This week my coffee pot broke so I went looking for a new one at yard sales. Found a very nice one and the lady asked for $4 with a very strong accent. Also noticing some fig trees in the back I asked where she was from and she said Greece. She shared that she had brought the cuttings over with her. I offered her $5 for the coffee pot and a few cuttings from her trees and she said she would get me some cuttings for free if I took the pot.

I returned to my car to get the money and she had disappeared. A few minutes later she returned with several 4 ft sections of tree, a couple of them with roots. A asked her about the fruit and she said one of them has a small white fruit, one has a big white fruit and the last one was a black fruit. All of them were family trees from Karpenissi Greece.

That was so nice of her to share with you.  I hope they thrive and do well.  Enjoy your figs and your coffee too!!

There you go look forward to future pictures.

"Big White" - Thought it was a VdB when she brought it out.

Black Fig

Little white. Had an unripe fig on it but can't tell much.

Addison , that was fantastic ! Good luck with them . Let us know how they progress.

Good eye Addison, your tact paid off, good luck with your cuttings.

One concern though... Is this root knot damage? Should I root them from cuttings instead of these roots?

Score!  Congratulations.   These may be trees no one else but you and she have in all of the Americas.

I would pot them up then do an air layer of them just to be sure there.

Looks awesome. She really did rip that branch off lol. 

  I'm so happy for your good fortune !!  Something about admiring someone's fig tree is like admiring their kids. We connect!  Good luck with them
  Soni

Are those bumps in the roots RKN? Is that a common finding in that area?

Really awesome find either way. 

You just never know where the next fig tree is coming from.  Happy for you and your find!

Good lookin out Nichole.

You might want to rethink those cuttings Addison.

Very nice!!!!
Hope they are good for you and are worth sharing down the road.

Good eye Nichole. Quite certain they are RKN infected as per pictures I have seen in this forum.

Agree with Paully concerning the RKN .

Quarantine. At least now they need to make it trough a few feet of wood to reach soil. Its also well away from anything I grow so with the 4ft per year spread it will take a while before that spot is an issue.

Unfortunately I rinsed the roots off near the tomato garden for a picture. I just rinsed the spot with vinegar, then hydrogen peroxide, then sprinkled diatomaceous earth over the top. Anything else I can do?

Is there a way to change the title to yard sale Trojan horse?

You might want to remove the leaves since they didn't seem to have much if any root growth. 

there should be some posts about RKN. some say hot water treatment works. others will say to take cutting and burn the rest. one of few reasons i keep to container culture is that i don't trust local soil. if introduced to your soil, it will spread. very hard to get rid of. so far, i have been lucky.

Knot only that, but if you plant them in pots with a lot of organic matter the nematodes will be hindered.  Then find out if there's a parasitic insect that kills these.  I'd put the pots on saucers and make sure they never overflow.  I don't know how they spread.  When you dig up your tomato bed next put lots of organic material in it.  You might want to mulch it now.

I agree with Tony.  Put 'em in pots.  Then air layer (or take cuttings) to get RKN-free trees, and then burn the originals from the pots.  Keep them apart from other trees.  (You could also look at some of the other posts/threads about how to get rid of RKN).  Still, despite having to "clean them" from RKN, this is a great find!  Nice find for you!

Mike   central NY state, zone 5a