From where and when to buy? (Need Help)

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Speedmaster

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Posted 1409599037	Reply with quote #1

Hi guys! I have a question. I want to buy some fig varieties but I do not live in the USA and in my country we have only few varieties. I just want to buy 1 cutting from each fig from my wish list. Col De Dame Grise, Black Madeira, Panache Tiger, Emerald Strawberry, Smith. I also need them shipped in specific condition just like you ship a letter... so I would want a small thin cutting yet covered in damp paper towel because it takes 3 weeks to reach. I don't know from where I can buy these and at which time? Oh I also do not know how much will they cost... Can you help a fellow fig grower with this :) __________________ Weather: Winter: 10C+ Summer: 42C+ Growing: Syrian Unk., Atreano, Egyptian Unk., Lebanese Unk., Col de dame Gris, Beall, Negronne, Ronde de bordeaux, Brogiotto Bianco Wish List: Panache.

WillsC

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Posted 1409605717	Reply with quote #2

Can't really help you but would offer some advice...... Damp paper towels and 3 weeks mail time with no airing out you are very likely to receive moldy rotting cuttings. I would suggest no moisture at all and the cuttings wrapped in plastic wrap. They would more than likely reach you in good shape. Getting just 1 cutting of each type....you are brave:) Thin cuttings like you want will work. The last set of really thin cuttings I tried to root did wonderfully. I figured the real thin cuttings would not have enough energy but those 50 or so thin cuttings did just as well as the pencil thickness or better cuttings. If I would not have bet that would have been the case.

Speedmaster

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Posted 1409636499	Reply with quote #3

Oh thanks! I had no problems rooting cuttings, I just put them in ground and they root. 100% success till now. Hehehe. I root mine for fun... __________________ Weather: Winter: 10C+ Summer: 42C+ Growing: Syrian Unk., Atreano, Egyptian Unk., Lebanese Unk., Col de dame Gris, Beall, Negronne, Ronde de bordeaux, Brogiotto Bianco Wish List: Panache.

AussieBackyardGardener40

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Posted 1409638965	Reply with quote #4

Speedmaster i can totally identify with your post. Where I live in Australia there are no chance of buying anything but a couple of common fig varieties from plant nurseries so getting from my wishlist has been so far impossible. __________________ If anyone would like to share or sell me cuttings of my wish list I would welcome this thankyou: WISH LIST: - Panache Tiger fig, Violette de Brodeaux, Negronne, Ronde de Bordeaux, Peters Honey, Strawberry Verte fig

Speedmaster

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Posted 1409643632	Reply with quote #5

Quote: Originally Posted by AussieBackyardGardener40 Speedmaster i can totally identify with your post. Where I live in Australia there are no chance of buying anything but a couple of common fig varieties from plant nurseries so getting from my wishlist has been so far impossible. What is the solution? I once found a way from a website called aliexpress but now they do not sell cuttings! Aaah I had it but didnt have the cash to buy them! They ship from china so I guess you can specify details with the sellers. I got pepper seeds from them with success. Buying seeds is against the law here and I have got all what I ordered till now as long as they ship as letters hehehe.... __________________ Weather: Winter: 10C+ Summer: 42C+ Growing: Syrian Unk., Atreano, Egyptian Unk., Lebanese Unk., Col de dame Gris, Beall, Negronne, Ronde de bordeaux, Brogiotto Bianco Wish List: Panache.

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