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MnMsMom9902

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Posted 1418444768 · Edited	Reply with quote #1

Coming out of lurkdom to introduce myself... I am very new to figs, all I know is that they taste good! I am also not a very experienced gardener, but I'd like to get better. My goal here is to learn from all of you. And maybe one day I will be able to root a cutting!!! __________________ Linda California, zone 9B Rooting: just about ready to try...

joann1536

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Posted 1418445353	Reply with quote #2

Hello, Linda! I'm pretty new, too, but I guarantee that you will learn a lot here. There are so many experienced folks here. I've learned so much. You just check out some of the rooting posts here, and you will definitely learn several techniques for rooting cuttings! JoAnn also in CA -- Bay Area __________________ USDA Zone 9b Wish list: Abruzzi, Pasquale, Tagliacozzo, Zingarella, Godfather. Any unk Italian, especially from Abruzzo.

FiggyFrank

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Posted 1418445383	Reply with quote #3

Hi Linda! Glad to have you here! __________________ Frank zone 7a - VA

Bevman

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Posted 1418445577	Reply with quote #4

Welcome to the Figs 4 Fun forum. I have not been on it for very long either but was lurking unregistered since August 2013. As for gardening, I have been doing it all my life. __________________ Arthur, Saint Louis CO, MO (Z 6B)

donpaid

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Posted 1418445774	Reply with quote #5

You've come to the right place! Welcome Linda!

waynea

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Posted 1418446003	Reply with quote #6

Welcome Linda you will get a lot of information here and once you root the first cutting, you will never be the same. Good growing.

figgary

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Posted 1418446773	Reply with quote #7

Welcome Linda. You live in a lovely area that will grow great figs. Do you have a fig tree? __________________ Gary in CA 9A Seeking: Bebera Branca*, Colonel Littman's Cross

Norhayati

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Posted 1418447763	Reply with quote #8

Welcome to the forum Linda. Norhayati __________________ Norhayati Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Wish list: Black Madeira

MnMsMom9902

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Posted 1418448009	Reply with quote #9

Thank you all for your warm welcomes! Gary, I have 2 fig trees that I bought this year. They are in a pot right now, on our front porch, hiding from the recent downpour. I hope they will not die because of my incompetency and live to come out of dormancy in the spring. I have a very black thumb... all the fruit trees planted by the previous house owner are alive and doing well. All the trees that I've planted since moving in have either died or growing very pathetically. However, I am persistent, if nothing else :). This year I have planted 2 pear trees, and a loquat tree. So far so good! __________________ Linda California, zone 9B Rooting: just about ready to try...

GreenFin

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Posted 1418449056	Reply with quote #10

It starts with two. Soon it will be twenty two. Welcome aboard :) __________________ James, zone 6a Kansas (zone 10 greenhouses); wish list is in my profile http://www.FigCuttings.com

cis4elk

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Posted 1418449396	Reply with quote #11

Welcome, luckily you live somewhere that even a bird turd can turn into a fig tree. Stick with it and you'll be the neighborhood fig lady. __________________ Calvin Littleton,CO z5/6 Wants List: For everyone to clean-up after themselves and co-exist peacefully. Let's think more about the future of our planet and less about ourselves. :)

Aaron4USA

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Posted 1418450086	Reply with quote #12

Linda, Welcome to THE forum, where it all happens. You'll be a pro in no time, I promise :)

greenfig

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Posted 1418451125	Reply with quote #13

Welcome, Linda! A second person from CA in 2 days!! What city is closest to you? __________________ wish list: Violeta, Calderona. USDA z 10a, SoCal

MnMsMom9902

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Posted 1418452306	Reply with quote #14

greenfig, I live close to San Jose. __________________ Linda California, zone 9B Rooting: just about ready to try...

nycfig

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Posted 1418468311	Reply with quote #15

Welcome to the forum, Linda! __________________ Danny NYC Z7a It's all about the figs! Facebook: NYCfigs Buying Fig Trees and Cuttings From the Internet

zone5figger

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Posted 1418468648	Reply with quote #16

Hi Linda, welcome but be careful: fig addiction is a contagious disorder! Plenty of enablers around here, too ;) __________________ Jesse- zone 5, 1000' elevation

RichinNJ

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Posted 1418472685	Reply with quote #17

Welcome

Hershell

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Posted 1418473085	Reply with quote #18

Welcome Linda, from the east coast. __________________ Hershell Zone 8. Ray City, Ga.

schaplin

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Posted 1418473388	Reply with quote #19

Welcome Linda __________________ Wish List: @Hmari, @Maltese beauty, @Col de Dame Grise, @Bryant Dark, @Lynhurst White, @Melcedonia Dark, @Panevino Dark, @Paradiso

Frankallen

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Posted 1418474760	Reply with quote #20

Welcome Linda, so happy you came here! We will have you a "Fig Pro" before you know it..;) __________________ 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

NativeSun

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Posted 1418476012	Reply with quote #21

Greetings from sunny Florida, Linda -- __________________ James, North Florida zone 9A

bigmike

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Posted 1418479683 · Edited	Reply with quote #22

Welcome to forum Linda! What varieties are the figs you are growing? EDIT: sorry missed it in your signature:-) __________________ USDA Hardiness Zone 8, Central Texas Fig `till the End!

jc_figs

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Posted 1418480299	Reply with quote #23

welcome __________________ Name JAILEN feel free to call me jc ........wish list...... black madeira ,ischia b lack, green ischia, patrics super giant, rdv, negronne, maltese falcon, lsu gold, lsu purple, lsu tiger, lounge d out, golden, celeste, black jack, black mission, brunswick, blue ischia, panache, strawberry latte, armenian, mvsb, col de dame, col de dame grise, col de dame noir, hardy chicago, peters honey, peti negri, unknowns, magnolia, kathleen black, labanese, and any othere except bt, and celeste improved bt or celeste are fine ,cuttings/plants zone 8a goldsboro north carolina. I'm proved Celeste or BT welcome!! figs growing brown turkey celeste and unknown yellow fig

sammy

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Posted 1418481290	Reply with quote #24

Hi Linda! __________________ Sam zone 4 Thessalon Ontario, Canada.

garden_whisperer

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Posted 1418481740	Reply with quote #25

Welcome, it is a addictive hobby. You have been warned. __________________ Dave Zone 6b Illinois "Be the change you wish to see in the world"

GRamaley

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Posted 1418484961	Reply with quote #26

Welcome aboard!! __________________ Gloria --------------- 7a, maybe 8

Elfarach

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Posted 1418485143	Reply with quote #27

Welcome to the forum Linda... __________________ Simon C. So. Cal (El Monte) Zone 10a Wish list: Adriatic JH, Raspberry Latte, Violet de Sollies, Col de Dame Black, Ischia Black, Takoma Violet

Smaritza

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Posted 1418492787	Reply with quote #28

Welcome!! __________________ Smaritza Bronx, NY Wishing for: Ronde de Bordeaux, Aubique Petit, Pananas Purple, Longue d Aout, Lebanese Red, Ischia Black, Scott's Black, Martineca Rimada, Tarantella, Jolly Tiger, Nero,

rcantor

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Posted 1418498118	Reply with quote #29

Welcome! You picked 2 great ones to start with. You also did well pulling them out of the flood. Figs hate having their roots in standing water. Make sure your soil drains well and the bottom of the pot doesn't stay sopping wet. This link gives good info on the principles of rooting figs. After reading that page go to the link near the top of the page for the newer, easier way. http://figs4fun.com/basics_Rooting.html There have been a few recent threads on rooting in coco coir that would be worth reading as well. You'll certainly have plenty of hydroponics stores near you :) Search on rooting coir if you haven't already seen them. __________________ Zone 6, MO Wish list: Galicia Negra, De La Reina - Pons, Genovese Nero - Rafed's, Sbayi, Souadi, Acciano, Any Rimada, Sodus Sicilian, any Bass, Pons or Axier fig, any great tasting fig.

MnMsMom9902

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Posted 1418500820	Reply with quote #30

Thanks for all the advices! :: runs off to check out the various rooting threads :: __________________ Linda California, zone 9B Rooting: just about ready to try...

Yeehova

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Posted 1418500876	Reply with quote #31

Welcome. I was also a long-time lurker before I joined! __________________ Brian Wish list: Col de Dame

fignatic

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Posted 1418505731	Reply with quote #32

Welcome to the forum from the Garden State. I found any questions about this hobby were covered in a simple search of past topics but the members keep on adding the newest and best info around. __________________ joe paradiso 6B New Jersey

ChrisK

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Posted 1418506401	Reply with quote #33

Welcome Linda and best of luck with Your new hobbie! __________________ ChrisK Atl GA Zone 7b-8a

OttawanZ5

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Posted 1418506684	Reply with quote #34

Welcome to F4F. I am sure you will learn a lot here, more techniques and more varieties. But don't wait until you learn. Start rooting now and you can learn a lot more and faster from rooting the cuttings as you make mistakes along the way. Good luck. __________________ Ottawan-Z5a, Canada

snaglpus

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Posted 1418506803	Reply with quote #35

Welcome Linda from NC. __________________ Dennis Charlotte, North Carolina/Zone 8a

Otmani007

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Posted 1418515006	Reply with quote #36

Welcome to the forum, Linda! __________________ Dallas, TX - Zone 8a Wish List: Col de Dame Blanche, Brogiotto Bianco, Sicilian White, Panache Otmani

COGardener

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Posted 1418542226	Reply with quote #37

Welcome, I'm glad you found us. This is a great group, tons and tons of information here, and everyone here is always happy and ready to help. You'll do great.

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