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Subject: Going to be a busy winter...... Replies: 48
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Eff Me!!!

Is pretty much all I can say, Wills, except that you will need to look for more land soon. I've got a fallow acre that you might want to use.

Subject: Rooting in Coir Replies: 93
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Travis, I haven't tried it but see no reason why it shouldn't.

Subject: Rooting in Coir Replies: 93
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Fully covering the cuttings in coir gives better results.

The one pictured is a precious one indeed! Thank you Rob Ster for uniting me with my Ponte Tresa.

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Subject: Panetta Replies: 13
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Taste was good for a fig that ripened in late November in my shed after a freeze. It was sweet, moist and fruity. Projecting to a next year normal ripening period of August or September, it should be excellent, or so I hope.

Subject: OT The dangers of gardening Replies: 31
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LOL.
All that without even bothering to pull over. Impressive, Wills!

Subject: Panetta Replies: 13
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Rewton, http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/italian-to-english-6246942?highlight=tatyana&pid=1277223830#post1277223830 Rafael, I didn't . Sorry to hear of this. They are really nice ladies. Would you IM me what you heard?

Subject: Panetta Replies: 13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by greenfig
It looks like a tiny watermelon :)
How did it taste?


You're right, maybe a name change is in order.

Subject: Panetta Replies: 13
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I received a Panetta cutting one year ago from a good fig friend from Central Florida. All I know is that it came from the Lidia and Tatyana connection in Italy. The plant is now 4 feet tall with lots of unripe figs.
I think it's going to be a good one based on the first and only ripe fig it produced after the recent freeze we experienced.

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Subject: 3 Gallon Black Madeira $29.99 Replies: 71
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Quote:
Originally Posted by waynea
I agree with you Jake, they are one of the best around, honesty without question, but did you read strudeldog's post where a mistake happened. I am very careful but I know I have made hundreds of mistakes in my lifetime, and I am sure there are several "mistakes" that all of us have purchased at some time, even from reputable people. We hear this time and time again. I definitely will purchase from JF & E without a second thought. This is not a money issue, its a possible mistake issue. And, I still can not understand why some people feel a person has the right to use photos owned by someone else without permission, I guess I need a refresher course.


Absolutely, Wayne. Living only a few miles from JF&E, I am a big booster of this nursery, but even the best can make mistakes.
Point in fact, I bought a Nero from them last year that produced light colored figs this year. I haven't notified them yet, but would be surprised if they didn't make good on their error.

Subject: Deep Water Culture for fig cuttings Replies: 32
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WoknbluesWoknblues, there are several threads on rooting figs in bubllers, hydroponic cloners, etc. The reviews have been mixed. Please do a forum search for details. My own personal experience with a DIY bucket cloner was abysmal.

Subject: Deep freeze through Northeast and MidAtlantic tonight Replies: 32
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FMD
Record low of 22 F for Tallahassee FLorida. Not a good start to winter---and it ain't even winter yet!



Wayne, the almas are big girls next to the house. They laugh at the cold. :)

Subject: Deep freeze through Northeast and MidAtlantic tonight Replies: 32
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Record low of 22 F for Tallahassee FLorida. Not a good start to winter---and it ain't even winter yet!

Subject: New Rule Replies: 65
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Let_alone_this_year_also
Things are funnier when in context. When I started tapping out a response to a perceived "grammar troll" and their post, the OP was all I had to go on. Now that this has fleshed out an issue of another stripe - I feel better.

Mike, sorry I misspelled your handle. Now that's funny...


Did you really misspell Michael's handle or were you just being an asshole? Fess up.

Subject: Time to taste the season dry figs. Replies: 14
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Ah, life is indeed good, Francisco! 
Who can complain knowing that such incredible delicacies exist?

Subject: --- salt in coco coir Replies: 13
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Andreas, do your cousins grow fig trees in Florida?

Subject: --- salt in coco coir Replies: 13
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Andreas, when we were in Katakolon a few months ago, there was this beautiful healthy fig tree growing a few meters from the ocean in front of a small cafe. It had green figs but none were ripe. We sat there having some ouzo looking at it and wondering how the tree would do in Florida. I asked the daughter of the owner of the cafe what the figs tasted like and she said the figs never ripened because of the salinity. After conversing for a while she proceeded to pull off a short thick branch and handed it to me. Nice person, good ouzo, great memory!

Subject: been in and out of hospital for a week.. Replies: 55
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Best wishes for a full recovery, Pete.

Subject: This will be a great one... Replies: 13
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Thanks Rob. Toronto was great.
The PT cuttings are slowly getting there. How are yours doing?

Subject: OT Sweetcrisp Blueberries Replies: 44
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Yippee!
That was the fastest delivery ever!,

Huge plants, beautifully packed.
Wills, you are the Best-ia, indeed.
They are now back in pots awaiting Spring.

Thanks, Wills!,

Subject: This will be a great one... Replies: 13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HarveyC
Did you eat it anyways?! :)


LOL, I never met a fig I didn't eat!
If ants and bird poop don't deter me, a little over over-ripedness certainly wouldn't.

Subject: This will be a great one... Replies: 13
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Frank is the winner.

It is a fig from the Island of Madeira unknown but suspected to be the ancestor of of UCD's BM --- free of FMV. 

Taste - rich, rich, rich but over-ripe. I was gone for a week and when I found it it was on the ground beginning to decompose.

Andreas is the winner of the  fantasy fig guess. :))

Subject: This will be a great one... Replies: 13
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First and only ripe fig from anticipated variety....alas, too ripe.
Guess the fig.

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Subject: Fig varieties originating in Sicily, id ? Replies: 14
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Spiacente che le piante di fico stanno scomparendo nella Sicilia. Come mai?
Complimenti che stai cercando di salvare queste piante. Purtroppo, e difficicle auitarti catalogarle da lontano.

Paulo Belloni sta facendo una cosa simile per la Puglia.
http://neigiardinidipomona-bari.blogautore.repubblica.it/2013/07/il-fico-in-puglia-tra-“paesaggi-dimenticati”-e-nuovi-ficheti/

Ho una piccola collezione di fichi Calabresi (Melanzana, Cullummu Niuru, Fracazzano Nero, etc). Della Sicilia ho Sicilian Red=Sal’s Corleone, Sicilian Black, e altri della regione Monte Etna (Hardy Chicago, San Donato, San Vincenzo, NJ Red, etc.)

Grazie mille per la tua offerta generosa. Forse nel futuro possiomo scambiare, rametti (taddruzzi?.?) di fichi.

Ci sentiamo a presto,

Subject: OT Sweetcrisp Blueberries Replies: 44
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On behalf of those of us who are about to benefit from your hard work and generosity, I would like to shout out a huge thank you, Wills!!

Subject: Fig varieties originating in Sicily, id ? Replies: 14
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Quote:
Originally Posted by totillos
FDM tu sei originario della Calabria oppure vivi in Calabria ? :-O


Sono nato in Calabria ma adesso vivo nella Florida.

You have some beautiful figs there.

Subject: Rooting in Coir Replies: 93
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cyberfarmer
Frank, I just received this coir block: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003MOD2HY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Could you please tell me how to hydrate it for rooting? Is it basically the same as moss? Soak it in a bucket of water, strain it, then squeeze it until you can barely get another drop out? 


Yes, that's pretty much all you need to do. You will find that it rarely needs to be wrung out. Coir can absorb quite a bit of water without getting overly saturated. It is the forgiving medium.

Glad some of you are giving it a try. Please post pictures of your successes when available.

Subject: Fig varieties originating in Sicily, id ? Replies: 14
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Benvenuto al forum, Totillos. Sei fortunato vivere vicino la Calabria. LOL.

Tell us a little more about yourself and the different figs you are growing.

Subject: My Black Madeira on BT - Update to include budding Replies: 46
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That's incredible, Harvey. Congrats.!
I've tried to do the same thing but failed spectacularly.

Subject: Rooting in Coir Replies: 93
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Hi Leon, thanks for the comment. I guestimate the amount of water I add to the coir. It's hard to over do it. Mildly damp coir seems to work well. The container in the picture is 12 x8 x3 inches but you can use any size really. Unless the rooting process takes more than 6 weeks, the coir doesn't usually need any further hydration.

Subject: Served anyone?+ pic Replies: 20
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Grasa, since your previous post on this topic  I've tried it twice and have enjoyed the results. Thanks for introducing us to green fried figs!

Subject: Rooting in Coir Replies: 93
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RobSter010
Thanks for showing this method Frank!
Is that Ponte Tresa? If so you've beaten me and i would be pretty disappointed haha.


I wish that were so, Rob. 
The one pictured is one of the last of the Mykonos cuttings. It took a while but it has finally burst out with roots.

The PT's are biding their time but I am sure they will also burst out soon.

Subject: Rooting in Coir Replies: 93
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FiggyFrank
Frank,

Is this the right stuff?  Do you think it's enough to root 2-3 cuttings?  Thanks

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10oz-Hydroponic-Growing-Media-Coconut-Fiber-Coco-Coir-Organic-Peat-Greenhouse-/141352285158?pt=Planters_Pots&hash=item20e940b3e6


That should be fine for a few cuttings, Frank. Hydrating these bricks really expands them to much larger volumes. Good luck.

Subject: Rooting in Coir Replies: 93
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Plain room temperature in covered plastic container.

Usual transplanting method to 32 ounce cups of Promix.


Yes, you can get coir at any hydroponic shop or have it delivered from Amazon.

Subject: Rooting in Coir Replies: 93
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I am by no means an expert on rooting and I continue to experiment but for now I have settled on coconut coir as my favorite method. There hasn't been much written about rooting in coir so allow me to start.

I've tried almost every method out there starting with newspaper and sphagnum in a bag or plastic shoe-box, old and new baggie systems. directly planting in cups with perlite, moss, soil etc, root riot and most recently, a bucket propagator. 

Newspaper and sphagnum media make it difficult to control the proper amount of dampness. Usually, we tend to keep the media too damp because we are too nurturing of our cuttings, resulting in mold and gnats. Too little water or forgetting to check daily runs the risk of drying out the moss and killing the cuttings.

Root Riot  was great for rooting but the resulting high death rate after transplanting to cups ( RR acts like a sponge causing the plant to rot) was disappointing.

My DIY bucket propagator looked and worked great but it rotted most of the cuttings. The few roots it produced were spindly and weak.

Coir, on the other hand is a very forgiving medium. It requires minimal dampness and hardly ever needs re-watering during the course of the rooting process. Set it and forget it _Ron Popeil

Another huge advantage to coir is that roots do not get tangled up like in some of the the other methods so there is little to no chance of damaging them during the potting phase. 
Last but not least, I am confident that roots formed in coir are thicker, stronger and more robust compared to those grown in moss or newspaper.

Anyway, that's been my experience.


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Subject: Has one tried propagation using a Cloning Machine? Replies: 31
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My experiment with a DIY bucket cloner FAILED MISERABLY! 

Most rotted. The few roots that did develop were weak and spindly. 

My current favorite rooting method of coir  is infinitely more successful.

Subject: Fig Humor Replies: 16
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Andreas, if that was a Ponte Tresa Green fig, those two ants would be in heaven. LOL.

Thanks to our mutual friend Rob, there is a chance I will one day have a taste of that fig again.

Subject: Fig Humor Replies: 16
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Subject: "Blue" Ischia my ass... Replies: 53
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Mike, I got a bunch that did not ripen. Up yours birds!,
I think the fools at Hirt's sent us the Lemon fig they are also selling.
What's the difference, right?


Alkram, perhaps you are right, this may turn out to be a good fig in the end but I doubt it.


Herman, remind me never to cross you. LOL.

Subject: "Blue" Ischia my ass... Replies: 53
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Anyone else get a ripe fig from this loser -- yet?

Subject: Give me the finger Replies: 27
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Quote:
Originally Posted by strudeldog
Wills,

I am shipping this one to you. If you are successful rooting let me know. I should have waited until dormant, but if this one doesn't take for you I have about 7 more, but it is getting tough typing;( finger.jpg 


I think most of us were thinking more in terms of the middle one, Wills... until I read your post fully. 

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Subject: boukitsa kefalonias ( Greek fig ) Replies: 12
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Very pretty green skin, Andreas. Is the name of the fig descriptive or place of origin?

Subject: Seeing a lot of New Names of Members... Replies: 20
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Rob,
Thanks for that fine introduction and welcome to the forum. I was wondering how your climate compares to the Lugano-Ponte Tresa area you recently visited, and how your cuttings are doing.
It would be nice if you posted pictures of your Lake Como discovery for a more specific ID.

Subject: Toronto fig trees give away Replies: 34
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Thanks John. Can you spare one of your rooted cuttings of DK? Half the fun is in anticipation anyway.

Strange offer for someone who is culling, but can I bring you anything up from Florida, sunshine and heat excluded.

Subject: Toronto fig trees give away Replies: 34
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John, thanks. Do you have an extra Desert King? My brother is actually looking for an early ripening fig. If not DK, what other figs ripen early in Toronto?

The NB has produced some tasty figs for me, indeed, John. I and a slew of other Americans are grateful for your find.

Subject: Toronto fig trees give away Replies: 34
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Hey John,

I'm visiting Toronto at the end of the month for Mom's 95th birthday. I'll ask my big bro if he is interested in one. Nice of you to offer.

Frank

Subject: Greenhouse build Replies: 34
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Amazing process Hershell.
Thanks for posting, Wills.

Subject: I am hooked on cooked figs... Replies: 3
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Interesting, Grasa.
By swollen, do you mean at the start of ripening with some sugar content?

Subject: My European Fig Vacation Replies: 101
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Mike, I was indeed referring to the common fig. Have you ever seen such a phenomenon? No wonder you see them growing out of cracks in concrete walls and roads all over Europe.

Subject: My European Fig Vacation Replies: 101
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Yes!
A fig tree growing out of the trunk of another healthy tree. I didn't think it possible. This is a parasitic phenomenon...not saprophytic.

The will to thrive has no bounds except when it comes to some of my rarer cuttings that will dry up, sprout mold and perish without a second thought. Lol.

Subject: My European Fig Vacation Replies: 101
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LOL, ...man bags. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

Mike, focus on the tree in front of the blue structure. This was a first for me. I didn't know it was possible.