Originally Posted by Sas
Alan & Meg,I have more pots than I could handle. It all happened during the early stages of my fig craze as I was collecting varieties for my own research. Had I known what is involved, I would've taken it easy. The list of top figs kept growing and growing, until I became convinced that I almost had everything I need including the ones promised over here. Then I realized I had to get a couple more... You should see my porch, it is standing room only. My initial aim was to have enough for my fig forest, but with delays and setbacks it is still a dream. I planted 22 fig trees last spring at my wildlife property. They made it through the whole summer without irrigation only to die off during the fall. Some were obviously damaged by deer and other critters. That was a loss of almost 22 different varieties for me. I'm still hoping for some to come back. In the end no one needs so many trees unless you're going commercial or doing it for wildlife. I agree that they are much easier to care for in the ground and that was my plan all along. Then I realized that there are all kinds of wonderful fruit other than fig trees such as jujubes, persimmons, pomegranate etc..and must have room for those ones too. I keep saying that I have enough, then a variety such as Galicia Negra or a Martinenca Rimada becomes available and you know the rest. Despite making new discoveries and still waiting for many varieties to fruit, I almost know which names I would want to keep. They'd have to be exotic and rare. Especially after I taste the fruit. The main reason for wanting to keep those ones and not the common varieties is not because they are necessarily better, but because of the fear of not being able to easily replace them. Ideally I wish to keep 10 to 12 varieties at most which is more than enough to satisfy my taste buds, but as long as I have room, I will keep them all. James what spacing are you going to use for your in ground orchard?

I'd estimate that the success rate on rooting has been around 90-95% for this project.  On a smaller scale in the past it's probably been 80% (often due to getting leaves and no roots), but this year I used Clonex and kept the mix less moist, and that seemed to help.

I've only lost 2 that I know of after the move to the greenhouse (so less than 1%); those two wilted and went kaput a few days in, not sure why. 

For me, the initial rooting is where almost all of my losses always occur.  Most often, it's because they either never root/leaf or because they do root/leaf but I don't move them out of the humidity bins fast enough and they mold to death.  The greenhouses seem to be safe zones: if the plants can survive long enough to make it there (even if their leaves are half molded by then), they're generally in the clear

Originally Posted by DaveL
Hi James, just finished watching your videos, great job!. You are a very busy man! I see your zone 6a, and just wondering what type of winter protection do you give your outside fig orchard?

Originally Posted by Philsphigs

Hey James,

Thanks for the updates on the thread and all of your work!  Just had a quick question as to when in July will the figs be sent out?

Thank you,

Phil

Originally Posted by figlayla
will we be notified when the plants are shipped?