Hello fellow fig-lovers, I am in the process of planning a fig planting on a piece of property I own in Limon, Costa Rica and I was hoping to hear the input of forum members with some experience of growing common figs in tropical climates. The following link has more in-depth information on climate in the area.
- https://weather-and-climate.com/average-monthly-Rainfall-Temperature-Sunshine,Limon,Costa-Rica
One of my main questions is the timing of the planting. I will be in the country in late December of this year, which seems to be just before the start of the rainy season, which I would imagine is a good time to plant trees (please correct me if I am wrong in this assumption). I was planning on taking or mailing fig cuttings from my current small collection (shown in my sig), is this a suitable plan? Will these varieties of fig perform well in tropical areas? I see people from Hawaii on here, its not quite Costa Rica but zone 12 or whatever seems to be pretty close. Also if I take dormant cuttings from my figs, will it be a problem that the cuttings will not have had a long dormancy period? I currently grow figs in Zones 6B and 8A, so the cuttings would be from wood that has only been dormant for 2 months or so. If anyone feels that they have some helpful advice please feel free to chime into the discussion! Thanks everyone,
Aaron
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