All these moved outside today for the first time. They will spend a few days in almost total shade before
filtered sun and then out in the open gradually. They will also be getting there first watering from the top. All previous watering has been from the bottom. These seventy five were all rooted in  Root Riot Cubes.


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Very nice!

Nice work Mike,

Love hearing success stories like this. Best of luck the rest of the way.

75? Light year, Mike? Come on, tell the truth... Where are the other 225? Congratulations, they look really healthy. I'm gonna show my wife this picture, to prove to her that there are more people like me :) Looks like you're using Promix?

Rui, I cut way back on the number of cuttings I started this winter. I do have a few more in a container with damp perlite for a trial . Some are in Pro Mix, some in Fafard and some in Fertilome UPM.

very impressive, mike. wish i could do that.

Shailesh, the varieties are Genoves Nero, Barada, Hardy Hartford, Col. Littmans Black Cross, Malta Purple Red, St. Rita, Negretta, Abebereira, Florea, Attilio Green Attilio Purple, Vasilika Sika, Black Ischia AD, Battagglia Green,
Almaria, Red Italian, Longue D Aout, Hunt, Morocco Casablanca, Socorro Black, Dominics Italian, Sals Gh, RdB, Hollier, Blanquette, Orphan, Nazarti, Preto and Pastiliere Baud

Mike,

Curious to know if you marked which soil went into which?
Reason I ask is because this would be a great opportunity to know for sure which soil works best or if there's no difference?

Of course I like my beloved UPM as you already know. But never know,,,

Rafed, unfortunately I did not. I did quiet a few up pots and I marked those.

Mike, in a recent thread you asked about cold hardiness of some varieties, and with your bad winter losses, I'm sure it's been on your mind. Which of these will you plant this year? I can tell you Attilio Purple and Green (over 5 yrs old) in ground died back with minimal rug wrap. The root ball wasn't killed on either, and they are sprouting again. But that's in Zone 6B.

Rui, I am not sure yet but probably none of these this year. I have most of the below varieties in 5-20 gal pots to choose from for
this year. I am going to put twelve or so more in ground this year and I already have seventeen in ground at my house and another
thirty one at a friends house.

Red Lebanese Bass
Red Lebanese Marius
Fico de Capo Verde
Izbat An Naj
Malta Mission
Persian White
Malone
Barnisotte Noir
Abicou
Souadi
Pingo de Mel
Black Madeira
Figo Branca
Col de Dame Noir
JH Adriatic
Pane E Vino Dark
Emalyns Purple
Col de dame Black
Maltese Beauty
Col de Dame Grise
Doree
Noire de Carambe

Hey Mike, those are some beautiful babies! Good Job! :)

Hi Mike
Looks awesome, Im so jealous of you guys who really put the pedal to the metal.
I'm also so honored that Dominick is represented there. Means a lot to me
Cheers
Coop

Congratulations, great work!

And what's your ebay name again?  :)

You have a lot of great varieties!

Nice collection and nice effort Mike. Why do you differentiate between Col de Dame Noir and CdD Black?

Mike,

Very nice.
That's a lot of good figs
Congratulations

Francisco

Coop, I would like to thank you again for Dominicks. It was the easiest and fastest grower of them all. I cant wait to see how it performs and taste.

Rafael,  I only do that because the person whom I received the "black" from called it that.

Thanks to everyone for all the nice comments.

Congratulations Mike, they all look great and it sounds like a great list of varieties. I hope they do well for you

Quite a graduating class, hard to pick a Valedictorian out of that group.