New fig trees and other things.

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Charlie

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Posted 1404965028	Reply with quote #1

New trees arrived. First thing was fixing metal ID tags. Can you read the names? I kind of had a hard time but figured it out. Next they're potted and set to recover awhile behind the window shade. Brown Turkey woke up. These were tiny, pale leaves just a few days ago. Tiny new bud on LSU Purple This is my yard with one shovel depth plug removed and water pooling. That's about it for now but there are cuttings on the way from a couple of generous members! I'm not sure what all yet but can't wait... __________________ Zone 7A ~ Fort Smith area Arkansas

erics11

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Posted 1404967234	Reply with quote #2

Congrats. Nice new additions to the family you have there. __________________ Hayward, CA 9B Own: Brown Turkey, White Kadota, Mission Black, Celeste, RdB, VdB, Hunt, Dominick, Strawberry Verte, LSU Scott's black, Brown Greek, Spanish Black Wishlist: Chicago Hardy, Desert King, Col de Dame Gris, any other favorites

Aaron4USA

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Posted 1404974396	Reply with quote #3

Hi Charlie, great little trees you got there congrats. That shovel depth...the water is pooling in it by itself? If so, don't put a fig tree in it, too dump for fig.

jdsfrance

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Posted 1404987684	Reply with quote #4

Hi Charlie, This is just the start ! Keep the efforts on. For your dirt, definitively go raised beds or you'll over-water your trees year round. __________________ ------------------------ Climate from -25°C to + 35°C Only cold hardy figtrees can make it here

Charlie

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Posted 1404993086	Reply with quote #5

Quote: Originally Posted by Aaron4USA Hi Charlie, great little trees you got there congrats. That shovel depth...the water is pooling in it by itself? If so, don't put a fig tree in it, too dump for fig. Yes that much water pooled in the time it took to put down the shovel and snap a pic. My yard is weird like there's a stream winding through under the dirt. Certain parts are wetter than others. This is about 20 feet from Brown Turkey. New plants were at my post office on Monday and our post master neglected to put a parcel notice in our box, but she said she did. Just figured this out and wife picked them up yesterday while I was at work. They were some flimsy but potting and a little de-chlorinated water perked them right up. Thanks all for the comments. :) __________________ Zone 7A ~ Fort Smith area Arkansas

FiggyFrank

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Posted 1404995317	Reply with quote #6

Good luck, Charlie! I hope they all do well for you. __________________ Frank zone 7a - VA

FigaroNewton

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Posted 1404995415	Reply with quote #7

Congrats!! You are off and running!! Sweet sweet collection you've got yourself started. =) Regards, bill o. __________________ Billy - Middle Tennessee Seeking: C'hiapetta, A'driatic JH, and S'mith maybe 2 cuttings or so of each. Thank-you.

eboone

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Posted 1404997048	Reply with quote #8

Those look like healthy leaves on those. What nursery did you order from? __________________ Ed Zone 6A - Southwest PA --------------------------- Short wish list: CDDG, LSU Red, Dark Greek (Navid), Col Littman's Black Cross. And any cold hardy early fig.

Charlie

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Posted 1404999590	Reply with quote #9

These new ones came from Florida Hill Nursery. My Brown Turkey from Fast Growing Trees. LSU Purple and Tiger, plus Strawberry Verte being shipped soon from Almost Eden. I neglected to say when the LSU figs arrived from Almost Eden there was a nice note apologizing for the small stature of the plants and a refund check for one plant. So I like that and purchased the SV from them also. Have put the fig name, nursery from and day received on each ID tag for future reference. __________________ Zone 7A ~ Fort Smith area Arkansas

GeneDaniels

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Posted 1405019545	Reply with quote #10

with that much water in the yard I would do two things: 1) raised beds are a no-brainer 2) before you plant in the bed, in two or three spots, dig down 2-3 ft with posthole diggers. Then fill these holes with course sand or lighter gravel. I get free crushed glass at our recycle center and use that. Then plant as usual. The holes are called "dry wells." they will help remove some of the excess water from around the roots. Your water table is really high, but I still think a few dry wells would help next to newly planted figs. They can't hurt, and they only take a 1/2 hour to dig and a bit of sand/gravel. I use them to control pooling water near my raspberry patch, and I am just doing a few more around one of my new figs that I've noticed pools of water standing after heavy rains. These "dry wells" are an old water management technique used for various purposes. I am thinking about using them near my muscadines for the reverse purpose, to get water deeper. My muscadines are on the high side of the yard and the water runs off so fast they don't get soaked the way I wish when it rains. But if I sink a couple wells near the vines and fill with sand, they should encourage putting more water down where the muscadines can use it. __________________ 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?

Charlie

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Posted 1405116497	Reply with quote #11

Thanks Gene __________________ Zone 7A ~ Fort Smith area Arkansas

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