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eden13

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Thanks a lot to my friends from the forum Rafed, Robert and Art for beautiful cuttings that I got from them. Here is progress of those cuttings.


Sequoia (and other cuttings do die for) from Rafed
Desert King from Robert
Italian Unknown (Calabria) from Art



Picture #4 (Garden 008) is Mountain fig  from Afghanistan.

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Posted Reply with quote  #2 
Eden, very nice. I have only started just a few cuttings. I will get into full swing Dec-Jan.
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Posted Reply with quote  #3 
don't know about others, but it just amazes me how a stick will turn into a tree and with nothing but water, sun and some fertilizer will give such good "fruit".
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Wow, they look great.  Congratulations!
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Your babies are beautiful! 
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Posted Reply with quote  #6 
Great pictures.  I am going to have to get a new camera.  Thank you for sharing.
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have to be careful with those double cups, if water stays in there too long, the water is also inside of the inner cup- soaking the cutting...  I am very worried about that, because I killed a very special cutting by not checking ...upon watering, after a few hours, should go through and take all the excess water from the second cup... I leaned to put  a few pieces of styrform or some bottle caps in the outside cup, that way there is room for the water to go, without soaking the cutting - until I can get to them.
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Grasa I punctured outside cups to so water can`t stay in it and I put metal mesh on the bottom to elevate cups for good drainage.

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Posted Reply with quote  #9 
Thank you all.
Martin i use my cell phone to take pictures.
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Posted Reply with quote  #10 
hi They look great I was wonderingg are you gorwing them a grow tent? do they work good for them

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No Dennis i grow them under the stairs in the basement.


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hi They look great I was wonderingg are you gorwing them a grow tent? do they work good for them

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Congratulations on your babies!  That Calabria Fig just wants to grow!  Mine looks just like yours!

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I can see the flourescent light in the middle, but what type are the other two?  Are they incandescent floods?  Sodium? Mercury?  Just curious, bc I'm thinking of getting a few T-5 flourescents going over the winter.  Plants love happy and healthy!  Great pics!
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They are daylight bulbs of 1200 lumens and 6500K.
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What are you using for a growing mix?
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Posted Reply with quote  #16 
Your babies look fantastic !
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I tried several mixes as you can see in the picture, but far the best results for me is 90% perlite and 10% Fafard 52 mix. So far with this mix 100% success.
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Beautiful, congrats to the proud parent!
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Growing like weeds Suzi.


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Congratulations on your babies!  That Calabria Fig just wants to grow!  Mine looks just like yours!

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UPDATE OF MY BABIES.

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The big box is overflowing!  Great work!
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Update.

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Very nice Eden
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Looking good Eden!!!
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LOL, pot those babies up!
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Looking good Eden.  Those lights really seem to help. All I have at this time is 3 or 4 hours of sunlite through the dining room window. And although they are growing and staying alive, they dont look anywhere near as strong and vibrant as yours. Maybe next year.....lights will be on my list to Santa.
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Very impressive
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WOW!  Very, very nice.
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Eden, the leaves of pic 029 are awesome.   Must make a marvelous tree !
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I agree, what variety is 029?
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Looking awesome Eden.
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On pic. 029 is AFGHAN FIG.



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I agree, what variety is 029?
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It will be nice to see how it continues to grow, please shows up more picture of it, later on.  Hope the fruits are as nice as those leaves.
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My babies are going strong and some of them start forming fruit, one of them is Italian Unknown (Calabria) on first pic. and  Qalaat al Madiq  on second pic. I know I should not let them fruit but I have double plants of this varieties and I will let one plant produce some figs.  

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Beautiful trees...looks like they want to produce a lot of figs for you...Good Luck.
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I love babies!

Good job

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very nice indeed. i hope to get a camera soon so i can show my little ones off. dog chewed on my cell phone and lets just say she made sure to get the lens
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I use my smart phone for all pictures and don`t have to think any more to about taking camera with me any more.
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Looking good, can't wait to see what happens for you this summer.
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Eden,

Just want to make sure I understand you correctly.  The Italian Unknown (Calabria) and Qalaat al Madiq were started from cuttings in mid-Nov 2012?? 
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Steve,
 I looked back at my "Free Cuttings" topic. He started it in October sometime.
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You're right Art, the photos show leafs in mid-Nov so they were started earlier, but still that seems like amazing growth for 4 months.  Then again I'm new to all this so maybe there are some varieties that really do grow like weeds.
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I do know one thing is that the Unknown Calabria is a fast grower. I have a bunch that I started about that time. I left a few figs on a couple, they will be ripe before summer starts.
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Eden

Given the healthy green leaf anf fig production on your babies, what type of fertilization regime are you using? i' m assuming you are starting to use some? If so I'd really be intereste in knowing your techniques. Many thanks!
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Thank you all.


Art I receive your cuttings in beginning of October and I have them in fridge for 4 weeks. Also When I receive Qalaat al Madiq in first week of November I start to root Calabria as well at some time. So far Unk. Calabria is fastest to root and grow then any other fig I ever see.
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Mark after I transplant them from the cups I was using just water (don`t remember 2 or 3 times) Then I start to water with Miracle gro all purpose plant food. I dissolve the recommended amount for one gallon in to 3 gallons of water  and water 2-3 times then I use half recommended amount 2-3 times. Now I am using  full amount.






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Eden Given the healthy green leaf anf fig production on your babies, what type of fertilization regime are you using? i' m assuming you are starting to use some? If so I'd really be intereste in knowing your techniques. Many thanks!

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Eden, many thanks. Your plants look great. Mine are a bit earlier on, but I figured it too early to apply any fertilizer. Here's a quick shot of my cuttings

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What kind of enclosure are these boxes in?  looks like a radiant barrier sheet?  What temp does it keep the plants?
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