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AussieBackyardGardener40

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Who here are what type of fig grower are you? 

Fig farmers, farmers, suburban fig enthusiasts and city pot figgers.
fig farmer.....general farmer growing diverse things including figs....suburban fig backyard grower.....city potted fig growers...balcony apartment dwellers....commercial fig sellers?
which are you?

How many fig varieties do you grow? How long growing figs for?
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Growing all kinds of fruits and starting to venture into Tropical Fruits. Been growing figs for 2 years now but only 1 year growing them seriously. I'm a potted suburban fruit enthusiast but should have been a rural fruit farmer;)
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Guess I would be a country or on the edge of a small town fig fanatic.    Have collected thirty varieties in two months with more on the way, lot's more.  :)
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Full time farmer growing several different things.  Figs started out for my own personal use but has expanded in past two years.  Have been growing 3 varieties for about 15 years, another 10 varieties for 5-10 years, and then expanded by another 200 varieties in the past two years.  Half of those are still in pots, need to get my orchard rows prepared to start planting those in the ground.  Unsure at this time if I will do the farmers' market scene or sell roadside.
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I'm a suburban backyard (and front yard and side yard) grower, trying to convert my yard into an edible landscape for the family to enjoy.  I just started my edible planting experiments last year and started with figs this year.  Currently I have 7 figs plants in pots and 2 in the ground.
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I have 55 fig trees in ground, 45-47 varieties so far.
Its just a hobby, for fun.

Doug


I'm starting to not care for the light ones...
I may go with just dark varieties.

I have 2.3 acres to plant.
Have peaches, plums, cherries, pears, grapes Dragon fruit, strawberries & blueberries.
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Growing in house in the city many fruits, mango, 4figs, lemons, orange, 2mulberries, sapodilla, jackfruit, blackbead, sweet lime, curry leaves, jujube. Hehehe those are inground, potted ones are another story...
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Grow a lot of fruits, 200 blueberries, peaches, grapes, plums, pomegranates, pineapples, and a bunch more.  have 177 varieties of figs in ground and aiming for 400 varieties. 
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Second year suburban growing. Have perennial gardens but new to figs. Growing them in pots. Bought one from Bill here in NJ, the other three from Whole Foods last summer. Here are two of my figs. Really appreciate this forum and all those willing to share years of experience.

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Country pot figger permaculturist (leading to me having over a 100 edible perennial species growing as a developing edible landscape).  Hoping to grow figs in that landscape before long in the step over espalier mode, covering in wood chips each winter, but haven't made that leap yet.  Soon I hope, but for now it's fig shuffle into and out of the walk in root cellar that's off my basement.  Life in zone 5!
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I'm a city grower that needs more room. I am gonna be in trouble next year when I shift to five gallons. I sell cuttings currently of basic local varieties to fund my desired figs. I am now over a hundred varieties in #1 pots that I started earlier in the year. I am up to my ears in figs lol
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suburban grower on a larger than normal lot (0.75 acre). Besides figs I grow several kinds of berries, cherries, and pears. May eventually buy another small lot and go small-time commercial
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Zone 7b (Central Arkansas) Seven trees in the ground: Hardy Chicago, Celeste(?), LSU gold, Italian Black, Southern Brown Turkey(?), Strawberry Verte, and Unk yellow.  Trees in pots: VdB, CdD, and Sicilian?
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I am at 210 fig varieties, probably will not go over 250 then hopefully reduce to about 50 varieties with a few of each. I plan on doing a lot of traveling, starting with the month of November in a condo on Hollywood Beach, so I need to do some serious planning.
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Interesting to see edible backyard urban homesteaders and the diversity of grower types on this forum.

200 fig varieties Harvey?  Wow!

And Wills 177 fig varieties wow!  And 200 blueberries  - yes I recently got 9 blueberries and keen to eventually propagate them when the time comes when they’re bigger as I’d really like to have a couple hundred blueberries as they cost $13 in my city for a small punnet .  I will research how to do propagate – cant be hard, as I’ve done it with other plants like lavender.

Waynea – 210 varieties! Wow again
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Suburban gardener, with emphasis on providing quality food for wife and self.  I guess it would qualify as a hobby as well.

I have a little larger yard than the average suburbanite to work with, 1.7 acres, much of which is still open.   So far I guess I'm a relative slacker, having only accumulated 41 fig plants of 39 varieties in a year.  All are in pots now, hope to put some in ground after the winter, and maintain the less hardy types in pots forever.  I plan on increasing my fig numbers more selectively in the future, really wanting to focus on those that will perform best here inground and in pots via the fig shuffle or via a planned greenhouse. 
Also, I have a small garden with 5 raised 4'x8' beds, to be expanded after I retire in 6-8 yrs.  I have grown peaches, apples, pears, plums, raspberries and blackberries for years, and I am expanding that part of the orchard as well in anticipation of retirement.  I also planted a dozen blueberries over the past couple years. 
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Urban girl with a tiny yard full of fruit trees. Older trees were in terrible shape when I bought the place -- Santa Rosa plum, Fuyu persimmon, Meyer lemon (we assume).

I've planted a pluot tree, cherries, apples, pineapple guava, blackberries, currants, pomegranates -- and of course FIGS.

I've grafted onto my plum tree and the apple and cherry. I have a struggling vegetable garden. My soil is like concrete, but I'm slowly improving it with compost and all the organic material I can drag home for free.

I keep bees and chickens in my tiny urban yard. My neighbors think I'm crazy , but in a harmless sort of way.
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City pot figger here, I've got a fruit and vegetable garden and about 12 potted fig trees on a small plot of land in New York City. I've been debating on if I want to plant one in ground, but I'd really like to find the right variety before make the commitment, until then everything is staying in a pot.
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Retiring to hobby farming.
Growing 12 figs in ground as bushes hope to expand to 50 figs using espalier training and assisted with temp greenhouse, 4 acres of grapes, 1 acre of peaches, plums,pears and prickly pear cactus.  Recently planted some persimmon, northern kiwi and 1 jujube seedling.
Doing it for fun now but hope to get some income to compliment retirement.
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Hobby grower of citrus for over 20 years and about 100 varieties. Then along came figs. In less than six months and the help of a few new friends I have over 110 varieties in pots with plans to put them in the ground when spring gets here. I have several acres to use if I can hold out as retirement is not in my future. I also grow bananas and trying to grow kiwis. I plan to take out grapes and plant more blue berries.
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