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Subject: $2 cuttings, 19 varieties Replies: 132
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My cuttings came today, thank you !

Subject: Great Grandpa's Fig Tree & Thank You to member BronxFigs Replies: 26
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Awesome back story of your family's fig tree.

Subject: Cuttings for Postage - - All gone! Replies: 39
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PM Sent :)

Subject: Fig and loquat cuttings started Replies: 7
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Originally Posted by Tea
Following! I have (1 each) baby Arctic Satsuma, Nagani Kumquat, and Indio Mandarinquat trees. I would love to turn that into >1 each starting with an air layer on the satsuma once it is a little more mature, but would be delighted if I could root cuttings also. I haven't heard any success stories from hobbyists on rooting citrus like I have about figs, so I am eagerly awaiting your successes. Good luck!


Those trees sound interesting! Do you leave them outside year round and how would you say they bear/taste? Also what zone are you in?  

I have a Satsuma Mandarin and I believe a Cara Cara or Red Navel orange tree that I keep in 55 plastic gallon drums cut in half. They grow pretty decent and put on 5 or 10 fruit a year but I have to put them in the greenhouse for the winters. On one of them I have a few suckers sprouting from below the graft, if you want some of those cuttings to practice rooting citrus just let me know. :)

Subject: Fig and loquat cuttings started Replies: 7
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Quote:
Originally Posted by elin
Have tried loquat before without luck. 
did u use rooting hormone?

if the loquats survive pls post results..


For the loquats I scraped the lower 3" or so lightly until the green cambium layer showed then dipped them into Dip n' Grow liquid rooting hormone for about 5 seconds.  They were put into clear solo cups that had air holed drilled into the bottom and sides. The soil was Bruce Miller pro-lite (?) potting soil, which seemed to work really good this summer on fig cuttings.

I'll update in maybe a month or two and hopefully my beginner's luck holds up with this latest round of cuttings, haha.

Subject: First major prune on my white ischia (will trade) :D Replies: 3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by figpig_66
Bucket of cuttings. Some are 1 1/2 inch thick. ;)


Nice ! Hopefully you can root some to grow your collection :)

Subject: Fig and loquat cuttings started Replies: 7
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Originally Posted by figpig_66
Good luck. Lots of fun rooting them and watching them grow ! Remember do get them wet or them will rot in those cups. ! Lol. What does the unknowns fruit look like. ?


The cups have a bunch of holes in them on the bottom and sides, along with the totes having bottom drainage holes.  I did some Celeste cuttings this summer the same way and got about a 90 percent success rate. Hopefully it wasn't beginners luck and I can get a similar rooting rate with these.

The unknowns looked slightly green with brownish splotches.  The fruit size was a little bigger than a quarter and had been at my buddies grandparents house for approx 20 years I guess.  Tree size was about 15 ft tall.  I'll try to find some pictures of the leaves later.

Subject: First major prune on my white ischia (will trade) :D Replies: 3
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Wow, is that the tree or a bucket of the cuttings?

Subject: Fig and loquat cuttings started Replies: 7
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Last weekend I got a bunch of fig cuttings started on the rooting process.  Some were ordered from forum members, some from my trees, and some from a friends unknown variety tree.  The loquat cuttings were grabbed from a tree in Dallas. Not pictured is the Paris, Tx unknowns and the flat of fig seeds prepared, that I had sent to me to try germinating.

There is still about 100 cuttings left of the unknown variety that I may split between here and another forum, with them being for trade or donations to the forum's website upkeep/charity.

 celeste fig
 Hot springs, AR -unknown fig
 Dallas, TX -unknown loquat
mix of figs
Paris, TX -unknown figs
midway through the job
last somewhat ripe Black Mission fig of the year.

Subject: Unknown Cuttings Package Replies: 45
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I got my package in perfect shape Monday morning and the cuttings were of ridiculously good size and condition! Thank you for doing this Mr. Delmanto .

 

Subject: Virginia Newbie here! Replies: 14
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Welcome and congrats on getting to enjoy the fruits of your labor!

Subject: Got a surprise in the mail yesterday. Replies: 8
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Indestructible87... I know right ! He literally knocked my wish list out in one shot.  i'm kinda still in a state of shock/awe that someone has that depth of a collection as well as the good heart to share that much.

Subject: Got a surprise in the mail yesterday. Replies: 8
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Yesterday was a good day! I received a package from BigBadBill (thank you sir!) with some Paw Paws and fig cuttings. Everything was wrapped and packaged top notch and arrived in great shape.



The paw paws tasted like a mix of pineapple, banana, mango, and maybe papaya with the texture of a banana.  Pretty decent fruit and I imagine a named variety picked from the tree at peak ripeness,  would be even better. The seeds will get stratified this winter (maybe a couple planted fresh) and hopefully sprout into some new trees next year.

The fig cuttings will get put into growing media in the greenhouse this weekend with some other cuttings that i started and hopefully root with no issues.

Thank you again BigBadBill for your generosity and time !

Subject: Unknown Cuttings Package Replies: 45
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Count me in for a package please :)

Subject: $2 cuttings, 19 varieties Replies: 132
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Amen R cantor ! Time is money and money is time. I highly doubt he is recovering even a fraction of his investment on the cuttings process, let alone the planting and yearly care of the trees.

It's a blessing that this forum has members so generous.

Subject: OT: paw paw fruit extras Replies: 15
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I'm also game to try some Paw Paw fruit (or the seeds) if you run across anymore.  I vacationed in Arkansas recently and looked high and low for some to no avail !

Subject: $2 cuttings, 19 varieties Replies: 132
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Just put in my order for some cuttings and really liked your website, very neat layout !


I ordered 4 types of cuttings and can't wait to get them started with some other recent cuttings I got on vacation.

Subject: New gardener/homesteader from Texas Replies: 13
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Thank you Otmani, the property is a huge work in progress as it was essentially run down and abandoned for over a decade.  Been cleaning stuff up, clearing brush, and preparing to build a cabin here as debt free as possible.

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Originally Posted by waynea
Welcome to the forum, you need to add more figs to your collection but don't cut down on all the other trees, you have a nice collection.


No fruit trees will be cut down voluntarily, rest assured !  They were all planted this spring so they have a long life ahead of them.  I did get about 10 peaches, 1 baby apple, and quite a few figs (still on the trees trying to ripen) for this first year, which was neat to have happen so early.

I've been lightly researching must have/highly rated fig varieties on the forum and it's looking like I'll be looking to acquire in the future:

violette de bordeaux,
marseilles vs,
LSU gold,
some type of col de dame (SP?),
Smith, hollier,
some types of honey figs,
negronne, etc.

So many figs to try and so little time it seems.

I tried to post some pictures of my setup so far but there is a 1 MB picture limit so I'll have to try to resize some pics later.

Subject: New gardener/homesteader from Texas Replies: 13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie
Welcome!  Nice tree list.  No persimmons? :)


Persimmons are on my list this year.  I'm looking for 3 of the ichikikeijiro persimmons, supposedly a dwarf self fertile variety, to fill some spaces on the inside garden perimeter.  I would love to have some Fuyu and other varieties in the future (plus native ones for the pasture) but with a pretty lean budget I've got to focus on what I can protect inside a fence and maximize my irrigated areas for food production.

Thanks everyone for the welcome.  I have a huge list to plant this fall, the bulk of which I've seen in the Burgess Seed Co. Catalog.  The low prices are exactly what my budget needs and a few friends have had great experiences with them so I'll probably give them a shot .
 
My list so far is : 1 dwarf Granny Smith apple, 1 dwarf Macintosh apple, 4 dwarf moor park apricot, 1 dwarf Stanley plum, 1 dwarf blue damson plum, 1 dwarf red haven peach, 1 dwarf Elbert's peach, 1 Bartlett pear, 1 dwarf Bartlett pear, 1 dwarf Kieffee pear, 8 paw paw, 4 wonderful pomegranate, 1 halls hardy almond, 1 texas mission almond, 2 dwarf minnie royal cherry, 2 dwarf royal lee cherry, 3 dwarf ichikikeijiro persimmon, 1 Meyers lemon, 1 Lisbon lemon, 1 bearss lime, 1 key lime, 2 jujube (variety?), 2 loquat (variety?), 2 bay laurel tree, and 100 or so rugosa rose (hedge) seedlings.
 
Not sure on what fig varieties I should add but I'll be looking for basically any cuttings I can get within a tight budget,  to grow about 100 fig trees along the 12 acre perimeter eventually.

Anyone's experience with similar trees would be welcome.  My goal is to grow hardy/regionally adapted fruits for my family's consumption and for selling to other homesteaders, gardeners, etc.

Subject: New gardener/homesteader from Texas Replies: 13
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Hello all, not sure if introductions are required but here goes. (Cross posted my intro on gardenweb forum too)

My little slice of heaven (12 acres) is in N.E. Texas. So far there's 41 chickens, 1 dog and 2 kittens. Hopefully goats and cows in the future.

The garden and orchard area is about 1/2 an acre. Fruit trees currently are:

1 x Jonathan apple
1 x Golden delicious apple
2 x Methley plum
1 x Santa Rosa plum
3 x Harvester peach
1 x Red Globe peach
1 x Moonglow pear
1 x Oriental pear
1 x Hall's Hardy almond
1 x Texas Mission almond
1 x Red Navel orange
1 x Satsuma mandarin orange
2 x Black Mission fig
1 x Texas Everbearing fig
1 x Celeste fig
1 x Kadota fig
1 x LSU purple fig

I'm hoping to add close to 40 more fruit trees this winter too, haha. I really want to expand my fig varieties as they have been vigorous growers on my land thus far. Still lots to learn and do with the project list being never ending!