Here is one fig that was hard to root for me.Did anyone have a hard time rooting this fig.I heard this is a great fig.Thank you Leon.

It is very popular in China. Its chinese name is called "Japanese Fig". In fact, Chinese people know it was from Frence. 

Wow very interesting thank you for sharing.

I can't stop laughing

Vito

Call me blonde!  What are you laughing about, Vito?  This is a legitimate question, and I wish I had an answer.  I truly hope this doesnt go the way of posts going nowhere.  I'd be happy to try to root some cuttings!

Suzi

I think he is laughing at the fig being popular in china, where they call it the japaneese fig, all the while knowing it is from france.

grant

"Kids these days" >*sighs* and shakes head<

Leon, we are really a helpful and greedy group!  Hang in there!  Some intelligent person will answer your question!  But, put me down first for cuttings!  I stood by you!  So let it be known!!

Suzi

Laughter at the expense of others is not impressive! 

Suzi

Nice rescue try , but it doesn't fly!

When you say that it was hard to root what do you mean by that. You have tried several cuttings and only one has succeeded or it took a long time to take roots.

Suzi,

I am laughing at the fact that a fig in china is called a Japanese fig and in the end, it winds up being from France. It just goes to show how convoluted names can become.  I would never laugh at anyone who asks a question on this forum. 

I think we should lighten up.

Vito

I, in no way, was laughing at a question being asked.   

Hey Eden yes I had several rooting and this is the only survivor to me this variety is like cddn to root.Suzi your welcome to some cuttings when this fig gets more branches by the way It's growing may take awile.Thanks

rob, I want green cuttings next year ok?  Not so good with the dormant ones!
Suzi
And I will treasure them!  Actually pay you for them!

http://figs4fun.com/Thumbnail_Violette_Soleis.html

Nice looking fig. :)

Wow Suzi!
 All you have to do is ask for cuttings and you get them!
 I should be so fortunate!! :( LOL

Dan, I would love cuttings of this variety, BUT, postage is costly, so I'm willing to pay.  OMG!  Just sent 16 packages to Ebay buyers of my late mother-in-laws estate!  NOT cheap to send!

About Ebay:  They don't all pay fast.  I do, but they don't.  Got a couple packaged up, addressed, but no payment!

Just saying I'm willing to pay for a few cuttings of this lovely breed!

Suzi

Hi Rob,

I rooted a single cutting I got from Jon during the great cutting migration of 2011.  It rooted okay, but did not like it when I transplanted it into the ground.  It struggled to grow and put out a few leaves, but then started failing.  I rooted several cuttings at the same time which behaved similarly... Abebeira, Preta, Ischia Black and Black Madeira.  I've tried rooting Ischia Black and Black Madeira several times in the past, and found them to be slow root growers.  This may be the reason they seem harder to root.

~james

In Houston, I managed to nurse a couple of the Black Ischia - UCD (no luck with Black Madeira) in containers along for over a year.  The top growth was pretty slow.  It seemed like the roots grew even slower.  It just never seemed to get going.

Last year, I planted some rooted cuttings of both (along with the other two I mentioned) in the ground.  Based on what I saw in Houston, the roots could not keep up with the top once the heat set in.  Patience is a good thing, but the reality here is it is very hot and very dry... the tree has to be able to take it.  That said, I am currently rooting a Black Madeira cutting ;)

~james

In as much as Violette Solliès (a place in France) is listed as a synonym for Pastiliere on the F4F varieties site (Condit did not list it as such). I did not find Pastilier hard to root. The only problem with it so far has been overcoming the FMV infection that came with it from UCD. Pastilier is one of the few trees Condit listed as a possible true dwarf so it will be a slow grower. Also, what Airymind said was probably confused or has been corrupted over the years. Hirta du Japon (another synonym for Pastilier) is recorded as being a Japanese variety. According to Condit, it was later exported to France. Not the other way around.

Ruben,

I rooted Pastilier this year.  It rooted very quickly (one of the first of the UCD bunch to root) and quite prolifically.  I would not say the experience with this cutting and Violette Sollies to be the same.

~james

Ruben,

I rooted Pastilier this year.  It rooted very quickly (one of the first of the UCD bunch to root) and quite prolifically.  I would not say the experience with this cutting and Violette Sollies to be the same.

~james