Black Madeira - cute rooting success :)

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HarveyC

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Posted 1360556171	Reply with quote #1

I took half a stick of Black Madeira and grafted it (growing okay) and here is the top half of the stick, 26 days after I started rooting it. It is now potted up and is going into my greenhouse. __________________ Harvey - Correia Farms Isleton, CA (Sacramento County) USDA zone 9b, Sunset zone 14 http://www.figaholics.com https://www.facebook.com/Figaholics

rcantor

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Posted 1360556222	Reply with quote #2

Looks great! __________________ Zone 6, MO Wish list: Galicia Negra, De La Reina - Pons, Genovese Nero - Rafed's, Sbayi, Souadi, Acciano, Any Rimada, Sodus Sicilian, any Bass, Pons or Axier fig, any great tasting fig.

Dieseler

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Grasa

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Posted 1360608009	Reply with quote #4

Perfect! your hands are blessed! hope they keep on growing. BM is a very slow rooter, isn't it? __________________ Grasa Seattle, WA

HarveyC

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Posted 1360608698	Reply with quote #5

Black Madeira has a reputation for being slow or difficult to root and I failed when I tried once before 4-5 years ago, but this little cutting rooted pretty average compared to the 30 or so varieties I started around the same time. The other half of this cutting got grafted onto a Brown Turkey so I'm hoping to compare growth between the two. The BT graft has two buds with tiny leaves emerging. __________________ Harvey - Correia Farms Isleton, CA (Sacramento County) USDA zone 9b, Sunset zone 14 http://www.figaholics.com https://www.facebook.com/Figaholics

james

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Posted 1360613968	Reply with quote #6

I'm not sure why it has that reputation. After years of trying, I successfully grew a BM tree from cutting at the beginning of 2012. Already the buds have started swelling on the two limbs it grew last year. One of the limbs is 1" long the other is a whopping 3/4" long. It better be as awesome as everyone says! LOL __________________ In containers - Littleton, CO (zone 5b) In ground - N.E of Austin, TX (zone 8b) 2016 Wish List: Dārk Pōrtuguese, Grānthāms Royāl, Lātarolla, Negrettā, Nōire de Bārbentāne, Rockāway Green, Viōlet Sepōr, Viōlette Dāuphine. Iranian figs are always welcome.

Dieseler

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Posted 1360616518	Reply with quote #7

Quote: Originally Posted by james I'm not sure why it has that reputation. After years of trying, I successfully grew a BM tree from cutting at the beginning of 2012. Already the buds have started swelling on the two limbs it grew last year. One of the limbs is 1" long the other is a whopping 3/4" long. It better be as awesome as everyone says! LOL James Jon P. posted this Sept 2007 -This may be the king of all figs. He showed a picture of it as well. James i agree he is right even in my climate in a container there King . ; )

jenniferarino83

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Lol that is cute. __________________ Jennifer A. Brown Wishlist: NONE Boise ID ZONE 5

james

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Posted 1360684095	Reply with quote #9

Thanks for the encouragement to persevere with this tree, Martin. If this thing continues to grow as slowly as it is, I might try grafting a cutting onto a more vigorous root stock next year. __________________ In containers - Littleton, CO (zone 5b) In ground - N.E of Austin, TX (zone 8b) 2016 Wish List: Dārk Pōrtuguese, Grānthāms Royāl, Lātarolla, Negrettā, Nōire de Bārbentāne, Rockāway Green, Viōlet Sepōr, Viōlette Dāuphine. Iranian figs are always welcome.

HarveyC

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Posted 1360691065	Reply with quote #10

Yes, I did use score marks extensively this season and am very pleased with the results. __________________ Harvey - Correia Farms Isleton, CA (Sacramento County) USDA zone 9b, Sunset zone 14 http://www.figaholics.com https://www.facebook.com/Figaholics

HarveyC

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Posted 1360693526	Reply with quote #11

I am rooting cuttings in Jon's alternative method, the 3" x 7" bags, using 90% perlite and 10% sphagnum peat moss, set on a tub on a propagation mat set to 85F. This allows me to get a lot of cuttings started in a pretty small space. Before they get very root bound, I have potted them up and moved them into my greenhouse which gets down into the low 40s at night and up to 90 at day. I used 1 gallon pots until I ran out and now using my 4" wide by 12" deep treepots from Stuewe, using the Miracle Grow potting mix (it's worked okay in the past and Costco has large bags of it for $9.99). __________________ Harvey - Correia Farms Isleton, CA (Sacramento County) USDA zone 9b, Sunset zone 14 http://www.figaholics.com https://www.facebook.com/Figaholics

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