I just wanted to say thank you for the affordable, and gifted opportunities, to start a great collection of figs.

 The plants are way beyond my expectations, most have figs, and were started from cuttings.

Almost every plant was started from late Oct./15 - Jan/16.

I am amazed and hope for your continued success.


Harvey, James and friends,

                                                 Thank you,

                                                                        Mike



   

Socorrow Black, Harvey

 

Mel do Algarve, Harvey
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O'Rourke, James

 
 
St. Rita, Harvey and Carini from Frank



The Godfather, Coop

 

Italian 258, Mario

 

LSU Gold, Pauline

 


Here are my plants, behind my little steeple. When my wife realizes they have to come inside,

  I'll be with homeless people.

 Thanks everyone, Mike


       

Wow, Mike! Those trees look great. Good luck this season!

Bill,

  Your Terramo is in there and looks just as good,

Thanks you.

Now that's how you start a collection!  You'll be swimming in figs before long.  Good luck with the wife this winter.  My wife went through the acceptance phase about 3 years ago.  ;)

Mike when my wife starts in on my collection, I remind her of the amount of shoes she has.

Well done, Mike!  They look amazing! 

Wow, those are all looking great!  You're going to be swimming in figs soon :) 

Dave    Shoes are off limits because they are a necessity of life and they make you feel so goooood.  I like to open the door and see all their little happy faces.    Admitted that I don't have as many as I used too  100+  because I dressed up and wore heels every day.      

Mike those ace hardware buckets must be the bomb for growing.   They have magic ingredients in them?

Looks great, Mike!!! I fail to post pictures of what I have and thank all of the generous people here...mostly due to time restrictions. You did well in thanking those members who have been so generous to you!

Blessings to you & them!
Meg

Beautiful as they are you have a great secret recipe to feed them for sure. Have seen some of mine doing well and some treated the same way that fail all the way. Yours are all amazing.
Congrats and thank's for sharing your success.

Great Job Mike!! Beautiful Trees! You got some good ones. My Wife loves my Figs, she even helps me put them up for the Winter. I know it's not cause she loves to eat them every chance she gets! Good Luck bud for the rest of the year!

Mike, that is a job well done. Your thumb is definitely green. :)

Mike, they all look so healthy!  What's your secret?
 

Mike, perhaps we should start a homeless fig tree growers club.

How do you cut the grass??

Thanks,

No secrets, plenty of mistakes along the way.

Grass?! Where?

I have committed to 1 cutting per 1 gallon container instead of starting in a cup. Pro Mix BX.

When bigger leaves start to develop, I give them some pelleted lime and 14-14-14 Ozmocoat.

Miracle grow liquid every 2-4 weeks.

When growth kicks in I moved the to 5 gallon containers from June through mid-July. I think less transplants and more root room helps.

5 gallon pails have 3 , 3/8" holes on the side and two on the bottom.

All Pro-Mix BX in the 5 gallon pails

Top dress with more Ozmocoat and lime, and cover with 1" Pro-Mix and water in.

I have been pinching  bud ends and watering when they dry up.

They have had Miracle grow once since being in 5 gallon pails.

I have noticed I have to check, even when it rains, to see if the plants got enough water.

I have put four of these in the ground several weeks ago and there were very well rooted to the bottoms of the pails.

Thanks again everyone,

                                          Mike.

Wow Mike
You have hit it hard, and hit it out of the ball park. The trees look stupendous. You have come a very long way in a very short time.
Im so happy to be part of it!

Great job Mike, your plants look great.  It's great to see how well your efforts have paid off.

Great job! Looks like your collection is coming along.

Thanks for the encouragement and help everyone.

Today the wife asked where all the plants are going in the winter.

I said  ..................???!

Good question, lol.

One thing at a time.

After all this work I'll probably find out I'm allergic to figs.

     Mike

Good job Mike, keep up the good work

very nice, "they grow up so fast"  ;)

[QUOTE=Garlic_Mike]...After all this work I'll probably find out I'm allergic to figs.[/QUOTE]

No worries. Just avoid the latex and not fully ripened figs. : )
But seriously, after all the effort, I'm sure you will be rewarded with some awesome treats.

Help!  Jane! Stop this crazy thing!!!

 Help, Jane!!!

 

 

 

Last year I had a couple plants that were a foot tall.

At the end of the year, they were a foot tall.

How would I expect this?

This forum should come with a warning label!.

Thanks again everyone. I just got my first ever ripe fig today, a D'all Osco, awesome, will post.

   Mike

D'all Osso, damn autocorrect.

That looks awesome!  What a perfect backyard :)

That's awesome, Mike!  

About how many 5gal pails do you think you can fill with a bale of the Pro Mix ? Very nice job growing!

Dang you plants look good.  First fig too.   Today is a special day!

Wow! You've got a fig army there! It's an awesome assortment and they look great.

Esteban,

Unfortunately I know the answer is 8, lol.

Make that, only 8

Mike very impressive collection. Nice job. Which varieties did you plant in ground? In Connecticut?

Hi Barry,

I an trying Longue d' Aout, Desert King, LSU Purple, White Marseilles, Green Ishida, Tarantella, Sal's El, and 5 or 6 unknowns front Ct and RI'

The real question is what I did not kill, come the Spring.

These are all first year too. Pray for them, lol.

I will try to get a couple picks of them tomorrow.

Take care, Mike

What a beautiful fig forest !

Beautiful figs, Mike! Plants all look healthy and vigorous..... You have a green thumb... Question - How long do your buckets last in the UV sunlight before they start to get brittle and break apart? I've considered them as an alternative to the commercial nursery containers of 5-7 gallons which invariably hold 3.5- 5 gallons (I think) but I have had my white 5 gallons go brittle in 2 seasons (not a great experience) and I have the commercial nursery containers last far longer.... Do you think the white color benefits the figs by keeping the root ball cooler in summer as compared to the black?

Thanks,
T

Very nice, Mike.

They are beautiful!

Mike they look amazing. Whatever you are doing is obviously working. Keep up the good work.

Hi T,

First year, so I hope forever. Cringe to think about it.

I did get white to keep the roots cooler.

I am new so it was just a guess.

Mike

Hi,
Your forest looks beautiful!
Those buckets will last as long as you don't move them around too often.

Those plants sure do look nice, they put on some good growth.

They look nice but, before long you'll might have to pot them up.I thought I had big collection for at least the small area I have but, you really went big.Good luck.

Nice collection!

Wow, that is really a nice collection!  Looks like you have room for them, too.  Very nice set up.

Way to go Mike!!! Good luck with your wife, mine is somewhat accepting but only as long as I don't talk too much about figs hehehe

Actually, she never accepted it.

It started with something like (months before these pictures) I don't want to (he he) look out my window and see GD fig trees everywhere!

She had her first fig and then said "what are you planning  to do with them in the winter?"

Damn women thinking ahead.

Still working on that one, Mike.

Yeah I was told the house cannot become a jungle...so we moved to a place with a bigger basement ;)

Wow!, you even moved?

I keep waiting to wake to a pillow pushed over my head.

Well technically we moved to be closer to my new job and better opportunities for her, but realistically I made sure the house we rented was great for trees ;) I wasn't thinning my collection, moving to a shoebox and quitting collecting!