Cool thread, too bad I missed out on the initial distribution =(

How have people's plants been growing?

Brooklyn unknown has a fig scent , trying to figure out what it reminds me of.

It would be most interesting when we get some fruit.
Matt, I just officially joined the Brooklyn fig rescue club. Your cuttings were put in a five gallon pot, left outside most of the winter getting whatever rain/humidity provided by Mother Nature. Just had to move to pot as Bugs Bunny was feasting on those delicate new shoots. I will let the cuttings grow this season and try to separate when dormant. Thank You for this wonderful project. There's plenty of suspense as we anticipate what the fruit will look like. Hopefully I will report on my findings as they become available.

Looking forward to fruit some day :-J

nice Meg!  this Brooklyn unknown is a robust variety, it acclimated well and it is is in one gallon pot and is about two feet tall already. Cant wait to see what it produces ;)

PereC, two feet is awesome! I finally got mine into soil in late January but now its growing really well. Its in a 1 gallon pot.

These are the last cuttings...all are looking good...they were potted up after being in the refrigerator in early May.

Not One Dud. :) Thanks again Matty. The vigor in these cuttings is amazing.

I am so kicking myself now, I used to own a tree svc in Brooklyn NY. I had access to so many fig cuttings its ridiculous and ran them all through the chipper. If I was only collecting back then...

Update from 5/29:

Was at the in-laws for memorial day, and the plot is still empty but the tree did survive the winter, looks like most of the branches i left untouched had little to no die back. I might do some airlayer this year next time i head over there. Last time i was there, it didn't look like it recovered, but i was wrong. I know i promised some pics of my plants, but been so busy and haven't had a chance to do so - i need to weed through my 1 gallons to sort the Unk Sheepshead to a certain area to take photos. Here is a pic of the mother plant, overwhelmed by weeds.



Hope everyone else's plants are doing well, the heat we've been getting the last two weeks finally woke up most of my plants and finally getting some growth since they kinda went into a slump for the past 2 months since inside.

Thank You for the update.

Hey everyone, hope everyone had a great 4th of July. Just wanted to provide an update with some pictures of my Sheepshead trees growing very nicely, as well as the mother tree as of 7/4. 

I have one or 2 figlets forming on some of my plants, not on my oldest one (green cutting from last year). But that one has vigorous growth and is exploding with new suckers every week. Its a very bushy plant so far from my experience.

Please post your photos of your progress, would love to see who has the largest trees so far.

 
   
 
 
 

Matt

Mine was slow to take off, and has finally started growing fast. I gave one away, and I recently found a stored cutting, and it rooted! Wow! So I have two now, if the cutting keeps growing. Here's my main plant.

Peter and Drew - they look awesome. Thanks for the update guys! I hope you guys have some figlets forming already on your plants. Sadly i think most of my sheepshead plants have gotten infected with my mite issue, still hoping i will get something. The trees are growing very good though, just the figlets are dropping due to necrosis.

Hope others are having just as much luck as you guys, hope to see more pictures as time goes on from others.

Wanted to give a quick update. I have my Unk. Sheepshead going strong outside. They have figlets forming on them. Here are a couple of quick pics from my tablet. The first shot shows off one of the figlets on a branch of big sister. The next two show little brother who has gotten quite bushy. You can see a few small figlets tucked within all the foliage. Looks good for coaxing some ripe fruit from them by the end of the season.

These pics are from last week...I pulled many figlets (more than in the pic)...and will be pulling more, no doubt.

I left a few on the tree to ripen (hopefully) but the tree is too young to eat from...my 8 y/o daughter is having a grand time helping to tend the tree.

Danielle - looks fantastic, keep up the great work.

Lewi - Holy Moly!!!! Your plant is growing more tree form than anyone else i spoken to and it looks magnificent. You're defintely going to have lots of ripe fruit soon i think, you might be the winner of first to fruit. Jealous of your weather!

Update on mother plant - visited her yesterday 8/7/16 and walked through a forest of 5ft weeds to go and see her. She is forming LOTS and LOTs of suckers and figs. Hopefully will get some fruit next month when i go and visit her.

 
 
 

hope more people have updates soon as well. May the Fig be with you!

Mother tree looking good Matt...please do let us know @the taste. Please post juicy pics. :~0

As for the tree shape...I prune early and often....my tree was starting to look like drew51's and I took off all lower branches...filled in the wound with wood glue when I saw pests making a home there. Add in a little fertilizer and the fact that I took a risk putting it inground in March.

I donated one small sheepshead unk. tree to a local library...we will see if the volunteer gardener plants it there, or keeps it to himself.;)

Mother tree is looking good indeed. Makes me feel like I really need to figure out some good ways that I could overwinter an in-ground tree here. ;)

Lewi that's cool that you donated an Unk. Sheepshead. It would be really neat for it to be grown in a public place, but it's just great to hear that the variety is continuing to spread to others either way. Your tree is looking fantastic, and your helper is adorable.

My figs are looking good here. Unk. Sheepshead seems to be only a couple days behind my Hardy Chicago. We've had an unusually hot summer, and the trees are loving it. Hopefully, the late season doesn't crap out on us.

Matt,

I picked my now baby trees up from Andy yesterday, they are looking great!!!

I can't wait to give them a try... hopefully next year!

I'd love some cuttings if any become available. They look like they're doing very well.

Will keep everyone posted on mother tree, should back there in a few weeks to see how it progressed. Hopefully critters wont eat them all.

Glad everyone is having success and seeing some good growth! I also agree that i hope this heat keeps up for another month or 2, so we can still get some harvests. I have so many plants that haven't produced yet.

Arachyd - ill keep you posted in winter time.

Thank you. I would appreciate it so much. We need to preserve as many of the good ones as possible.

Danielle thank you for the compliments on my daughter...she really does help out. :)

Still waiting for the small figs in the sheepshead to swell up...they seem to take forever when you are waiting in anticipation.