This is the first year, after much research and reading on these forum pages, that I decided to expand my fig collection. In my introductory post, earlier in the spring, I shared that I had one unknown inground White Fig along with a containerized Brown Turkey. I grew up with figs in my Dad's garden, and the gardens of all of my uncles...who each year, would bury their tree, in order for it to survive the vicious Chicago winters...Most of the trees grown by my family were of the dark variety...

Great job Pasquale, hopefully in a few years you will be enjoying tasty figs. Let us know how you make out with the self watering containers.
 take care
  Pete

Beautiful!

Congrats on your rooting success.
Keep us posted please.

Ditto i enjoy pictures.

Thank you for sharing. Nice plants. :)

Thanks everyone!!! It's wonderful watching the progress on almost a day to day basis....

So Martin is in Chicago like you.  I could be a matchmaker!  :-)

You have a lot of amazing figs!  I wish you well, and hope you enjoy the fig shuffle.  This is a dance that occurs with those on the North/East areas of our land.  Happens prior to the first frost, and again when Spring appears.  Never heard the tune, but this forum does that dance annually! 

Thanks for sharing your history and photos!

Suzi

Thanks Suzi! My wife has already asked, what am I going to do with ALL those fig trees in the winter? Little does she know my garage winter/spring plans... Let the shuffle begin next year, but for now, enjoying the heat and watching these little fig trees grow!

Pasquale....

What a great beginning to a treasured collection!

Figs are one of the few fruit trees that you could watch grow from day to day.  Very dynamic changes occur in a very short time.  It's a tree that actually "does something".

I'm sure you will be able to taste your own figs in a few short seasons.  Maybe if you're lucky, your older son will take an interest in your "Fig Emporium".  At least he gave it a classy name.

Good luck...you're on your way.

Frank

Very impressive launch--thanks for the update!

I love the SWC. They do a great job in getting the plants large and mature quickly. But I learned the hard way. Don't bring them in for the winter too early. If the tips are not hardened off, they will die off. No worry. It's like pinching the tips. New Branches will just come out.

Thanks Ken and Frank!!!

Thanks Dominick!!! I followed your recipe for making the potting mix, and your progress last year... Between your updates and Drivewayfarmer's, I drew inspiration and decided that this would be the method I would employ this year to get my newly rooted cuttings to a successful first year of life. So far, it is everything that you chronicled last season, fairly rapid and healthy growth...they seem very happy. I will follow your advice, and make sure that I let them harden off and go completely dormant before I take them into the garage for the winter. Thanks again for all the sound advice and chronicle/photos last season. This is what I love about this forum, everyone sharing what their doing, successes and failures, so that we can gather this knowledge-base in and try these ideas for ourselves!!!

My problem was the Halloween Blizzard of last year. I normally would have put them in about 3 weeks later.