one day down the road .
Seeing Sals pictures get me anxious and hope to see more of his in future.

I like that pic with both-two-hands protecting the
whole-intact (fragile/precious) root-ball just before re-TransPlanting...

Thanks for the garden compliments here are a few pics I took yesterday with some fig pics
George yes that is my new born and I handle it that way. If you ask my wife she will tell you I'm nuts In the amount of times I check my figs each day. I tell her it is my exercise routine and being on the patio I'm always looking at them and walking over to see anything new.
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/flgard/msg0415153411875.html?10

Just to put them in perspective, I'm taking my first of 3 batches of tomatoes out to harden off tomorrow.  Here they are:

Very nice Jason maybe later in your season you can share some pics I know you grow lots of heirloom toms and I would be interested in seeing them

I will definitely post pics, as the tomatoes come back to me.  I wish I could fit them in the yard, but I'll be lucky if 1-2 of this batch pictured will stay with me. 

Two dozen plants go into our community garden for everyone in the neighborhood to eat (pretty unusual for an urban area, eh?), another two dozen go to adjacent community gardens, 4-6 go in my yard and around the house, room permitting, and the rest are donated out to folks with precedence toward folks that seed-bank and anyone with kids, so they can teach their children how to farm and live off the land - even living less than 3 miles from the urban jungle of downtown Atlanta.

Jason that is totally awesome I wish I had that type of community spirit around here but every one is to busy and just don't care but I have spoke to some real nice GW members on FL Forum and hope to meet some and share some experiences and items

My MIL, who lives in Mariner Cay just a few miles from you, has started something similar over there with community gardening.  It's pretty cool!  I dig it.  It's inspirational. 

I meant to tell you (getting back to topic), your lower leaves on that plant have that burning around the edges that seems to happen when my mix gets too dry too many times (cyclically)

I believe G had a small gnat problem and the soap solution might have been on the strong side the new growth looks great and no stress from me transplanting. I don't see any benefit of me trimming those off at this time maybe in a month or so when more growth appears. Thanks for the heads up I will keep you all updated
Sal

This thread reminded me of something Just-In-Time. I used to grow my own seedlings for tomatoes (big beef), hot Cayenne peppers, sweet burpless cucumbers, zucchinis etc but after starting figs I never got a decent chance to grow my own seedlings for these veges and buy vege seedlings at the last moment around May 20. So, may be tomorrow I can start some and use my heat mat that I used for fig cuttings in the past and is stored unused.

Looks like the Sal C is taking after it's new Pappy and likes it HOT!!!!    Just like my Coffee (You guys got your mind in the Gutter LOL)

20 days since transplant no signs of shock and no growth set back, Took it like a CHAMP
I'm 99.999% sure that my source had some input great root stock and arrived well, you can see
     Even though I have not transplanted many 35-40 this tree just grew from day ONE and has not looked back.
     I'm not saying it is the fastest grower (LSU GOLD, Improved Celeste, and MBVS also took off but not until some adjustment period  of days or even a few weeks)
      So as you can tell I'm not only very excited but very grateful to Gorgi OPPS It slipped out
   It has been 90 in day  and high 60's  and 70's at night summer is here and SAL C LIKES IT HOT
    Is there any one growing this in a HOT long season climate? What are your observations So far?

The bottom of green tape is where the plant height was when transplanted 20 days ago

Sal

sal, my sals c is also zooming for the sky.  also natalina and atreano just love it here in florida :).

Just put my son's Natalina in 1 gal pot yesterday root ball was amazing. My 16 year old son has taken this tree as his personal tree will not let anyone near it (her as he refers to the tree) He comes home from school and checks the plant.. and again before he leaves for school checks the plant... He has the bug,, thanks to the northeast fig meeting and talking with everyone he is hooked...

Hi Mike good to see you posting again and thanks for the response. It is much different growing in our climate as compared to most who post. They fight the cold and having to protect figs in winter and we contend more with RKN, Rust, and heat stress and water management it seems. I still think we have it easier but it is good at least for me to get other opinions with same growing conditions to compare results
Sal 

sal, i do have to contend with a freeze to the ground every year in gainesville.  otherwise, it's a long growing season and it's very hot in the summer.  i only plant outdoors and i use drip irrigation.  i'm sure your plants are much more pampered than mine :).  beautiful garden pics, by the way.  i hope to be posting similar pics when i can get my grounds together better.  i'm working on too many projects at the moment, but starting to get on top of most of them.

Hi Sal,

I got my Sals Corleone around the end of Summer of '08' and it was about the size your first pictured ( 20oz. cup ).
Didn't grow much if any till the beginning of '09' growing season when it grew about five feet.
Had a few suckers that I potted up but no branches. During the Fall/Winter I cut off about a foot from the top to force it to branch out this season.
Right now it is growing multiple branches but they are just starting so they are mostly about the size of a green pea with a few larger ones. So far I am satisfies with the results.

Very nice Rafed, Seems like we are going through a heat wave July type weather already days are high 80's low 90's and nights are staying above 70 Yuk. I have placed the saucers back under pots as you can see. A fast draining soil has it's advantages and also disadvantages from what I can tell the saucers seem to help with the plants wicking up. I'm only watering once a day on a slow drip irrigation on large pots the small ones I do by hand to better judge the amount as at this time the roots. Are not taking up much from what I see. I try to water early morning before the sun hits which seems to help also. I have already seen some heat stress especially on the one in ground but that was do to me not watering for 2 days and it bounced right back in a few hours after a good drink. I'm kinda disappointed  that I only have a few breba showing on my blk unknown as last year I had quite a few, this could be due to the fact that they did not go dormant their 1st year and spent lots of energy and I also root pruned . As they say in Chicago WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR...lol 

Hi Sal,
you know your plants look really nice this season and everything is so well kept in the pool area one could eat of the floor it seems  as i see around your comtainers the floor is spotless. Heck if i was your neighbor i would come and visit and have some dirt in my pocket.  ; )
Wait till next year you mention a pun used here in regards to the Cubs.
 Sal i always been a Cub fan (long story)
But the Chicago Blackhawks have always been my favorite sports team another long story relating to 1971 and the Cubs back in 1969. ( Sigh )
Look forward to seeing more pictures in future as they progress  this season .
Thanks