This is my Tissue Culture plants (2) Hardy Chicago and VDB

They are creeping along at a snails pace...........The verdict is, I guess ya get what you pay for huh??

PS the plants are 3 months old

(PS NO MORE TC for me)

I seen some nice big 6 month old TC FIGS THAT WERE REALLY NICE. WILL TRY TO REMEMBER WHICH MEMBER IT WAS. PUT ON A GROW MAT. REALLY MAKES ROOTS TAKE OFF

Thanks,

I have just started to feed the little Guys

Maybe they will kick in pretty soon.

Yes I feed mine regular strength MG too.

Thanks......I have been off this great forum for a long while, I must say it is nice to be back. 

Hi,
Check the roots. If they already invaded the whole pot, do pot up. Keep potting up as soon as roots completely surround the interior of the pot -
Add fertilizer, expose the plants to full sun. They will take one year to build their root system and have efficient foliage and stems. But then they may grow fast.
3 months is nothing. Since you started with small sticks, expect to catch up with trees in a 3 years schedule. So 3 months ... well... you probably already read me, but as a reminder:
PATIENCE, Patience, patience ...
3 Years ... perhaps 4 to get fruit and that is with good cares. It could never happen if you mess up every now and then (lack of nutrients, lack of water, lack of sun, dog chews the tree, kid breaks the stems ...) ...

Thanks jdsfrance,

I think you are right about patience patience >>>>>>>>>> I have been doing ALL you have mentioned.

My trouble is I'm 79 yrs old so patience is not one of my virtues.....HAHA

I've had good success by almost completely burying a small plant when shifting up. (Up potting). In the spring before leaf growth just bury all but 2-3" of the plant. It will put out a ton of roots and force that 1 shoot to grow like crazy. Worked for me.

Thanks Adelmanto

TC plants do catch up, they just take a little longer! Have faith.

Thanks Devlsgro

Good to see U posting Cecil.

Hello Paully

Great hearing from you.........

Thanks, Cecil

Same here Cecil!  I'm getting rid of mine this weekend!  Too many sucker and too much to tinker with!

I have a DK from WS that I bought in the fall of 2015. It has been a very slow grower but is healthy. Lots of suckering as Denis said. I expect a good year next season. I have a different DK that I started from cuttings winter of 2015/16 which is much bigger with no suckering. I will probably give it 2 more seasons to earn a spot.

Thanks Dennis and cis4elk

I do not have any confidence in that little pair, but my son in law wants to see what they do so we feed and watch.............at least for now.

Good hearing from Ya"ll

I have a 2 YO Texas everbearing from Wellsprings and it is over 8 foot in ground, the second Tx EVB is stil a runt.

The big one is bearing fruit, but it is not ripe yet....most pinched off..2 left for ID.

These trees are from Agristarts, and the "strains" may not be what the label says.

Thanks Lewi


Did your in ground figs freeze back to the roots in the 12 degree weather?