snaglpus
1244258188
Posted 1422742286
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My kitchen fridge lower drawer is full of fig cuttings. I ran out of room and started adding some on the top shelf. My kept telling me I had too many cuttings. So, I went to HH Greg and bought a new refridgerator and placed it in my office. My son and I just carried it inside while the wife was sleep. She came out of the bedroom trying find out what all the noise was. She said, "What in the world are you doing?" I said, I just solved my cutttings problem! She shook her head and went back to sleep.
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zone5figger
1395082963
Posted 1422742678
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I've had similar issues, Dennis. Once one crisper drawer was full of fig cuttings and other scionwood, and when I started to take over the second drawer I knew I was on thin ice... thought about buying a dorm fridge for just cuttings...Solved the problem by giving away my extras and now I have room for more!
needaclone
1346812939
Posted 1422743388
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I have a "beverage fridge" I bought a few years ago. I guess we didn't read the specs well enough, because it only cools down to about 46 or 48 degrees. So, I think it was more of a wine chiller/cooler than a beverage cooler. It just doesn't get soda, juice and water cool enough. I'm thinking of upgrading to a "real" beverage fridge....which would leave me with this other fridge for storing cuttings, also allowing me to remove them from the other fridge I keep them in. I thin that would be what is called a Win-Win-Win scenario!!!
Longue D'Aout, Italian 258, Pennsylvania 6-5000
coop951
1217167527
Posted 1422743741
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Dennis, I love it. You're my hero!!
Coop Northern NJ Zone 7a
drphil69
1390113240
Posted 1422745026
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Wow, I was thinking some small college fridge.. but you have a full size fridge for cuttings!
rx2
1398727963
Posted 1422745887
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Ok I don't feel so bad now. Being a newbie I thought one crisper bin was out of control and I ran out of room to start more cuttings. It looks like this is a common practice in the fig world. I still have to go and raid another tree I found in Olympia. I only have one bin compared to a hole fridge. Happy rooting everyone.
figpig_66
1416870358
Posted 1422746226
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I keep saying i need to stop trading till i root what i got. But still trading. I have a whole refrigerator just for fig cuttings. Well and beer. Lol
Yeehova
1396914416
Posted 1422746636
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Thanks! Your post reminded me that I have an unused micro fridge in the garage!
Brian
needaclone
1346812939
Posted 1422747225
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Dennis,
Longue D'Aout, Italian 258, Pennsylvania 6-5000
ChrisK
1415844271
Posted 1422748784
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Nice fridge Dennis! Soon you ll have enough figs to fill that baby up ! After rooting all those cuttings that take up all the space that is!lol
WillsC
1348087628
Posted 1422749585
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Dennis too late for you I know but a good solution to the storage problem is a small chest freezer then you buy one of these http://www.amazon.com/Johnson-Controls-Digital-Temperature-Controller/dp/B0064O93L8/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1422749478&sr=8-4&keywords=johnson+control+thermostat turns the chest freezer in to a chest refrigerator. It is digital so you can preselect whatever temperature you want.
Bevman
1405028595
Posted 1422750226
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It appears to me you should have called this subject "The ReFIG erator"
Arthur, Saint Louis CO, MO (Z 6B)
snaglpus
1244258188
Posted 1422751386
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Yeap, my office is my man cave. I cook a lot and got several jars of fig jam, fig compote, fig chutney, pickles and hot sauce. My wife keeps moving my stuff out saying there isn't enough room for some things. So, now I have my own fridge with all of my stuff in my man cave.
Frankallen
1371842383
Posted 1422753957
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Way to go Dennis, you are da Man! What does it feel like to be "the boss of the house". : )
Frank from Bama - Zone 7-b Alabama ...................................................."Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever". Mahatma Gandhi
COGardener
1357441505
Posted 1422754527
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That's great Dennis, I have an extra fridge in my garage that i have been using for scionwood and stratifying seeds and so on for years. You have made a great choice!
deerhunter16b
1352062719
Posted 1422755954
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Your my idol....nice
rcantor
1309799312
Posted 1422759815
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Strong work! That's how things should be done.
HarveyC
1212433117
Posted 1422762146
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I agree with Wills, that' s what I use. I have two of them though one chest freezer ended up getting used as a food freezer, of all things! I bought one large chest freezer for $100, then on the same day bought a newer medium sized one with the Johnson control already (seller had brewed beer) for $150.
Harvey - Correia Farms
http://www.figaholics.com https://www.facebook.com/Figaholics
Aaron4USA
1375832059
Posted 1422770980
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I just bought a Bar Fridge 2 days ago measuring 36x24x22...I thought I was gone crazy.
DesMoinesWAfig
1399158808
Posted 1422771999
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Dennis,
Shirley - Zone 8b - Des Moines, WA60 year old Desert King - (started the fig addiction) Wish List: Maltese Beauty, Saint Rita, Emalyn's Purple I am shikei53 on eBay
MichaelTucson
1333340598
Posted 1422779783
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Very cool, Dennis. I did the same thing (bought a fridge just for cuttings) a couple of years ago. But mine doesn't have a freezer on it, just the fridge. I still use it just for cuttings, but now it has grape wood (cuttings) in it as well as fig cuttings. So I guess I'm not quite as much a "purist" as you are! Nice storytelling too.
Pauca sed matura.
musillid
1327758167
Posted 1422799231
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So it seems many of us are operating botanical repositories.
