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purplesandwich

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Posted 1392901177	Reply with quote #1

My maltese fig finally arrived..... My problem is should I take off a newly sprouting figs. The cutting does not have leaves but a fig. Is it safe to rip the fig off? Or will the cutting die. __________________ Kevin Spiteri ----new but I have BTM6(a Hybrid bought in Thailand)Turkish brown, Black Mission,White Geona, Kadota, Green(from Turkey not sure of correct name) and Nut Fig(from Turkey not sure of corect name) whish list---at this time just a Fig

bullet08

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Posted 1392902111	Reply with quote #2

take the fig off. it won't do any good to the cutting other than sucking the energy out of it. and chances are very good that fig won't make it anyway. __________________ 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...***

purplesandwich

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Posted 1392906577	Reply with quote #3

I thought when i saw it, that it was a leaf but then bam a fig.... It will not kill the cutting will it __________________ Kevin Spiteri ----new but I have BTM6(a Hybrid bought in Thailand)Turkish brown, Black Mission,White Geona, Kadota, Green(from Turkey not sure of correct name) and Nut Fig(from Turkey not sure of corect name) whish list---at this time just a Fig

FiggyFrank

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Posted 1392906690	Reply with quote #4

I've plucked figlets from new cuttings and they survived. The oozing 'milk' will dry up and seal it on its own. __________________ Frank zone 7a - VA

purplesandwich

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Posted 1392906805	Reply with quote #5

Thanks for the info... __________________ Kevin Spiteri ----new but I have BTM6(a Hybrid bought in Thailand)Turkish brown, Black Mission,White Geona, Kadota, Green(from Turkey not sure of correct name) and Nut Fig(from Turkey not sure of corect name) whish list---at this time just a Fig

Rewton

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Posted 1392929106	Reply with quote #6

Maybe I'm paranoid but what I do is take a sterilized knife or razor blade and cut through the center of the small figlet to cut it in half. The plant will then abort the damaged figlet via its own process. The idea is that is less stressful for the cutting than manually ripping the fig off. __________________ Steve MD zone 7a

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