Tried grafting a few cuttings from "enormous yellow fig" from North Carolina Barco County tree and seems most of the grafts took and are alive and well.

I grafted them onto my ficazzana air layered trees and it is a very fast grower... Not sure what to expect, it will be interesting to see if the big yellow figs are actually larger than the ficazzanas... time will tell, first time grafting figs...

ben, were those saddle grafts. Looking good so far. Did you use material that was already budding and the tree also. I know, so many questions, but such a project brings all of these on.  I have a Celeste that I'm thinking of making into a variety tree with up to 5 varieties on it. Any help will be appreciated.
"gene"

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Are bud grafts doable?

........ very interesting.  Here's  an idea that I probably will never get around to doing. Sharing this idea in case someone is interested in this kind of experiment.

I had thoughts of trying to graft a "late season" fig cultivar (such as the 3 Col De Dame varieties) onto a LSU Purple tree.  Reasoning......LSU Purple is the first fig to awaken in my yard in the spring and the last to go dormant in the fall. LSU purple figs produce 3 crops of figs in my area. And LSU Purple roots are nematode resistant. Maybe this graft combination would allow good tasting Col De Dame figs to form earlier on the tree. And maybe because of the vigorous growth of the LSU Purple fig would allow the graft to grow rapidly too and without any FMV setback. When a fig tree grows fast enough it seems to out pace the FMV symptoms. Wouldn't that be nice if this worked???? Graft an Ischia Black onto a LSU Purple tree and have FMV symptom free branches.......hmmmmmmm!!! Now that would be an interesting experiment too.......

Dan
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Gene, these are all wedge grafts. Very simple to do. I've had the grafting tape around the house (used it on adeniums). I should have covered ALL the grafts with a plastic bag for 100 pct results. The couple that didn't take got some moisture in the graft and failed.
Dom, I have only tried wedge grafts, not sure about any other type.

 The scion wood was almost leafing out. My understanding is that you should be able to graft figs anytime. This was done strictly to expedite the fruiting of the scion. I want to see fruit this year and want to make sure I have a backup, should the scion cuttings fail (They're leafing out ok also). The scion growth rate is unknown, the root stock is a fast grower, hopefully there'll be no major mismatch.

Dan, the Lsu purple test in an excellent idea. Please let us know if n when you try it. I have high hopes for LSU purple as a rootstock and will be air layering a few for further testing of fig rust resistance. 
The LSU purple I have in ground in Gainesville is a fast grower as well. Shows no sign of FMV. I have a few cuttings from it started, but I need maybe 6 or more air layered branches for a broader evaluation.  I think I can graft and air layer same branch at same time for even faster result.

Once a good rootstock for my area is determined, the rest should be easy. I have to look at my cutting inventory, I don't think I have all the Col De Dame's. Once I have the rootstock well established, I'll put out a call for scion and see if any slow growers can be 'sped up' using LSU purple.

......come to think of it, I have never seen any LSU Purple of LSU Gold fig trees with FMV either. That's got me curious now and will be checking all of the LSU figs in my area for signs of FMV. Perhaps when a new tree is created from seeds.....the virus is not transmitted and the new cultivar derived may stay virus free for years.

Dan
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@Dom, since I can't link a search, do a quick search on the forum for the words grafting or graft or grafts - Jon put up some great pics of various grafts, along with others, which can be done with figs.  The options are pretty limitless.

Here are two:

chip-bud grafting (scroll farther in for t-bud grafting pics)

and

wedge grafting

Thanks!

Maybe next yr I'll experiment.

Anybody ever hear how this experiment turned out? I know Dan isn't here anymore.

I believe that Herman (I thinkt it was him) grafted a Black Madeira on a BT root stock and it grew like a monster. It is a great idea.

This Spring, tried grafting 3 scions of Petite negri to my extra of Dominic because the Dominic is so healthy and vigorous looking, while the Petite negri takes a long time to get growing. One scion is growing, one is dead, and one is green but no growth. I used whip-and-tongue, which I use for sll of my appke, pear, and plum grafts.

If the photo uploads, here it is now. These are a little past the point I would expect for an unrooted cutting. I dont know how it will do in the long run. For figs, the pith results in a very delicate scion, making the carpentry and the assembly more chalkenging than the other choices.

In the early 1900s, Esien reported on grafting figs. He used cleft grafting and recommended older scion to eliminate the pith issue.

Did the Enormous Yellow Fig fruit Ben_in_SoFla?  How is the size?

Ben,

I live in Cary, NC.  We have no Barco County?

Where did the cuttings come from in North Carolina?  I am very interested.

Thanks

Tad

Tad, see PM I sent you

Ryanh,

I have nothing in my PM mailbox?

Tad