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When to take suckers?

I actually took 4 of them yesterday before I worked on the air layer.  I was surprised with the root growth on the main tree!!  I planted it about 3 inches deeper then the pot it came in and the whole circumference of the tree has roots!

I thought it was going to be a fairly easy operation to get the suckers - I was wrong:(  I ended up breaking them off, since I couldn't get in there to easily.  When I planted the tree I wasn't thinking about having to crawl under and around to get suckers, air layers and silly me - the ripe figs!  So I planted flowers and veggies around it - OOOOOOOOOOOPPPSS! 

I think my garden is going to grow next year - in square footage ;)

Take them any time. I prefer to do so while NOT dormant. See this thread, see the video in post #3: http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/propagate-sukers.-4967631

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