Folks,

As if there were any previous doubts that things have gotten completely out of control with this fig addiction, I submit for your consideration the following evidence:  Aside from a few producing exceptions, the significant majority of these plants, icise and out, are first leaf rooted cuttings... Any advice or recommendations relating to a much needed fig intervention would be greatly appreciated...

Tony

I don't see a problem.

I don't see a problem.

Hi Tony,
You're on your way to making many fig discoveries over the next few years. The only intervention that I would suggest is to build another green house called the penalty box and use it for the non producers and keep them there until they start producing. There are some varieties that might not produce much the first few years but as time goes by, might surprise you.
Finally there's a group that won't do well in pots no matter what you do to them. Some of those could become wonderful in ground trees, providing they are the right size in the right zone and as long as the winter freeze don't kill them first. Putting them in ground outside would be the final sentence for the non producers:)

Wow what a great setup!   Did the greenhouse exist before your addition kicked in or was it a result of the addiction?  Very nice.

Tony, your my hero! Looks normal to me. Nice set up.

I think you could use a few more.  Nice greenhouse!

Tony - Never, ever try to swim up a waterfall, go with it, it is a lot more productive use of your energy.

I see your problem. You need to lose weight so you only need a 6" path to get through. You should be able to fit lots more fig trees then.

@Sas .... In the springtime, I will be putting 20 - 25 varieties in ground utilizing the available space that gets sufficient sun exposure.... For the rest, I really need to complete an initial assessment of the inventory and decide which I want to keep and which may not make this first cut. If I could half the varietal inventory, that would give me some breathing room....

Steve.... Everything you see in the pics is newly added in the last 12 months... I knew I made the GH too small the moment I came home with the galvanized hoops in this early spring. The overflow is going to need to be managed for this winter.... Yikes!

Dave.... No, not a hero... more like a shining example of excess indulgence...... I have to learn to exercise more restraint... or find tillable acreage that can support the addiction....

Danny... I hear you but ....

@arachyd ... Having dropped 50 lbs in the last 2 years, I am reluctant to drop too much more even if it results in easier navigation through the GH...

What are your plans for next year when they need uppotting? Lol

Tony, 50 lbs in two years, now your really my hero! Congratulations

Clearly, the presence of fig plants is a stimulus eliciting an undesirable response -- the acquisition of more fig plants.  it's an adverse positive feedback loop.

The only remedy is to remove the stimulus.  So, a team of 50 friends from the forum will show up at your place one night soon and remove the inventory.  We may also wipe the hard drive on your laptop and possibly also administer as amnesia-inducing drug.  When you wake up in the morning, you will be cured.

There's no need to thank us.  Virtue is its own reward.

As they say;  You've come a long way baby.

The fun is just beginning.  But as I have come to realize, all those figs will need to be root pruned/up potted regularly and every year they need more water and care and the in ground figs will get bigger and bigger and more difficult to cover.

Hope your wife is as enthusiastic as you are you will need the support.  It helps to bribe her with baskets of ripe figs.

good luck

Tony - Are you by any chance a Taurus??

Brian.... selective culling appears to be my only choice in prep for up potting .... 20's, 10's, 5's, 3's for the keepers with the larger sizes for the primaries and the 3's for the backups; cuttings will likely have to be maintained for worst case scenario's rather than an additional layer of 1 gallons.... I don't know... The up potting concerns are the reason for this post... I feel like I am looking uphill from the base of a very tall mountain...

Joe.... 50 forum friends each removing several pots would likely make a good start to reducing the herd.... Make sure you bring along several 18 wheelers...

Dave .... I went 240 to 184 in prep for hip replacement surgery and got too light so put back a few lbs to get to 190 post surgery... I keeping myself in that range with modified diet and as much walking / hiking / exercise as my schedule allows...

Pino.... Am surprised that my wife has put up with all of the stuff it took to get to this point. The winter cutting and rooting season had the basement essentially relegated to fig propagation status with enough grow lights running that anyone going down there would have thought I was growing weed.... In ground planting in a zone that requires significant winter protection would not solve my problem... only change the nature of it. I think that I need tillable soil in a zone 7/8 with good micro climate options...