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Someone is interested in one of my fig trees and I want to ship him some suckers rather than cuttings.  How do I take them, as in how much dirt and roots do I try to keep.  Also, how do I pack them for shipping?  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks!
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Nothing special needed.

Just wrap the roots with some newspapers and add a bit of water. Then you just use whatever kind of bag you have and seal it. To finish, use whatever kind of envelope you have...
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ccc1  --  I would like to try the suckers if they are the Bugasota variant. What I do if the suckers are packed closed is I used a hacksaw & pushed it into the dirt & saw away when plant is dormant. Don't need many roots. Fig trees can take a lot of abuse. Early this year I send a 4" sucker with 3 one inch root to my brother. It arrived 10 days later & now the sucker is more than 12 inches tall. You can write me privately  & my email is in my profile. I will pay for postage or if you prefer we can have a one on one trade.Thanks.
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Yeah, it's the Bugasota variant, and I think I can manage to hold you one.  I'll email you sometime after the trees go dormant.  Which should be soon. 

As for you offer to trade...  I'd love to do a trade, but, unfortunately, I couldn't get clearance from the tower (wife) to squeeze one more fig into our tiny little backyard.  For now, I'll have to settle for sending you one for postage.
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Listen to what The_Montreal_fig says. It would work. It worked before, see:
http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3718364
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ccc1  --  thanks. I am from B.Columbia, near Vancouver. Please let me know when you are ready to mail & I will remit postage.
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Thanks you all for your responses.  I'll dig those little guys up once it goes dormant, wrap them up in newspaper, shove them into a zip-lock bag and envelope. 

Some of those suckers still look a bit green this year due to all the rain and cool weather.  Is that going to be a problem?
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ccc1: If they are still green there is nothing to worry about.

If you want you could send them now even if they are still not dormant.
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