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Subject: Free cuttings Replies: 23
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If there are any cuttings left, count me in.  I would really love some.

Thanks.

Subject: I saw this on ebay and I just had to ask..... Replies: 19
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Originally Posted by strudeldog

Uninformed Buyers will bid on anything.  Many of those are misrepresented. A seed created by sexual reproduction should not carry the cultivar name of the parent plant on many type plants as it is a unique plant. I do understand lots of vegetables, grains, etc… do carry the variety name, but I wonder how much drift in genetics there is whenever you have 2 pollen parents and even with self-pollination. I always get a little annoyed when I see figs, pomegranate, apple, etc…. seeds listed as a cultivar. They should be listed seeds from cultivarx which may vary from the parent in my opinion, but I guess I am a hard head.  Someone asked me about bidding on some Wonderful Pomegranate seeds. I told them go buy the fruit from the market and just plant a few, but if you want that plant go buy a vegetatively propagated plant. I started some Golden Kiwi (Chinensis) from fruit I bought at the market a few years back, as the plants of Chinensis are not readily available. The grower doesn’t make Hort16 the cultivar available, and I would not label it as such, but hopefully if I can manage the plants to fruiting as the are not hardy at all maybe will be nice. But I have almost given up protecting them



I agree the seeds should not be true to form.  I do not know what they are doing with the fruit seeds, but burpees which is owned by Mon...... and several of the others use genetically modified seeds that will not allow the plant to reproduce.  I guess they could also put the variety genetics in the plant as well.

Subject: I saw this on ebay and I just had to ask..... Replies: 19
Posted By: Scarecrow_Sun_God Views: 925
 
 I just pulled that one up as an example.  If you search for fruit seeds you will see the seeds for blueberries and kiwi, strawberries and other plants that would do best from runners or cuttings.  I was just wondering if anyone has tried these products or has grown a fig from a seed and how long would it take.  Hell, if it works, maybe I go pick up some "rare" figs @ the grocery and save some seeds.

Subject: I saw this on ebay and I just had to ask..... Replies: 19
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I wonder if the $3.00 in shipping is because they had to  enclosed a magnifier as well so you can find the seeds.

Subject: I saw this on ebay and I just had to ask..... Replies: 19
Posted By: Scarecrow_Sun_God Views: 925
 
Yea, but what gets me is that people are buying the items and giving good feed back to boot.  Did you see how much they want FOR 20 SEEDS?

Subject: I saw this on ebay and I just had to ask..... Replies: 19
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/20-Seeds-RARE-Black-Jack-Semi-Dwarf-FIG-FRUIT-TREE-SEEDS-Ship-next-day-from-US-/111145510694?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19e0c9e726

Has any one actually bought any fig, blueberry, kiwi or any of the other plant seeds of plants  that usually are duplicated from runners or cuttings and  managed to grow them?  I have been noticing these listings on ebay and people actually bidding on them.  Seems to me like a hard way to go if it does work and I have watched items bid up to about what the plant would cost.

Subject: "each man under his own vine and fig tree" Replies: 36
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Scarecrow- could the small grapes used for raisins be lakemont? Thompson is also another well known raisin variety. I live in a vary humid and fairly hot climate. NE Indiana. With quite cold winters. 24 grapes ordered this year so I will let you know what makes it through the summer. 

I don't recall what the variety is, I got them at the end of season from lowes.  I think the vine was around a $1.00  The grapes are about the size of a pea and are a white grapes, which are not large or green like the Thompson.  The other variety that I had order from gurneys was a pink. Candice I think.  Which are about the same size but I have not been able to get any grapes from it.  I think that I will have to brake down and start putting fertilizer on the vines, something I would prefer not to have to do.

Subject: "each man under his own vine and fig tree" Replies: 36
Posted By: Scarecrow_Sun_God Views: 1,633
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by recomer20
I think I'm going to plant some of the thornless TripleCrown blackberries this spring...they look like they can be trained onto fairly neat trellis-type setups. We picked wild dewberries in ditches around Mobile Bay as kids. Won't miss getting shredded by thorns. 


I got those growing and they do rather well.  For about the first 4 years they did not do that well as they were close to the woods and just never looked like they were growing.  When my wife and I put a garden in we planted them around a wire fence to keep the deer out.  Turns out the reason they had not done very well is that the deer had been eating the plants.  Once they were moved to a sunnier area they grew faster than the deer could eat them.  The first year after moving them I had enough berries to make 5 gal. of wine and berries frozen and eaten fresh.  The only thing I would say is that the seeds are rather large.

Subject: "each man under his own vine and fig tree" Replies: 36
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The Issai was the other type I was trying to think of.

Subject: "each man under his own vine and fig tree" Replies: 36
Posted By: Scarecrow_Sun_God Views: 1,633
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ztfree1128
Scarecrow- I have heard they take several years to get established but I have not heard that long. I have a few plants (male and female) that I am going to put in the ground this year. I know a few people who grow them and get a lot of fruit off of them in my area but I am not sure how long they have had them in the ground. 


The garden house that I got them from at the time said it took about 9 years.  There is another variety out there that I think is self fertile but I know little about.  These two varieties are of the "hardy" category and should do well in the colder regions.  Only time (and lots of it :-) ) will tell.  The people that you know of growing them, is it the store type kiwi?  The hardy type tend to be smaller and a little larger than a grape.

Subject: "each man under his own vine and fig tree" Replies: 36
Posted By: Scarecrow_Sun_God Views: 1,633
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ztfree1128
I don't know much about grapes, but you could try another vine fruit- kiwis. They are pretty hardy and produce a lot of fruit.


I planted the hardy kiwi back in 1998 and find myself still waiting to taste one.  It takes @ least 9 years after planting for a crop.  You need 1 male plant per 3 females.  I got kiwi on the vines about 3 years back, got all excited and then watched as all of them fell off.  I don't even know if the male is even a male as the garden supplier is questionable.

Subject: "each man under his own vine and fig tree" Replies: 36
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Quote:
Originally Posted by drivewayfarmer
When we lived in humid southeastern PA , for us a grape called Mars was the best at resisting disease and was less attacked by Japanese beetles.
I think we got it from Fedco in Maine.


Is the Mars a seedless grape?

Subject: May help with bird problem Replies: 12
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Cd's only work temporary,  Once the birds over come the initial issues of the cd's nothing really keeps them away.  I have over 300 feet of blueberry bushes that are grown along the road and for over 10 years I have had enough traffic that it kept the birds away, but during a dry spell we had over the past couple years the birds have over come their fears and nothing has worked.  There numbers have grown over the years as they remember where they got a free meal and now move from bush to bush while we are out there picking.  To repel deer, I found lime sulphur works the best on my apple trees.  The apple trees love it, it repels bugs, fungus and deer (they do not like the smell or taste) and it is almost organic (been around since the early Egyptians).  The only problem I have is it is getting harder and harder to find.

Subject: "each man under his own vine and fig tree" Replies: 36
Posted By: Scarecrow_Sun_God Views: 1,633
 
Pete I tend to stick with the things that require the least amount of maintenance.  I do grow several types of grapes and one varity that I have is a small reddish white seedless grape ( I think may be used for raisins)  that fits that category, but I don't know what variety it is and  the Japanese beetles and fungus keeps me busy with sprays and I like a more organic approach.  I find for me, the blueberries fit in that group and they also make an excellent wine.  Blueberries are the number 2 fruit for wine making, taste excellent when grown organically and fully wipe, and do well here if you can keep the birds away.  Of course the same can be said if you are able to grow grapes well.

Subject: Mold on cuttings/ newbie Replies: 11
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Quote:
Originally Posted by drphil69
Thanks to all! 

@Scarecrow - if you bought them off of ebay recently, an unknown variety from NJ, they are probably the same.  They had a picture of the tree, probably about 15 ft tall on the side of their house.  I bought these because they were from my zone or maybe one zone north of me, and they offered 6 cuttings, so the price was right.  When I got them I just put them in the fridge, and they molded quickly after putting in baggie.  Then when I checked the 2 I reserved in the fridge, they had mold starting as well.  After cleaning with antibacterial soap, old toothbrush, 10% bleach, old toothbrush... within 2 days mold was back in the baggie.  I haven't checked the 2 reserved in the fridge.

I have some cuttings coming from a very generous poster, Gloria.  She is going to send me some from her Celeste which should root easily (and cold hardy!).  I also bought some Chicago Hardy that I am going to try after I learn with the Celeste.

I will reclean my fridge cuttings and seal ends with wax to preserve them until I am ready. 

Thanks again!!


I guess mine were from someone else, but got them from NJ as well.  The mold started about 24 hours after putting in a baggies.  I had separated the cuttings into 2 groups and both groups grew mold.  I then tried to clean with a toothbrush and alcohol/antibacterial soap/vinegar/water followed by a longer soaking with 10% bleach mixture.  I then separated into multipal groups and mold came right back.  I think these are a loss.

Subject: Mold on cuttings/ newbie Replies: 11
Posted By: Scarecrow_Sun_God Views: 1,071
 
I got some off ebay as well and may be from the same plant.  The cuttings started to mold  (as if it had cancer) from the 1 day after putting in baggy.  The cuttings are not too wet and all other cuttings from others are doing well and look very promising.  I have done every thing to control the mold and nothing has worked.  The mold is a very active mold and did not die after both a alcohol concoction and bleach mixture bath.  I agree with Pete, if it's going to mold it's going to mold and there is no solution.

Subject: this yr is not starting off to a good figgy yr. Replies: 19
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Me thinks it be the age,  I'm running into the same issues except I think I'm forgetting whole conversations I had with people as well.  Either that or I just learned how to tune my wife out after 20+ years of marriage :-)

Subject: Question about Frozen Black Madeira Replies: 35
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scarecrow_Sun_God
Quote:
Originally Posted by FrozenJoe
My Black Madeira is growing in the ground. Winter temps here often drop into the 30's and can occasionally even drop to the upper 20's. The tree is fine. To the original poster, if you had never dug it up there would have been a good chance that it would have grown back from the roots even if the top was killed back by the cold. Since you dug it up and replanted it the disturbed root system may not make it. If it was me I would either pile a lot of mulch around the base of the tree and hope the roots survive, or dig it up and bring it inside in a pot. How badly damaged does the wood appear to be? Does the wood look wrinkled or dried out?



I agree, my approach @ this time would be just to bury with leaf mulch and cover with a trash can and hope for the best.  I don't think I would disturb  the roots any further,  it would not offer any further guarantee of survival but a greater chance of loss.


If it does come back in the spring I would take cuttings and see if I could establish it in an alternate location  in the future.  Increases odds of success and  sometimes all it needs is a slightly different growing environment.

Subject: Question about Frozen Black Madeira Replies: 35
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FrozenJoe
My Black Madeira is growing in the ground. Winter temps here often drop into the 30's and can occasionally even drop to the upper 20's. The tree is fine. To the original poster, if you had never dug it up there would have been a good chance that it would have grown back from the roots even if the top was killed back by the cold. Since you dug it up and replanted it the disturbed root system may not make it. If it was me I would either pile a lot of mulch around the base of the tree and hope the roots survive, or dig it up and bring it inside in a pot. How badly damaged does the wood appear to be? Does the wood look wrinkled or dried out?



I agree, my approach @ this time would be just to bury with leaf mulch and cover with a trash can and hope for the best.  I don't think I would disturb  the roots any further,  it would not offer any further guarantee of survival but a greater chance of loss.

Subject: Question about Frozen Black Madeira Replies: 35
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I don't have the  BM, but what I have notice with some of the varieties that I do have is that it may be a combination of temp and or a wet location.  I found that a variety that I had died back to the ground several times until I moved it to a dryer location and has been fine ever since.

Subject: Authenticity Replies: 46
Posted By: Scarecrow_Sun_God Views: 2,229
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by alanmercieca
Scarecrow_Sun_God  - my point is that in 10 - 15 years plenty of experts will weigh in their opinions.  As well as people around the world who may have seen something like it locally. Forums like this does connect the entire world 



 I agree with you on this, my only point is that with out a "Gold Standard  Cutting" , "Pedigree" or some other way to document the history of the variety, all else falls apart.  I personally don't care what the variety is called as long as I know what I am getting.  I have searched the internet by variety name and have noticed several different fig variety images for the same variety.  If I could see an image  of the fruit of the variety being traded that would help me the most and documentation of it's history would not hurt.

Subject: Authenticity Replies: 46
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ADelmanto
Scarecrow if you traded a fig with me and 2-3 years later I said, hey this is not correct. What would you do? (I'm not picking on you just throwing out a hypothetical.). Let me ask that question to everyone. What would you do? (Let's assume I was promised a dark fig and I got a light one, to keep it pretty simple).


I think I would be more concerned it I got the variety that I wanted and it was packaged poorly  with little attention to care.  We must remember that there are no guarantees when it comes to cuttings we just provide the best service and information that we can.

Subject: Authenticity Replies: 46
Posted By: Scarecrow_Sun_God Views: 2,229
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ADelmanto
Scarecrow if you traded a fig with me and 2-3 years later I said, hey this is not correct. What would you do? (I'm not picking on you just throwing out a hypothetical.). Let me ask that question to everyone. What would you do? (Let's assume I was promised a dark fig and I got a light one, to keep it pretty simple).


As long as it was not a variety that I had I would be just fine but would be interested in knowing  variety to pass along to others.  But using your same hypothetical question, What if I said that the cutting was not what you said after I obtained a plant from your cutting just to have you mail me another fig variety as you  propose?

Subject: Authenticity Replies: 46
Posted By: Scarecrow_Sun_God Views: 2,229
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by alanmercieca
Scarecrow_Sun_God - all figs are unknowns at one time or another, and what if some country or Island has six different varieties with the same name, eventually naming them makes things less confusing when the odds of it existing anywhere else in the world are very low. Lets not forget that only about 6 years ago it was much harder than it is now to research different fig varieties, there was a time most people thought a fig was a fig, did not know there was much if any different varieties, these days there are still a lot of people that do not know. Now that it is much easier to compare it is best to name them, that would make DNA testing way more simple too. I'd say if no one identifies a fig tree as existing anywhere else in 10 - 15 years then name it


I agree with your view point, but I tend to agree more with  pitangadiego.  I would sooner leave the naming to the experts.   They say a picture is worth a  thousand words,  In my dealings I plan on taking  pictures of the varieties and its fruit and  pass along any information as it was relayed to me.  I can only go by what I have been told,  that is my only guarantee.

Subject: Authenticity Replies: 46
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Some sellers are selling based on the information  as it was provided to them,  I purchased 2 fig plants from Lowes at different times that were  both identified as Brown Turkey, It is obvious that they are different plants,  but that is how they have been listed and if I did not have the other to compare with I would have listed both as Brown Turkey in my dealings with others.

Subject: Authenticity Replies: 46
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Over the years I have bought many items thru repeatable sites and people.  I'm with Pete on this, people make mistakes and  you cannot make everyone happy.  Some mistakes are a little harder to deal with, I purchased a almond  tree once from a repeatable garden site and it turned out to be a flowering peach and that would have been forgivable had it not been for the fact that all of there items were incorrect or not true to form.  The best approach is an honest barter.  Let someone know what you have to offer and be as honest as you can about it.

Subject: Authenticity Replies: 46
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 I guess I'd be a little disappointed if I had purchased a BM and did not get what I purchased  and you would hope that it is a least similar to what you purchased, but  I would be just as happy if I got a variety that tastes just as good.  Me personally, I'm looking for great tasting figs that are highly productive and that require the least  amount of maintenance on my part.  

Subject: Any Idea? Replies: 29
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Looks to me like Ficus carica (Atreano) but may just be a bad guess.

Subject: Fig grafting Replies: 15
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Looks good, How do you think it would perform with the harder types of wood like pecan?

Subject: Fig grafting Replies: 15
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bada_bing - checked their site out, looks good.  Think I might be sending them an order as well.

thanks.

Subject: Is this variety any good? - Sure looks good Replies: 28
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jdsfrance - The figs just looked so appetizing  and different from the varieties that I have.  I'm looking to try as many varieties as possible.  I am completing a solar dehydrator project to start drying figs and plan to  get varieties that can be eaten fresh, dried and made into wine  if they are successful.  To be honest with you I had not even considered if it would grow here but I would not mind trying :-)   I guess I also assumed that I would have been able to purchase it until that bubble was burst.

Subject: Fig grafting Replies: 15
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I'll check him out.  I also have been viewing videos from the 70's from  a professor @ Oklahoma state that shows several grafts on pecan trees.  I have one variety of fig that seems to grow very vigorously here in North Carolina  that i think would be a good candidate.  Where are some good places to find the tape and prune sealer?

Subject: Is this variety any good? - Sure looks good Replies: 28
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Pete,
Thanks.  If you have the space, I have other things  that do fairly well but the wife said she would need to find the time to thin out before I would know what else there is to give.  The cuttings I got from a co-worker were from a   tree that he had started a cutting from @ least 6 years after I planted my brown fig.  At the time he  was asking me about how to protect it  during the winter, I had told him that my  brown turkey had died back to the ground several times and I had to put a  trash can over it to protect it.   He got his cutting from another co-worker.  I have had the trees from cuttings for about 1.5 years and they grow like crazy.  In that amount of time it has grown to about 5+ feet with about a 2" trunk,  so I'd say it does well here.  It has gone through  1 winter  but it gets a rather hard bark on even it's newest of growth which seems to protect it over winter.  I'd say it's a Celeste because that is  what it looks most like.  The co-worker said that the other co-worker got it when he purchased his house and that it came from India about 40+ years ago.  The only difference that I remember is the flesh is a yellow to  white in color and the Celeste is a more red, correct me if I am wrong.   Maybe you could help when identify it when you get your going.

Subject: Is this variety any good? - Sure looks good Replies: 28
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Pete,
I would like that very much. I could also bring you some cuttings and if you like some blue berry plants. The variety of fig that I have may/may not be a type of celestes. Also have the less desirable (i guess) brown turkey and Texas overbearing if interested. I find all thee varieties taste good to me.

Subject: Fig grafting Replies: 15
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Wow what a trunk!  I think I'd be to afraid to hack up a baby that I have that much love invested in.  Nurturing it from a little cutting and staying up all those nights worrying about it.  :-)

Subject: Fig grafting Replies: 15
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WOW!! That's what I'm talking about.  Think I'll give it a try.  Got the space but if you do that in several locations it's a good way to ensure the  survival of your varieties during uncertain growing environments.  I lost  several    plant varieties during the last drought that we had.  Sure would have been nice had I grown them in different places.

Subject: Fig grafting Replies: 15
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Thanks, I'll  pull the posts, just curious as to why there have not been any  commercial varieties and given the limited space most people have and the many choices that are out there, it looks like a good option for getting that fig fix.

Subject: Anyone tried this? Replies: 62
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Thanks for the information, does this help with soil nematodes as well?

Subject: Fig grafting Replies: 15
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Over the past week or so I have been reading up on pecan grafting, waiting for spring when I could try it out on  several of my trees and came across a youtube videos of  people that had performed grafts on fig trees and it got me thinking.   Has anyone on this site grafted multiple grafts onto rooting stock and if so, What types of varieties would go best together?  What points would you offer?  Why commercially that has not been offered as an option given that the average home lot is now less than a third of an acre  and the many varieties that are  currently out there.

Subject: Is this variety any good? - Sure looks good Replies: 28
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Thanks for the info. Used it in the past, did not think to this time. I also use this because I have attached pp account to a limited bal. Credit card. The card really dings me with fees associated with out of the country purchases.

Subject: Is this variety any good? - Sure looks good Replies: 28
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I saw those last night and added then to my wish list. I was looking earlier at the negronne variety which appears to be much larger. Thanks for the information, I think I'll watch this and see how much this addiction of mine is going to cost me. :-)

Subject: Is this variety any good? - Sure looks good Replies: 28
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I have submitted  a request with UCDavis but I think I may be late for this year as I read that the cutoff was Nov. 2nd for cuttings.  Also the site was rather confussing and something I read said that they were only there to support labs and businesses doing studies.  I do not know if the procedure that I followed was  right and I do not know if I will need to request again next year prior to Nov. 2nd  I got an automatic email response  but that was it  What is the procedure for home gardeners or has the system changed?

Subject: Is this variety any good? - Sure looks good Replies: 28
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Aaron4USA -  I'm in the us in Durham, NC. as listed in a previous post.   I have not removed the location from my profile, I just have not added it.  Guess it goes back to network security and the NSA.  There's a saying, "What happens on the web, stays on the web..... Usually for ever."  I do not use face book or most other  forms of network social media.  I know that I cannot control all the information  but I try to be mindful of it.  Maybe I'm old fashioned  but I'm getting there.  I don't know if that is some kind of deal breaker or not but in all honesty does a listing of some ones location really ensure that the person is indeed from there?

Subject: Is this variety any good? - Sure looks good Replies: 28
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Funny story, I got raided a number of years ago by the SBI for growing current bushes.  Turns out they have the  same thermal signature as mary jane.  Got them through Gurneys.  After getting raided Gurneys no longer sold them to North Carolina.

Subject: Is this variety any good? - Sure looks good Replies: 28
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Guess it's a good thing that I'm  just starting out and found this forum,  but man,  those figs sure looked good.  Must be getting cabin fever waiting for spring.  I don't get the  weather that you get up in new york but it was wet the last few days.

Subject: Is this variety any good? - Sure looks good Replies: 28
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That's not right!  The lord giveth and the government taketh away?  Oh well,  maybe they'll let me keep the picture. :)

Subject: Is this variety any good? - Sure looks good Replies: 28
Posted By: Scarecrow_Sun_God Views: 1,024
 
 Sorry forgot the link.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/MINI-PURPLE-FIG-TREE-3-FRESH-CUTTINGS-/281233150499?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417acd5223

Subject: Is this variety any good? - Sure looks good Replies: 28
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These figs sure look good, but my wife is up for me buying them because she worries about the birds getting them all.   But they sure look fantastic, my mouth is watering just looking @ them.  Does anyone know how they taste?

Subject: Open to exchange cuttings? Replies: 29
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That's good to know.  Over the years I have always found that the things that have done the best for me were the ones I ended up getting either free from close friends and family or from other enthusiast like myself.  There you kind of know what you are getting and what to expect.   Many of the items  I purchased over the years from garden sites were not  true to form or just not to the liking.  I had bought 2 almond trees once and one turned out to be a peach.

Subject: Open to exchange cuttings? Replies: 29
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Pete - Off topic,  and hopefully I won't get bashed to much for it.  I know this is a fig forum, but has any one exchange other types of  cuttings or plants or has there been any interest in doing so?  Just asking as that is how I go many of my plants from co-workers and others with shared interest, usually when it comes to growing, any thing I don't have to put much sweat into and all reward I am all for.