I know some varieties are slower to root than others... How is Ronde De Bordeaux?
I have it in sphagnum

I don't know if it's typical but when I rooted RDB cuttings they rooted fairly fast.
If I remember correctly it was between week 3 and 4 that they all had a good set of roots starting.
Once they were potted up they grew fast too.
Ronde was one of my fastest growers and produced a dozen figs which all ripened in the first year.

3 to 4 weeks.   Mine was 3 weeks plus 1 day. 

Ditto to above answers.
Relatively good and quick rooter. Hardly any issues with this cultivar.

Good luck

this is encouraging since I have 3 RdB in the humidity bin right now.

I rooted 5 last year and I don't recall them being fussy.  They're actually starting to wake up for spring as we speak.

Ok thanks...I can do 3 weeks.

I have an RdB that has been sitting in perlite since 1/29.  Several other cuttings have rooted and been removed .  I've even added a cutting two weeks later, had it to root and removed it to be transplanted...I've just got a stubborn Rdb I guess.

i had two RdB cuttings. one was a green soft cutting. responded very nicely only to dry out and die. othere was a thin hardwood cutting. now it's about 3'. it took some time rooting, but once it put out the roots, it grew like a weed.

This one was not difficult to root. I don't remember the length of time. Healthy plant, grows well, and as Rafed said - it's pretty.

Hi,
They are selling so many rdb(*) and rdb(**) that I'm avoiding them - At nurseries they are more present than BT ... But  I might get a try at rdb(**) this year and rdb the next one perhaps if I still have space :)
(*)   Ronde de Bordeaux --> bigger tree
(**) Rouge de Bordeaux --> smaller tree and earlier fruits .
Do you guys, have photos of those beasts ?
I don't like nurseries pushing a cultivar too much and not showing and giving valuable information about them... When it is too beautiful to be true ... I try avoiding it especially when people, here, don't report having success with them.
The difficulty for me might be my zone 7... But one day, I might buy a small tree - here, you can have a small bushy one for 10€ -
A neighbor has a fig tree, and I'm pretty sure that it is a rdb - but don't ask me which one of the both and she doesn't seem to be successful at ripening her crop although she sets lots of fruit - a fruit per leaf all the way .
I'll try to ask them this year - but that neighbor is not really a friendly one - They look more like pittbulls.
By the way, I have two unknowns - and one might be a rdb . Especially, one is sky rocketing so I would guess it is a ronde-d-b ... But she has only shown figlets for now .
Funny enough, they survived this winter and are still hanging on the tree ... With time, will come the answers ...

Ronde de Bordeaux is a great variety. it grows well and tastes great. i think few members are testing Rouge de Bordeaux. some say Rouge de Bordeaux might be similar/same as Pastiliere. if that's the case, there might be some fruit drop for the Rouge. 

my Hardy Chicago didn't do much last yr. i'm going to pump fertilizer on it to see if it's responses better. RdB was its first yr, and it was good. very complex. 

GeneDaniels,

I gave away my Hardy Chicago before it produced fruit. Never tasted it but I've yet to hear anything bad about it.
As for the RDB,,, I think you will be very impressed.



Pete,
I have both Rouge and Pastilliere.
Hopefully I can do the side by side comparison this season.
Only problem is the Pastilliere drops too much. Tree is very healthy so I don't understand why this cultivars does this but I am holding on to it to mature and see what comes of it.

jdsfrance,

Have you tried contacting Pierre Bauds for the RDB?
He's the fig guru in France and all of Europe.

Hi Rafed,
Baud is 1000 km away from me - He is in fig heaven and I'm in fig hell ...
I can find rdb and rdb here. I was last Saturday at a nursery and they had ronde for 18€ - with the size of those trees they will make brebas this year already ...
But I have two unknowns that I need to test and taste first as I don't want to find myself having bought a tree I already had - because I'm short on space .
One of those unknown grows like a rabbit and is unifera - so I think that it is Pastilliere/Ronde
I have read that Both rdb are uniferas and are known for dropping the brebas if any show up.
Rouge should be able to make brebas some years - Ronde apparently not... and this + smaller size for rouge are the reasons why I'll buy Rouge first.
The pitbull should have Rouge, so I'll try to give him a shout :) to see if they still can remember what they bought ...