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Yeah, Aaron is a good dude. I am sure I will be more than pleased.

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Sent you a PM for the cuttings. Being a newbie, I hope you can tell me what I need to do next.
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Sent you a PM for the cuttings. Being a newbie, I hope you can tell me what I need to do next.


I sent you a reply. Send me your address so I can address the package and go to sleep.

Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate it.

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why wait until May? .


That was in response to the guys who said they would take them but they're out of room for now.  The can store them until Spring and root them outside if need be.  They could also put their newly rooted cuttings outside and root the cuttings stored in the fridge inside when the space is cleared out.
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why wait until May? .


That was in response to the guys who said they would take them but they're out of room for now.  The can store them until Spring and root them outside if need be.  They could also put their newly rooted cuttings outside and root the cuttings stored in the fridge inside when the space is cleared out.
 

Sounds like an assembly line.  A constant exchange, add sticks, remove trees and add more sticks, repeat.  I like it!
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My 'out of room' problem is not the rooting part, but what am I gonna do with em after they grow up?  I have 21 varieties to root this winter and 45 plants started last winter that about fill my cold storage area.  Too many generous offers here...  :)
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Buy more land and  put up a green house.  Send your extras to friends or sell them on ebay.

Must. have. every. variety.


(edit to add PG-13 for language but there's no sound)

ALL THE FIGS

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Buy more land and  put up a green house.  Send your extras to friends or sell them on ebay.

Must. have. every. variety.

ALL THE FIGS


You might want to check that link again, It took me to... well lets say an unusual blog.



Is there an exact number for every variety? 
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That link is. ... Different

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My 'out of room' problem is not the rooting part, but what am I gonna do with em after they grow up?  I have 21 varieties to root this winter and 45 plants started last winter that about fill my cold storage area.  Too many generous offers here...  :)


That's all you have? What's the issue here?
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Originally Posted by rcantor
Buy more land and  put up a green house.  Send your extras to friends or sell them on ebay.

Must. have. every. variety.

ALL THE FIGS


You might want to check that link again, It took me to... well lets say an unusual blog.



Is there an exact number for every variety? 


"ALL THE _______"  describes the descent into madness that is this fig collecting sport.  If you read the post it describes a similar descent into madness.  If you read the posts on the right sidebar you wont stop laughing.

Each of my varieties has an exact number  :)  Birds continuously drop (in season) new varieties of Ficus carica in areas that have the wasp so there will never be an exact number.  There are many trees in remote places that are not in any cultivated collection.  If the major collectors around the world combined databases of their collections there would be some that are the same with different names and some that are different with the same names.  An exact reliable number isn't available at this time.
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Ok, I did not bother reading it, I was expecting a serious list. 

I know there is no way to put a definitive number on how many varieties of fig are growing world wide. What I should of asked for, is an estimate of the number of varieties in know cultivation with in the continental United States.
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My guesstimate is around 600

UCD has about 400 and I'm guessing there are another 200 floating around out there across the US.

Worldwide is probably 10 times that amount.
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I am kind of sorry I missed this. The past week as been a fiasco: car problems, computer problems, head cold and too much work. Glad it's all settled down. Good luck to those of you who got in on the deal and let us know how you fared.
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I think Jon has over 1200 varieties and Bass has many from the Middle East Jon doesn't have, George has some unique ones from Malta, others have some rare ones from Europe, there are at least 3 guys in the South who have unique varieties and we keep finding more unknowns in peoples' backyards.  It would be unwise to leave out Canada because Adriano and possibly Danny have some varieties that are unique.  I don't know how many of Jon's and UCD/USDA's varieties overlap.
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Aaron, I received the cuttings today, they look great! 

Thank you

Scott
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Ok, 1200 varieties plus.  So I'm going to say 1500 for a round generic number.  

 
Hmmmm. I'm glad I'm looking at 5 acer lots!! 
 
 
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Aaron,

Thank you! I received the cuttings yesterday (they look great!) and I'm putting paraffin on the ends this very moment. I can't wait to try these one day :)
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Thanks, Aaron. I just got my cuttings this evening. Wonderful, thick quality cuttings.

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Thanks again !! Wonderful cuttings
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Thanks Aaron, nice cuttings arrived today and are in refrigerator, chilling! 
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    They arrived today, and look real good. Not talking figs here, but anything I have rooted before were of a smaller diameter. This looks like I am going to have some fun and luck with 3 to 4 nodes on each stick. Thank you for doing this.
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Aaron,

Again, thank you for great cuttings!  I just got them all cleaned and loaded up into a Sterilite-o-Moss.  I will post an update once I start to see roots. 

Good luck rooting everyone.

Scott
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Aaron,

I wanted to let you know that more then half of your cuttings have rooted (the first ones in 16 days), have been moved from the long fiber spagnum moss to cups, root are now hitting the sides and most buds are now leafed out. 

Thank you for the healthy cuttings, the great deal and opportunity. 

Scott
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Hello Aaron, I have them in the perlite cups, In the order of rooting first to last:
1) Sorrento
2) Westfield
3)Nyack
4) Orangeburg.

Also to mention your Yellow Greeks are rooting strong and I have already trasplanted a couple in 1 gallon pots.
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