It was great fun to visit loslunasfarms and Ingevald recently. 

Los Lunas Farms has come a long way from the photos of digging holes on flat land.  It was amazing to be there surrounded by the fruits of his labor, even though they were dormant.  My host was gracious and patient and we had a good time talking about his methods and his figs.  I was lost in the grandeur and forgot to take photos.  Sorry, everyone.  Maybe I'll get to go back and rectify that.

More recently I visited Ingevald and we did some catching up.  He's a great person to talk with.  He does the shuffle and here's how he ends up in the winter:



There are more off to the left.  I encouraged him that there was plenty of room for more plants.

Both men are a pleasure to be around.  Getting to visit forum members is the bright spot in having to travel for work  :)  Leon - You're next!

Awsome

Lots of love in that garage !

Bob,
Thanks for the nice positive post.
It seems like the forum is getting back to normal.
Let me know if you pass through Virginia.

Martin, let's see some photos of your dormant area!  What size pots do you keep most of your figs in and how many figs do you get per plant?  Info like that would help the rest of us plan.

If I'm ever in Chicago, it's your turn!

Not sure what you mean my dormant area -where the figs were in yard otherwise there just in garage during winter.

My favorites and keepers go in 25 and 30g containers .
I have been in the process of drastically cutting down on my fig plants too much work.

As for how many figs it depends on cultivar as Negretta i stop counting at 100 figs but there were more as the nodes are close on plant in its 15g container while mission in 20 gallon i counted 100 figs but nodes longer that was 1 of the trees that got chopped up last season.

Thanks!  I meant pictures of your dormant trees and how you store them.  Do you have any in 5-10 gal containers?  What do they produce for you?  I'm thinking of keeping most in 5-10 Gal and the really good ones in 25 Gal.  Was it the taste of the Mission that made you get rid of it?

No the mission was decent and a good fig on palate just not better than some of the ones im keeping so it was expendable.
Used to have some 5 and 10 gallon pots but those gone i think anyways, like Black Bethlehem, Mavra Sika , Santa Cruz Dark etc. They made decent amount of figs never really counted them and never made it to bigger pots.
Have some smaller ones in smaller pots yet.

Here is picture from 2009 in larger pots behind car rest i put on each side of both cars and some on back wall.

Is that really terra cotta?  I'd crack that stuff every time I moved a pot.  Nice looking trees, though.

Care to give us a list of the ones you're keeping?

No there not terra cotta.