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Thanks to all the wonderful people who responded to my cuttings offer. Over 30 packages went out yesterday morning and you should all see them in the next couple of days.
There are now over 100 people growing "The Dominick"
Good luck and Good Rooting to all
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Thank You Coop for Your generous offer! I just can't wait!

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Coop,

Thanks for making these available again and can't wait to try them. Dominick's memory is well served.

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I'm looking forward to getting them going as well, thank you for taking care of everyone Coop.
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I'm excited to be able to try these figs too.  I love figs with stories behind them
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Thanks Coop for making the Dominick cuttings available. Arrived today and look great. Keeping them on the chill for a while, don't want to start them too early.
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    Received the Dominick cuttings today in great shape. Can't wait to get them rooted/growing.

    Thanks Coop for the great offer and cuttings.
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Hello Jim, received the cuttings today. Thanks very much for sharing.
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Does anyone know of any pics of Dominicks tree or fruit out there? I ran a few searches on the forum but Nothing comes up! Thanks !
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Hi Guys
I probably should have included these pictures in the original offering.
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Awesome ,thanks Coop .
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Coop,

Got the cuttings today and they look good!  Thanks again.

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Coop,

I received the cuttings today, they look great!!!  Very generous packaging as well :)

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Coop,

Dominick cuttings arrived today. They look great!  Can't wait to start them rooting.
Thanks again.
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Thank you thank you for the cuttings. Got them today and called my friend at WSU and going to meet tomorrow.

thank you again.      rick
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Got the cuttings today Jim . They look great !!! Thanks again so much !
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Mine arrived today.  Thank you so much for making these available again.  I wanted one since I read your original story.  Can't wait to see how they do in NC.
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I grew cuttings last year so here is my report. They make a remarkably pretty little tree, even in year one. I gave some away, to spread them farther. Can't wait to taste the figs this summer (I hope). Thanks again COOP.
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Coop, got my cuttings a couple of days ago. Once again, thanks for sharing the story and the cuttings with us.
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I received some last year and they have grown wonderfully for me.  Hoping to get first fruits this summer. Coop was able to send me a few more this year which arrived yesterday and I am looking forward to getting them started and having more to share.  I looked at the 2 I put in ground this summer and they are looking good despite temps in the low teens and possibly single digits one night this week. Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping this will be a variety that can be grown in ground in this area with little winter protection starting from year one.  The tips are looking better than those on some of the older trees. Trees are planted next to some same age HCs and a couple of EBTs so it should be an interesting comparison when they all start fruiting.
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Coop, I just got the cuttings yesterday. They look great! Thanks!
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Thanks everybody, this is music to my ears
Good Luck, and Good Rooting !!
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Hey Jim. I just received word from Mrs K that the cuttings are in and in exelent shape! Thanks again for your generous offer.
Best regards!
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thinking about starting my cutting this week . they will be my first ,wish me luck
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Well good luck bigfig. Like a wise man said once"all they need is love". Your cuttings will do just fine.
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I just started two of them, I will start a couple more this coming weekend.  Then I'm going to hold the rest for a few more weeks.
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Coop,

Thank you for "The Dominick!" So kind of you to share with all of us :) ....I started them all today :D
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I started my on the 13th and just noticed green leaf just starting to form today. No roots yet. Does this mean there might be hope for this brown thumb?
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rx2, Same here. I see a few cuttings budding out, although no visible signs of root yet. keep them ideal conditions, warm and humid as forum members suggest, and the roots should form soon. In case if the root development takes longer than the shoots, the leaves will turn dark, shrivel and drop. But don't you worry, they grow back once the roots establish. This is what happenned with my last 2 batches.
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Great work guys. Dominick will not disappoint. 
And 1000 views, with some great responses from some fig legends. Wow, I'm honored
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I put two of my cuttings into the Gel2Root, they are starting to show signs that they want to root but no roots yet.  However, those two trees are both budding out now.  I put two cuttings into cups with a perlite and a small amount of sphagnum moss, so far, no roots or buds breaking.  The rest went into the moss box with other cuttings and the same, no signs of roots and no buds breaking.  I'm sure it won't be to much longer, word is they root pretty easily.


Edit: The cuttings in the Gel2root were started two weeks ago, the rest one week ago.



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When you report no roots we will have a better understanding of your situation if you tell us how long the cuttings have been in your rooting set up.  Personally. if 5 weeks end and there's no roots I change something - I take the cutting out and reformulate its environment.  If it looked like a good perlite/peat mix I put it in sphagnum or coco coir.  If there might have been too much peat I throw out what it was in and make fresh medium with less peat.  Often it will root rapidly after that.
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Received my cuttings today Coop. They look great! Thanks again. Think this one will do well in my area. Wonderful Story included, sounds very similar to my family fig trees in Long island. 
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Posted Reply with quote  #34 
I am experiencing similar results with my Dominick cuttings. I started them in bags with paper towels and just moved some to a shoebox with perlite / HP mix to change things up. Most of the white specs have turned brown and now the buds are starting to swell. Decent callus forming but no roots to report yet.
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Dominicks fig cuttings are beasts. It took a little longer than others to root but once they get going they form strong thick roots. Two in water by the window sill grew root initials within a couple of weeks but not long roots. I planted them in perlite- opting soil ,light mix and the roots are showing after only one week. I had planted one cutting from day one in potting soil - perlite since and is showing roots now also. Lesson learned is that no matter what you do ,the cuttings have the last word. When it is their time they will root!!!
Looks like a strong grower. I like the serated look of the leaves and a very faint redish tint on the new buds. Thanks for sharing Jim.
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