dkirtexas
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Posted 1395577741
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Our local chapter held it's annual plant sale this weekend. One table had, probably, 25 1 gal Brown Turkey trees for sale for $10. Trees were 2 yrs old, from cuttings, 14"-16" in height with 3-4 leaves.
musillid
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Posted 1395577958
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It seems fig fever is spreading. I think a part of it due to the big box stores selling them for $10. People are willing to risk losing $10 for the novelty, then begin to get interested once they get the fig home.
Chapman
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Posted 1395578804
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I would hope a good 2 year old tree would bring more than $10. Do you think they were selling them too cheap?
dkirtexas
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Posted 1395582128
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I am not a Master Gardener, and I had other plans. The price was about right for that small of a tree, prices here are $10-12 per gallon with proportional height. Lowe's/HD sell 6ft whips generally for $19.95 except when they run specials. I think the logic is as above, $10-12 is a good gateway price and people seem to move up as soon as the see how easily they are grown. One lady, yesterday, bought 6 to start her "fig ranch", as Tami calls it, I had sold her a tree last year and she now has small figs on that tree and now she loves them.
ChillyNPhilly
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Posted 1395598503
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Last year Lowe's had tables of Kadotas and Hardy Chicagos for $9.99. I wish I would've bought a couple of Hardy Chicagos then. They were OK sized, it was early spring, based on what others have said, it probably would've given me quite a few figs last summer.
