Register  |   | 
 
Encanto Farms Nursery > Topics > A bit sickened.....
 
 


Reply
  Author   Comment  
NativeSun

Registered:
Posts: 178
Posted Reply with quote  #1 
So last week I decided to put six of my fig trees in-ground.

Then it started raining several days ago. Hasn't stopped and will likely continue for a while to come...  I have about 3" of standing water in my yard and I can just feel the trees a'drowning....

My Brown Turkey and Green Ischia, both in the ground for a couple of years (over a decade for the BT) are drooped over and suffering...

Wondering if I should take an emergency cutting or two off of each one in case I lose the trees. Is this something feasable at this time of the year?

Have a few more in pots. They are going to stay in pots. 

Bleh.

Rain Rain go away. 
__________________
James, North Florida zone 9A
vito12831

Avatar / Picture

Registered:
Posts: 840
Posted Reply with quote  #2 
Hi James
That's something you should do every year for a backup, you never know what can happen over the winter? Good luck.
Vito
drphil69

Avatar / Picture

Registered:
Posts: 803
Posted Reply with quote  #3 
Grasa was nice enough to give away a bunch of fresh cuttings recently, and they are rooting like champs, so I say take some cuttings while you can!
__________________
Phil - Zone 7A - Newark, DE Newbie fig lover just trying to learn.
jdsfrance

Registered:
Posts: 2,591
Posted Reply with quote  #4 
Hi NativeSun,
Hunt for root-suckers - that is if your trees are not grafted.
Else try airl-layering or rooting green cuttings.
If you feel that the trees won't make it, definitively propagate them before it is too late .
__________________
------------------------
Climate from -25°C to + 35°C
Only cold hardy figtrees can make it here
m5allen

Avatar / Picture

Registered:
Posts: 153
Posted Reply with quote  #5 
Dang, sorry to hear that.  You guys in north Florida have been getting hammered by that stalled front.
__________________
-Mike

Tampa, FL Zone 9b. Growing: Black Madeira, CDDG, Malta Black, VDB, Petite Negra, LSU Purple, Celeste, Battaglia, Alma and Grasa's Unknown Seattle Purple
svanessa

Avatar / Picture

Registered:
Posts: 905
Posted Reply with quote  #6 
Can you trench and drain the water away from the trees? Since they are inground only a week I'd pull them back out and pot them quickly if you can't trench. Next time mound up the dirt a couple feet (raised bed) and plant in the mound. Make sure its planted a couple feet at least above the high water mark.
__________________
Sue
Zone 9B, 1946'
Ramona, CA
San Diego County
NativeSun

Registered:
Posts: 178
Posted Reply with quote  #7 
Thats Actually what I did (took them back up). Ill be working on a French Drain this weekend. Im hoping the trees will be ok but I took two cuttings off each one today and started them on their way to being baby trees just in case
__________________
James, North Florida zone 9A
Previous Topic | Next Topic
Print
Reply