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bullet08

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Posted 1395533353	Reply with quote #1

and trees are not liking it. my 3 oldest trees received major root and top prunning. i took about 1/3 off. they are slow in getting leaves and branches out. new leaves are showing sign of stress. i sort of expected this, but it's concerning to see it. also, some of the trees are not enjoying below 40 temp during the shuffle. leaves seem to be getting damaged. younger trees are handling it much better. __________________ Pete Durham, NC Zone 7b "don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - the baroness thatcher *** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. * * and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...***

ForeverFigs

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Posted 1395533676	Reply with quote #2

Peter...I do the same thing to all my trees, but I do it at the end of the season, before I put them inside for winter storage...I find that this gives them all winter to get over the trauma, and in spring time they just start to shoot out buds and leaves for the new season. __________________ Vince Edison N.J. Zone 6b Wish List: LaRadek's EBT

bullet08

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Posted 1395533965	Reply with quote #3

vince :) Nero 600M is leafing out. it should go out next month when i ship other 1 gals. __________________ Pete Durham, NC Zone 7b "don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - the baroness thatcher *** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. * * and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...***

Darkman

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Posted 1395537127	Reply with quote #4

My Texas BA-1 was a vigorous grower last year sending up straight limbs to over ten feet tall. I cut them all back to about three feet and they are now sending out side shoots and some leaves are starting to unfurl. __________________ Charles in Pensacola AKA Darkman Zone 8b/9a Winter of 09/10 low 19 Winter of 10/11 low 19 Winter of 11/12 low 29 Winter of 12/13 low 31 Winter of 13/14 low 19

DesertDance

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Posted 1395548288	Reply with quote #5

Really hard for me to understand, you know. No fig shuffle here. But we did move. And I was forced to root prune and top chop my mother VDB. Her daughter came here easy. But MAMA was a biggie. To fit her in the car, we had to chop her hard. Top and roots. Hard. She settled into her new Rocky top place, and there are 4 breba... Amazing! And shoots coming from places you could not imagine! She is the mama, and she's strutting her stuff! I can't post a picture, but we absolutely demolished her roots and her crown, and she is back big time! Hard to kill a fig tree! She will rule rocky top! Suzi __________________ Zone 9b, Southern California. "First year they sleep, Second year they creep, Third year they leap!" Wish List: I wish all of you happy fig collecting! My wishes have been fulfilled!

ForeverFigs

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Posted 1395578438	Reply with quote #6

@ bullet08...Hi Pete...thanks for the heads up on the Nero600M...looking forward to receiving that one. __________________ Vince Edison N.J. Zone 6b Wish List: LaRadek's EBT

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