What eludes you?

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jtp

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Posted 1396901920	Reply with quote #1

Like most here, I have had decent success rooting various fig varieties. But there have been certain banes to my fig existence, cuttings that fail and vex no matter what I do. Yearly failures for me have included far too many cuttings of LSU Purple and Panachee, as well as single, cherished cuttings of Persian White, Well Sweep, Black Madeira, Capelas, Melanzana and Longue d'Aout (among others) that have rotted away. Mind you, I have managed to grow great varieties, in spite of this list. It is frustrating though, as it really just seems to be a roulette wheel when it comes to what takes and what does not. What are the desired figs you continue to try but have yet to actually turn into trees? * If anyone has rooted extras of any of the above varieties, PM me. I might be in the market for a plant or two.

DesertDance

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Posted 1396904585	Reply with quote #2

Negretta. I had 3 rooted growing beauties and fungus gnats got all 3. Then, I had a hard time getting cuttings again...... Finally I received 3 cuttings from 2 generous members. They are alive, not moldy, and not rooted. Fingers crossed! I've got one outside in damp dirt in semi shade (the old way), one in water, and one in sphagnum. Covering all my bases. I want this fig because it's native culture was growing wild on rocky hillsides which we have, so it seems like the perfect fit. Suzi __________________ Zone 9b, Southern California. "First year they sleep, Second year they creep, Third year they leap!" Wish List: I wish all of you happy fig collecting! My wishes have been fulfilled!

bullet08

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Posted 1396906340	Reply with quote #3

at this point, anything more is just an icing on fig upside down cake. i think i've everything i want and more. __________________ Pete Durham, NC Zone 7b "don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - the baroness thatcher *** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. * * and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...***

WillsC

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Posted 1396906376	Reply with quote #4

Jurupa proved to be bad luck for me...lost 3 cuttings twice, this year did haveone make it and is in ground. Black Madeira gave me fits as well......I had a trade arranged for an air layer but received 3 nice cuttings of it so instead of the airlayer had that person send a friend a different variety he wanted...then of course all 3 cuttings croaked without even a single root. Did trade for a cupped BM and a friend gave me 4 TINY rooted BM.....then out of the blue a good friend I met on this board decided to send me his 3 gallon 6' tall (pruned down to 2' for shipping) Black Madeira as he just does not have a long enough season for it. It arrived Friday and is now in the ground but still asleep.

javajunkie

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Posted 1396906647	Reply with quote #5

I've lost 2 batches of Raspberry Latte and every Zingarella I've tried has died. I finally was gifted an air layer of Raspberry Latte but Zingarella is still elusive :) __________________ Tami SE Texas

WillsC

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Posted 1396906938	Reply with quote #6

I have an extra Zingerella (maybe 2) in a 1 gallon pot if we can work a trade:)

james

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Posted 1396907088	Reply with quote #7

I've had a few varieties on my wish list for so long, I do not remember why they were there in the first place or if they are still relevant. What popped into my head as I read the question above is the 3 N's Noire de Caromb - I have tried many times with no luck. Last year was the closest I made it to a bonafide plant. When it was good and dead, I pulled it from the container. The cutting had filled the pot with roots but it was all dead. I'm not sure why. Currently, I've got some Kathleen Black cuttings going. We'll see how they do. Nazarti - It has been on my wish list from the very beginning. UCD finally had it listed as available last year. It is on order but not in my hands, yet. Negretta - I'm done with acquisitions for this year. I'll have to search for it next season. Lampiera has been on my wish list from the beginning as well. I received cuttings this year. __________________ In containers - Littleton, CO (zone 5b) In ground - N.E of Austin, TX (zone 8b) 2016 Wish List: Dārk Pōrtuguese, Grānthāms Royāl, Lātarolla, Negrettā, Nōire de Bārbentāne, Rockāway Green, Viōlet Sepōr, Viōlette Dāuphine. Iranian figs are always welcome.

dkirtexas

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Posted 1396910857	Reply with quote #8

I did a similar thread and stated that some things simply are not meant to be, Panache, RDB, and lately MBVS, 1 small cutting hanging on. I absolutely refuse to attempt to grow any cutting that is not hardened gray wood or any cutting that is more than 1-2" between nodes. No sense wasting my time and shelf space. __________________ Thx, glad to be here Danny K "EL CAZADOR DE HIGO" Waskom Tx Zone 7B/8 Wish list: anything anyone wants me to have. LSU RED. Any LSU fig.

brianm

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Posted 1396915280	Reply with quote #9

I have had a good season so far, but I lost all three RDB cuttings due to knats and a Smith wich was a generous gift. Those knats are deadly and now have to wait on more smith or Rdb cuttings. Its funny I read the replies and Jurupa and Panache have been perfect for me, they all have made the transition to one gallon pots. Just shows how varying this can be. __________________ Wish list: Galicia Negra,UC Davis Black Ischia, Maltese Raven

Norhayati

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Posted 1396916547	Reply with quote #10

I have tried rooting negronne and celeste three times and all failed. Green and purple jordan also failed to grow though some friends said they are easiest to root. Norhayati __________________ Norhayati Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Wish list: Black Madeira

rafed

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Posted 1396918208	Reply with quote #11

There is a certain CDD cultivar that's been a thorn in my ars for the past couple years. All failed last year and this year. Next year I'm going to up the ante and buy 25 cuttings of it. If I fail on all of them then I'm done with it. Not meant for me at that point.

WillsC

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Posted 1396923412	Reply with quote #12

Brian, Isn't that the truth...and for me RDB easy....Smith......easy and one of the ones people say is hard CDD Grise I was 5/5......go figure. I had about 30 RDB cuttings but had no idea what to do with them and ended up putting them in moss to root so will have plants available in a few weeks.

brianm

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Posted 1396923808	Reply with quote #13

I was desperate and just bought some from driveway farmer. Hopefully these will work for me. __________________ Wish list: Galicia Negra,UC Davis Black Ischia, Maltese Raven

cis4elk

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Posted 1396926196	Reply with quote #14

Thus far 258 has been a thorn in my side. I still have one hanging on with a couple leaves the size of quarters, but it could go either way. Considering it was started in December, the progress has been slow. The cuttings just seemed void of energy, very week. __________________ Calvin Littleton,CO z5/6 Wants List: For everyone to clean-up after themselves and co-exist peacefully. Let's think more about the future of our planet and less about ourselves. :)

jtp

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Posted 1396927191	Reply with quote #15

Fancy named varieties are hit or miss. Yet, the unknowns root every time like champs. They might not all be sensational, but they are reliable. They are the first to wake up for me and seem to fight to live. That's why I love them. And some are fantastic enough for someone to perpetuate them, giving us a shot at them, too.

armando93223

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Posted 1396927302	Reply with quote #16

The 258 sounds good to. For me, I am up to my ears in trees....LOL Talked to my Mom and said I went overboard...LOL I actually feel complete, but would love to round out my collection with the Ruby-4. Anyway at the moment that is eluding me, but not to long...hehehehehe __________________ Armando in the Heart of California

FiggieFive_0

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Posted 1396927329	Reply with quote #17

Yes, even in paradise some things die...Vista, Monstreuse, and slowly VdB. However, I chock it up to my process rather than anything else. Why couldn't I have learned on BT instead? sigh... Nate __________________ Nate Faith, Family, Friends, and Figs (not necessarily in that order).

FrozenJoe

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Posted 1396936042	Reply with quote #18

Col de Dame Blanc __________________ Joe Phoenix Area (Zone 9) I am MrFrozenJoe on YouTube. I am arizonafigs on eBay.

bigbadbill

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Posted 1396965150	Reply with quote #19

I am cursed with Hollier. I bought a small dormant plant this winter and had it too close to the heat source (on one of the super cold nights) and it dessicated. No big deal, I bought a few cuttings and rooted both of them. The one in the cup phase tipped over and fell. The roots dried out by the time I came back later that day. This spring, I took the remaining rooted cutting outside for the fig shuffle. Later that day, it was in my dog's mouth. Maybe some things are not meant to be. __________________ SE Pa, zone 6b https://www.facebook.com/offthebeatenpathnurseries

paully22

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Posted 1396966900	Reply with quote #20

LSU Scott Yellow is a real pain. @Norhayati ... will help U to acquire VdB(Negronne). It does perform well there & top notch yummie, yummie.

Dieseler

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Posted 1396978990	Reply with quote #21

What eludes me - a longer season fig wise i feel fortunate.

bullet08

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Posted 1396979738	Reply with quote #22

martin, i can think of one.. if you want it. email me. :) __________________ Pete Durham, NC Zone 7b "don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - the baroness thatcher *** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. * * and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...***

Dieseler

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Posted 1396992131	Reply with quote #23

Thanks but a polite no thanks Pete.

mgginva

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Posted 1396994268	Reply with quote #24

Sumacki, Black Marseilles VS, Noire de Caromb and whatever I over pay for and reality in general it seems. Some - like Kathleen's Black eventually root but take forever. Others like Paradiso "Gene" rooted well last year but I've lost all 5 already this year. And as mentioned above --all unknowns have done well. The two I paid too much for, the ones I have sat and stared at for hours, the ones I have done everything for as perfectly as I can sit in a box with 23 other cuttings that are all doing well and are growing fast and strongly and just seem to mock my two precious and exotic beauties that are surely going to fail. Not a peep, not a whisper, not a single swollen node. Nothing. Oh well, the only difference this year is I paid more and I got even less. Is there a lesson to be learned? Not unless I call my collection complete and stop fig hunting and who among us is ever going to do that? __________________ Michael in Virginia (zone 7a) Wish list: Perretta,

Dieseler

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Posted 1397002794	Reply with quote #25

Micheal types - Not unless I call my collection complete and stop fig hunting and who among us is ever going to do that? slowly raises hand .

bullet08

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Posted 1397004661	Reply with quote #26

ok martin :) it's a black fig. i'll post pix of the fig in few yrs. __________________ Pete Durham, NC Zone 7b "don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - the baroness thatcher *** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. * * and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...***

recomer20

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Posted 1397005713	Reply with quote #27

Patience eludes me. __________________ Rick C. Birmingham, AL z7b --- INGROUND: S.C.Lemon ("Dr.Welch"), LSUpurple, Celeste (Std) POTTED 3rd Yr: Alma, Atreano, BattGreen, GrnGreek, HardyChicago, ItalianBlack (Becnel), LSUGold?, MBvs, Sal's EL, Southern BT?, St.Jean, Jackie'sUnk POTTED 2nd Yr: SunbirdUnkJP, BourjNoire, JHAdriatic, ValleNegra ROOTING: RdB, ScottsBlk, BlkGreek-MN,Preto

Dieseler

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Posted 1397012584	Reply with quote #28

Quote: Originally Posted by bullet08 ok martin :) it's a black fig. i'll post pix of the fig in few yrs. Ah the ole tease him trick it wont work just ask Rafed ! Seriously though i appreciate the offer and i think not long ago you offered and i politely said no. ;) As always i enjoy pictures and especially of the dark side ones !

bullet08

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Posted 1397041196	Reply with quote #29

ok martin, i won't mention it no more. :) __________________ Pete Durham, NC Zone 7b "don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - the baroness thatcher *** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. * * and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...***

rafaelissimmo

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Posted 1397071969	Reply with quote #30

I keep hearing figs are like weeds and will root easily. I had a very difficult winter of failures. Here are my thoughts: Col de Dame Noir and Blanc: difficult to root in any medium, and these were very fine, plump, late winter cuttings. Black Madeira rooted in Spaghnum moss nicely but did not make it past roots, stage 2 failure. Paradiso Gene rooted easily in various media but failed at stage 2 cups. Rigato del Salento: failed at cup stage. Carrapipe Nera failed at cup stage. Most of my cuttings rooted but failed at cup stage. Jury still out on Adriatic JH. __________________ Zone 7b, Queens, New York

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Posted 1397072255	Reply with quote #31

Youth

armando93223

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Posted 1397072477	Reply with quote #32

I got one cutting of Black Madiera and Col de Dame from UC Davis and they looked great, but nothing was happening for 2 weeks. So I decided to cut them up to 3 pieces ea. and grafted them onto a big rootstock. Everything looks good, have them in a corner of my kitchen. __________________ Armando in the Heart of California

mgginva

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Posted 1397088030	Reply with quote #33

Martin, And then the hand falls slowly to pick up the next "must have" black fig. __________________ Michael in Virginia (zone 7a) Wish list: Perretta,

Dieseler

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Posted 1397089609	Reply with quote #34

Quote: Originally Posted by mgginva Martin, And then the hand falls slowly to pick up the next "must have" black fig. Just not my hand . ; )

mgginva

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Posted 1397095470	Reply with quote #35

Tami, Do you still need Zingarella? If so, Email me at my mgg email. __________________ Michael in Virginia (zone 7a) Wish list: Perretta,

Smaritza

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Posted 1397755910	Reply with quote #36

Aubique Petit eludes me all of the time. I try to win the plant, I'm outbid. I try to win the cuttings, I'm outbid. This happened a few times this year. I saw the plant at an online nursery and it was sold out. I'm gonna give up on it and try for something easier like brown turkey!!! __________________ Smaritza Bronx, NY Wishing for: Ronde de Bordeaux, Aubique Petit, Pananas Purple, Longue d Aout, Lebanese Red, Ischia Black, Scott's Black, Martineca Rimada, Tarantella, Jolly Tiger, Nero,

DonCentralTexas

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Posted 1397758301	Reply with quote #37

Salce and Acciano. Roots, but no top growth. Keeping my fingers crossed, but all others have signs of growth or are going crazy. __________________ Don (Near Austin, TX zone 8b) If you have these for sale/trade PM me: Zingarella, Grantham's Royal, Calderona, Genovese Nero, Noir de Barbentane

bullet08

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Posted 1397762378	Reply with quote #38

not exactly eluding since cutting is available, but i killed all Acciano cuttings last 3 times i tried them. i think i'll try again next spring or look for a n air layer. i just want everything that is and was Paradiso. talking about which... __________________ Pete Durham, NC Zone 7b "don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - the baroness thatcher *** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. * * and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...***

SCfigFanatic

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Posted 1397766438	Reply with quote #39

I put Acciano and White Paradiso in the ground 2 weeks ago. Both are doing good. I might have cuttings in the fall. Doug

brianm

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Posted 1397779702	Reply with quote #40

So far so good with Acciano. Here's a pic http://tinypic.com/r/10rqur4/8 __________________ Wish list: Galicia Negra,UC Davis Black Ischia, Maltese Raven

PepperMan

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Posted 1397781841	Reply with quote #41

The ever elusive spring of 2014! __________________ Chad New Jersey, Zone 6B Wish List: Col de Dame Gris, Col de Dame Noir. I have small trees for trade starting in May! PM me if interested.

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