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TONYSAC

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Hello everyone TONYSAC here im at work so I gotta be quick ok so I started to root a cutting (RDB) in water and it started showing roots.
So I potted it up into a chinese food container and put it outside in a spot on the side of my house where it would get good sun all day.There was others there also.
I see it everyday/night etc to check on it for about a month now.
I went to look at it last night after walking the dogs and it was GONE im upset about this because it was from a kind forum member and I have no more of this variety.
All they had to do was knock on the door and I would of gladly gave them cuttings from something else or even made them an air layer of something.
So I no longer have an RDB I just needed to tell someone besides my wife ....thanks for listening.
PS this was a very slow process with this cutting and that makes it even worse I was really trying to get it into tree form and it was taking forever but finally started.
And now it is no longer mine.

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At least twice, I thought that a fig tree was stolen from me.
Only to find them out later in a remote backyard corner ...

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Tony, sorry to hear that. I will be happy to send you cuttings of RdB in the fall.
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Maybe your wife was jealous that you were paying more attention to the RdB than to her and she tossed it out. 
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Sorry for being quick.
Gorgi-nope there's no where else it could be.
Mike-Thank you very much for your offer I will Def take you up on it.
Cyber-Definitely not the case LOL


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Sorry to hear that! I had a Lattarolla stolen from my front porch about a month ago. We were having flooding rain coming our way so I moved all my newly potted up cuttings to the front porch area to get out of the rain. We ordered some delivery food and when he came to the door he asked if these were all figs. I told him yes and gave him a Atreano rooted plant to take with him. He told me he just helped his friend plant 3 fig trees last week. Im not sure it was him that took the Lattarolla, but some one came back either that night or the next day and took another one. That was the only Lattarolla I had. Between loosing a lot of cuttings to gnats, mother in laws dog and thieves its amazing I have as many plants as I do.


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Maybe your wife was jealous that you were paying more attention to the RdB than to her and she tossed it out. 


I doubt it because he isn't married to my wife, lol.

I can't stand a thief, my dad always told me since I was a kid that a liar and a thief go hand and hand. 
I can also help you if need be.

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Maybe your wife was jealous that you were paying more attention to the RdB than to her and she tossed it out. 


I doubt it because he isn't married to my wife, lol.

I can't stand a thief, my dad always told me since I was a kid that a liar and a thief go hand and hand. 
I can also help you if need be.


I try to be extra nice to my wife so she won't throw mine out....so far so good, but I keep a close eye on them.

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I would blame the dog, when something comes up missing here that's the likely suspect. 
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Grow them big and strong, put in 30 gallon pots, a lot of work to steal a heavy 30 gallon pot, very noticeable too.
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not much worse than a plant thief, that stinks. I had a plant stolen from the Philly Flower show boy did that tick me off
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Anthony,
If come fall you still need cuttings I can help.

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That really sucks. You should post flyers around the neighborhood like its a missing pet!
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I posted a thread about my concern for plants being stolen last year. Several people have had it happen. I do not label my trees or group them just for that reason.
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TonySac - really lame. Sorry to hear it. I have to wonder if people know what they're actually stealing. I mean, was it someone who knew your fig and, if so, familiar with the variety? So run-of-the-mill klepto or a true fig thief?

Rich - how do you keep track of what you have without labels? Not grouping them is a great idea, but for watering it makes it so much easier. 

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lol great idea
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Thats nuts, people stealing figs or plants. the world is in a sad state. get aholde of me in fall.
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We are quick to blame a fig-addicted human here. I would bet a dollar that some no account critter is the more likely culprit! I hate to admit it, but my dog Woofy would be among the first to do such a dastardly deed if given the opportunity. There is a down side for fig thieves: Pictured here is the remains of a possible fig thief (later identified as the WW of the East) who had been caught in a Munchkin fig trap:  ww of the E.png

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I heard many fig theft stories from Chris DiPoala of Belleclare Nursery.
Common event according to Chris, 
happened at his nursery and his customers homes.
I remember one story where he told me someone stole 6 fig trees
from one of his customers in a single night, 
trees were in 25 gallon containers.

Also related stories about customers coming to the nursery and
taking their own cuttings from his trees while he was not looking.

He defended against this by either not labeling certain trees,
or labeling a highly desirable variety a different name.

I've seen people many times walking on to private farm land
to harvest what they want from the fields,
seen people in orchards with pruners taking cuttings,
numerous times.
Stealing a potted tree  fits right along with this behavior.


 


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Working in a garden center & growing plants on my own I've learned some, maybe most, people have little appreciation of what effort goes into raising plants. They are often viewed as low value regardless of what it is..."It's just a plant." Kind of crosses into Mike's thread of strangers begging for stuff.

That said, sorry for the loss! I would offer aid if I could, but it looks like others have your back!
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Got it. I thought you tattooed a map on your body or something. Or maybe a treasure map buried in a pickle jar.

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Well it didn't turn up anywhere it was surely stolen my dogs def didn't get it and ive been here for 5yrs and have never seen a dog off leash so I have to say it was stolen all I can do is hope something comes my way and with all you guys im sure something will thanks everyone.
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Sorry to hear that. I'm practically giving mine away and finding it hard to get takers.
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Ill be a taker :) well not a taker but an excepter if that's even a word just say the word... lol im shot..
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Tony I'll look at my two later this afternoon and see if I can do an airlayer, if not I'll have cuttings in the fall, just remind me and you can take a ride to east meadow.
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Hi Tonysac,
Now you know why some people keep discreet when raising in pots - Ninjas are everywhere !.

Mine are hidden in between tomato plants for now, and I haven't told about them to anybody . In the future, if some neighbor wants to exchange, I'll say I'll be bringing the pot from home.
Our fences are only a meter high, so "don't give ideas to others !" is the rule because once they get that habit, nothing lasts for long afterwards.
Last year a small pumpkin growing at my fence got missing. While speaking to a neighbor, I told him about, and I said "Damn kids !" and his answer was "kids of that size are called adults !" ...
I didn't ask for more as it was too late, the fruit was marked from the fence so a bit ugly, and I didn't want to get more pissed...
I probably would have given the pumpkin if asked, but I like swaps and apparently the other one was more of the kind "give me, as I have nothing if you ask me, and gardening hurts my back! ".

So now you know, don't use again that spot of the house for pots - anything you put there will go ! Still I would look around if the pot didn't get tossed and pushed away by the wind ... Who knows ...But you probably already did...

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Last yar, I had 5 trees in pots in my front yard on the retaining wall. The garbage guy came collect garbage, thinking they are garbage. Next second, they were in the garbage truck.
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Tony, I think the word you're looking for is acceptor.

The missus' cousin back in Cyprus is always having potted figs stolen from his front yard. He even caught one thief in the act. So he remonstrated with him, and the thief's reply was.......well, you've got enough of them, haven't you? There's no shame anymore, & any excuse will do for them. Lowlife.

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Seriously??? That was his reasoning/excuse?? That he has a lot of them so he can take whatever he'd like? What?? That guy is too ridiculous!
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David - I so wish I was just kiddin' y'all, but unfortunately it's all too true. That is the kinda warped logic they use these days to defend the indefensible. If he had more than one of anything, I wonder how he'd feel if he had one of them stolen? But that thought never enters their empty amoral heads, does it?
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