I airlayer entire branches in the winter. Yes, the entire branch. I then cut the branch into about 8" sections in the spring once roots are visible. I then plant the sections in pots. Its been fail proof for me.

Has anyone else done this?

I had a tree that got hit with a hard freeze one year. The branches above ground were toast. The tree came back the next year stronger then ever. It was almost like it made it stronger. No worries.

Does any one dust their trees? With multiple trees, I have noticed a lot of wasp and bees. The fruit is covered with them.

Because of the size of cuttings I sent you, I had to use a large set of loppers. They were hard from me to cut. I always try to throw extras in when I can. We will work on improving our cutting process. Maybe I'll let Randy cut the big ones next time. Hope they all root for you.

Oh, I also wanted to share that we just moved (2)Papa Johns, (1)LSU Black, (2)LSU Purples, (2)Almas, (2)Ischia Greens, (2)O'Rourke's, (1)Magnolia, and (1) Marseille from one gallon pots to five gallon pots today. We had these over a year in the one gallon pots and they were defiantly ready for some room to grow.

Exited

Can someone else, "an expert" tell me I am wrong? Or at least, that there is (or is not) real documented evidence "yet" to say that a 2 inch in diameter cutting will grow faster then a "typical" rooted cutting.

Think about something for a minute. If you have one 6 foot tall 1/2 inch diameter tree and you cut it back almost to the ground, and right beside it you have a 25 foot tall tree 2 inches diameter that you also cut back almost to the ground; you don't think the larger will out pace the smaller? I'm telling you it will. I've done it. The tree I currently cut from; years ago I tried to get rid of because it was wrapped up with a rose bush. I cut it to the ground. In just a couple of years it was huge.

No sapling would have ever grown like that.

The experience of the people here is why I joined this forum, but up until now all I've been is bullied. I was referred here by a customer. I'm not telling you anything I haven't seen. I think outside of the box and have studied my figs personally for almost 8 years now. So to just discredit what I've done is very insulting to me.

I don't take for granted what I've learned here and I may have been a little out of line saying no one has done what I have. And for that, I apologize. But I have yet to be proven wrong.

I have multiple records from dozens of enthusiast that have identified this tree for me. We put our faith in these individuals. Not one has come back to me and said other wise. If DNA testing is needed, then so be it. We will look into it.

Thanks for the debate. :)

When I removed the cuttings, the branches are usual over fifteen feet tall. This was an experiment when I started. Now I have about 5. These cuttings explode into trees. Its like cutting back a big tree, the following year it takes off like a rocket. This is not the same as a less then 1/2 cutting.

Looks exactly like my trees leaves and fruit. Genoa for sure.
Got 12 other varieties that we can discuss some other time, once we have finished our judgment of how legit and honest you all think we are. Starting to feel like we are on trial. You can look at our scores and feed back. If that's not enough, don't buy. Thought we would be met with open arms.

How's yours trees doing??