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Subject: trade/swap or sell Replies: 4
Posted By: pieman Views: 398
 
Hi All is there any members from  the United Kingdom that wants to trade/swap or sell fig cuttings or trees i do have a fair number varieties of trees that i can take cuttings from + i have a few small trees to trade/swap or sell
Most of them will be going into winter storage within the next few days as winter is coming very quickly

Subject: The Cutting Globe Propagation Device Replies: 38
Posted By: pieman Views: 540
 
Hi These are used in the UK for vending machines various sizes are available depending on what you put inside the larger ones can also be used as a saving ball for loose change as they have a slot cut into the top if you look at the tape it says water here all they are doing is cutting a hole on both sides for the branch to go through 

Subject: Clone your cuttings & never see gnats! Replies: 400
Posted By: pieman Views: 9,300
 
Hi All
Here's a few pictures of cuttings from my home made fogger/cloner these have been in the box for 10 days I'm now going to pot them up and place them under the lights i have another 10 with roots like the ones in the pictures some have even more roots on them this is great i have never had such high rooting success & No Gnat to worry about 
I would highly recommend using this method of propagation it very easy to build No skills needed other than marking out you grid for the holes and cutting them out & its cheap to build
and run
I have also managed to root cuttings of 3 inches in size IMAG0001.JPG  IMAG0002.JPG  IMAG0003.JPG  next time I'm going to try 2inch might try getting it down to 1 inch [1 noad] IMAG0002.JPG

Subject: Clone your cuttings & never see gnats! Replies: 400
Posted By: pieman Views: 9,300
 
Hi Andy
Being totally enclosed it holds the moisture quit well with zero leakage & with the water heater set at 90f [this gets switched of with the rest of the unit ]  it holds the humidity until i switch it back on in the morning this is a Fogger unit & NOT a mister unit so it gets plenty of warm moist fog/water the fog is NOT 90f just the water so far i have had 100% success in rooting nice big roots on my cuttings i have potted up 2 dozen cuttings this week & will have another 2 dozen ready to go by the weekend average time from twig to rooted twig ready to pot up 10 to 15 days 
the manufacturers of the foggers recommend only 8 hours use in every 12 hours use so I'm pushing them to there limits also the ceramic disc have a life of 5000 hr but they are cheap enough to replace

Subject: Clone your cuttings & never see gnats! Replies: 400
Posted By: pieman Views: 9,300
 
Hi  Andrew

Yes you are right its the fogger not the mister system i get the two mixed up here is a few pictures as requested the colour changing lights are optional dont know if it affects the root growth but hey they rather pretty

Hi   Jerry   I leave it running all day and only turn it of when i go to bed about 10pm up about 6am IMAG0001.JPG  IMAG0002.JPG  IMAG0003.JPG  IMAG0004.JPG  about 6am

Subject: Clone your cuttings & never see gnats! Replies: 400
Posted By: pieman Views: 9,300
 
Hi All just to let you know that i have built a cloner using all the great information on this web site and it works a treat i have just potted up a dozen cuttings the roots were amazing so many of them a little slow on leafing out but the roots make up for the lack of leaves
I'm using the mister method using small cheap misters from china no mucking about with cutting tubing & gluing no pump to worry about no plastic misting nozzles to fit just buy your plastic container mark out you holes cut out that's it job done fill with 3 to 4 inches of water slide in a heater place you misters in 1 at each end put a thermometer in switch on fill with cuttings and away you go holds 28 cuttings more if you get a larger container

kkk2210    This ones for you all  electrical parts available from eBay china cost £27.00
                 for everything new I live in the U.K. Wales

Subject: fig cuttings for trade UK ONLY Replies: 0
Posted By: pieman Views: 69
 
Hi Everyone

I have fig cuttings to trade U.K. only as they are green cuttings and will not sit in the post for long 
anyone intrested please P.M. me they will need to be started of straight away
      Ma si Ya 3 cuttings        Whaun 7 cuttings        Ice Crystal 2 cuttings   Mission 1 cutting
 
      Bo Ji Huang  OR could be Jin o Fen [lost the tag] 6 cuttings
   
      Conadria 5 cuttings    White Marsellie 2  cuttings    Panache 2 cuttings  Brown Turkey 11 cuttings

      Me Li Ya 14 cuttings    Osbourn Prolific 1 cutting    LSU Gold  4 cuttings

All are green cuttings some very green   these were what i had to trim of my trees to get them onto my shed for winter storage

Subject: Slugs -- what are they good for? Replies: 25
Posted By: pieman Views: 951
 
Hi
On a more serious point do not let your cats or dogs eat the raw slugs because they can carry a potentially lethal infection of lung worm  very nasty bug         

Subject: Fig cuttings to trade Replies: 1
Posted By: pieman Views: 471
 
Hi All

I have a few fig cuttings to trade but as its getting near to Christmas i can only offer them to members living in the United Kingdom last shipping date 18th December the
cuttings are 2 cuttings of Panache  3 cuttings Jerusalem Green 
1 cutting of White Marseilles  Looking for anything that i do not have in my collection
at the moment thanks

Subject: My Fig Story Plus Cuttings Available Replies: 65
Posted By: pieman Views: 6,569
 
Hi coop

That's a great story very heart warming and nice to know that there is people out there willing to invite a stranger into there garden and strike up a long and lasting relation ship and all for the sake of a genuine love of figs  may the memory of Dominic live on through out the ages
I would love to plant one of these trees here in the U.K. would it be possible for you to send cuttings to me i will of course pay the shipping cost i can then offer cuttings therefore spreading the name of Domini cs figs throughout the U.K.

Subject: Beware the dear sweet mother Replies: 3
Posted By: pieman Views: 509
 
Hi All just a little warning about leaving leaving your dear sweet mother alone in your house with your young fig cuttings while on holiday please inform them about the[ dead ] sticks in your garage /shed or wherever your plant nursery is explain to her that they are NOT dead but just sleeping
  OR THIS MIGHT HAPPEN TO YOU i planned a nice break for me & the wife 5 days in the sun in Spain ask my mother to look after the house while we was away i  FORGOT to explain about the [dead sticks] i asked her to water the trees & other plants while i was away
We had a great time on holiday came back home alls well then my mother turned round and said oh i had a bit of a clean round while you was away THREW OUT ALL THOSE DEAD STICK THAT YOU HAD IN THE BACK ROOM MY HEART SUNK rushed into the room & sure enough all my cuttins GONE the larger trees with leaves were still there but not one of the [sticks] 105 cuttings well needless to say we had a few words but you cant be angry for long with you mother we had a bit of a laugh a bit of a cry & she now owes me for 105 fig cutting
                               SO BE WARNED 

Subject: Adriatic - Cuttings all gone, but Jon (encantofarm) has potted trees!!! Replies: 78
Posted By: pieman Views: 4,693
 
Hi Thats a most unusual fig tree that i have ever seen is the fruit tasty easy to car  for he he he joke aside thats a hell of a lot of cuttings you got there a lot of cutting / trimming & packing ahead of you good luck  

Subject: Thank You Update on cuttings Replies: 1
Posted By: pieman Views: 316
 
Hi I would like to say thank you to the member that sent me fig cuttings on 23/11/2012 here is a few photos of some of the cuttings which are coming along nicely the rest are slowly taking root and sending out leaves i will keep you posted on there progress  thanks

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Subject: Fig trees/cuttings from China Replies: 4
Posted By: pieman Views: 1,755
 
Hi As any on the forum purchased any fig trees from China ??? as i have purchased 5 bare root 1year old fig trees from china along with some cuttings
the names of the trees
                             Mei li Ya.   Feng Chan Huang. B1011. Violette Solise. Alma

                             Cuttings  Mai Si Yi. Bu Lan Rui.Qing Pi.  Zi TaoFen.  

These were a bargain buy for me £25.00 +shipping cost £15.00 total £40.00
I have attached a photo of the trees at the moment cuttings are still in the bags

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Subject: Re sizeing pictures Replies: 7
Posted By: pieman Views: 595
 
Hi All this is a belated thank you to everyone that helped me sort out my problem posting pictures [resizing pictures] hers a couple that i was trying to post at the time first picture is 7 cutting of Cyprus fig that i put in an old bucket couldn't find enough pots the other 2 are Sari Zebeck & Bardacik

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Subject: Green wood fig cuttings Replies: 6
Posted By: pieman Views: 729
 
Hi All just like to thank all the members that gave me advise on the green cuttings they have now rooted and are potted up heres a photo of 1 of the cuttings showing the roots they had double the amount when i planted them

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Subject: Re sizeing pictures Replies: 7
Posted By: pieman Views: 595
 
Hi I would like to share some pictures of my fig trees and cuttings but I'm having trouble posting them because they are to big is there anyone that can help me i am using windows XP I'm not very computer minded so if you could explain it to me keeping it as simple as possible thanks

Subject: Santa's List Replies: 91
Posted By: pieman Views: 3,095
 
My wish would be to have one or more of my fig trees to fruit next year so that i can have the un ashamed pleasure of tasting my very first home grown fig i don't mind which Variety  Am being greedy with my wish or just being optimistic as i have more than one tree maybe if i ask Santa nicely he might grant my wish i hope so

Subject: A big thank you!!!! Replies: 12
Posted By: pieman Views: 843
 
 I also would like to thank all members for the warm welcome that i have had from this site and the excellent knowledge that they have shared with me. With every ones help my fig collection has increased by 20 new cutting that i received on trust that i will give cuttings when my trees are ready [full of 2013] you know who you are and i thank you this is amazing to be sent cuttings with No Charge NOT Even SHIPPING COST ON TRUST  it just don't happen well it dose on this site & also being a newbie & an overseas member  thank  you for your trust
You are now in my big black book [trades for next year 2013] i will have to hide this from the wife ???

Subject: Green wood fig cuttings Replies: 6
Posted By: pieman Views: 729
 
Hi  All can you help me ?? i was given some green wood fig cuttings the other day how do i process them ???do i plant them in compost without doing any thing to them ??? or do i treat them as hard  wood cuttings and bag them up ?? iv had really good success with cuttings but i have never had green cuttings before thanks

Subject: Shipping Outside Your Country ??? Replies: 7
Posted By: pieman Views: 823
 
Hi Sorry if i have go of on the wrong foot here what i was trying to do was not bombard members with requests for cutting not knowing whether or not they will deliver to me i was just trying to simplify the process where  each member stating whether or not they ship to the U.K so that i do not have to contact  members when they advertise cuttings & asking if they deliver to the U.K. [sending message waiting for reply etc ]as most members live in the U.S.A. i presume that it will be quite hard to swap with these members   lots of waisted time p.m.s &   Emails etc

Subject: Have a look at this web site Replies: 2
Posted By: pieman Views: 727
 
Hi All was trawling through the web sites yesterday and found this site brugmansia-quebec its based in Canada and they have got a collection of over 50 fig trees  Cuttings sell between 6.50 c.a.d & 12.50 c.a.d. shipping is reasonable they also sell trees ready for planting
Email Sliebe@hotmail.com    The site is in french but they have a translate button just press it to translate into english   very interesting site

Subject: Shipping Outside Your Country ??? Replies: 7
Posted By: pieman Views: 823
 
Hi All can i put forward a suggestion  to all members about shipping/posting as this site goes world wide and each country has it own customs import & export laws 
We all can respect each other  whether  they are willing or not to ship cutting or plants out of there own country
It would save a lot of unnecessary p.m.s & Emails to & from members asking if they ship/post outside there country If each member could put a TAG at the bottom of there post were they advertise cutting / plants to swap/sell saying that they  DO OR DO NOT SHIP TO ----????? COUNTRY

 I think this would be much appreciated by fellow members and save repeated  p.m & Emails asking this question thanks

Subject: exchange cuttings europe (Ihave 50 varieties) Replies: 45
Posted By: pieman Views: 2,901
 
Hi You have a very large fig tree collection & some very nice looking pictures i would very much like to trade cuttings with you but most of my trees are less than 1 year old
As i only started collecting fig trees a couple of years ago i do how ether have a few small trees available and 1 cutting [look under pieman ] I would still like some of your cuttings can /you or will you please send me some of your cuttings i will of course pay for the shipping/post + cost of the cuttings   [pieman] United Kingdom

Subject: New Jersey area fig guys trees for sale Replies: 9
Posted By: pieman Views: 953
 
Hi Any chance of taking a few cuttings from these tress before you sell/trade them and sending them to me in the United Kingdom [i think your a bit to far away for me to pick up ] i will of course pay the shipping cost + a cost for the cuttings thanks

Subject: Unknown Figs #3_Bronx NY Replies: 49
Posted By: pieman Views: 2,309
 
Hi can you ship/post to the UNITED KINGDOM i woul realy love some cuttings from these trees i will be more than willing to pay the cost thanks john

Subject: Annual Wish-List of 6 Cuttings for 2012-13. Replies: 80
Posted By: pieman Views: 5,425
 
                                          I'm looking for Any cutting that members migh have                             
                                          I'm looking at ones that do not duplicate the ones that i already have
                                          I cant do trades at the moment as my trees are only small [1year cuttings]
                                          but i will pay shipping/postal cost for the cuttings I LIVE IN THE UK.
                                          UNITED KINGDOM                                                      


                                          I DO HAVE SOME SMALL PLANTS THAT I CAN TRADE BUT 
                                   THEY WONT BE READY UNTIL MARCH 2013

                                    6 CYPRUS     
                                    1 BARDACIK
                                    2 SARI-ZEYBEK       
I ALSO HAVE 1  CUTTING OF  WHITE FLORENTINE BROGIOTTO 
THIS IS A TIP CUTTING OF APPROX 8/9 INCHES LONG
                                                                                       
                                                                             

Subject: i have one bubbled envelope left... Replies: 47
Posted By: pieman Views: 1,288
 

Hi I would love one [1] of your fig cuttings but i live in the U.K. Great Britain and find it very hard to get the fig cuttings shiped/posted to me even though i am willing to pay the cost
Theres loads of different figs but very few of these variates are known to the U.K. general public
even the garden centres do not stock named fig variates just the usual ones like Brown Turkey I dont want hundreds & hundreds
of Brown Turkey fig trees
                                 what i would like is a good broad selection of good quality fig trees
                                 Once i have a good selection and they are ready to take cuttings
                                 I can start introducing the U.K. to the vast aray of figs availeable

Subject: More Desert King cuttings available Replies: 6
Posted By: pieman Views: 764
 
Hi i would love to have some cuttings from this fig do you ship/post to the U.K. Great Britain thank  john   [pieman]

Subject: Hi new member with a request Replies: 4
Posted By: pieman Views: 1,329
 
Hi I was woundering if there is any one on this site thats willing to post/ship to the U.K. Great Britain??
as i now think that i have exhusted all the variates that i can get in the U.K. i have been purchasing a few variates [cuttings ] from the U.S.A. Italy.China. but im finding it harder to get people to post/ship to me because they quote customs etc but i have had no problems purchasing from abroad
I have a colection of 21 small plants at the moment mostly cuttings first year growf so havnt had any fruit yet [but i did have 2 fruit from my Kadota tree this year ]
so at this moment in time i cant offer any trade of cuttings but am more than willing to pay for cuttings
and of course the post/shipping cost thanking you all in advance
              My Collection of trees
Brown Turkey                                                        Black Brogiotto
Celestral                                                               White Brogiotto Florentine
White Marseille                                                       Adams
Wuhan   [chinese]??                                                Bavarian Voilette
Bo Ji Hong [chinese]??                                             Jerusalem Green
Jin Ao Fin  [chinese ]                                               Nero De Terlizza
Kodota                                                                  Cyprus |???????
Violette Daphine                                                     2 Unknown ?????
Prescoe De Delmatie                                                Panachee
Lemon fig ??????
Brunswick                         CUTTINGS FROM MEMERS ON THIS SITE WHICH IM ROOTING
Bardacik                                                          North Caroline Dark
Sari Zeybek                                                      Exel
                                                                     Yougoslave Yellow
                                                                     Sal
                                                                     Pro Osborn Prolific
                                                                     Madelein Des Deaux Sassion
                                                                      Serbian Black
                                                                    5 Cuttings From China   
                                                                     5 Plants  From China


              update i now have some small fig plants to trade
            but they wont be ready to ship/post until feb/march

            6 cyprus ???
            2 Sari Zeybeck
            1 Bardacik

            
           

            looking for anything intresting thanks john
 


                                                              Great Britain U.K