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Subject: OT Anyone growing hardy pomegranates? Replies: 45
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I have read that they will die back to the ground every winter and come back every spring.  The question I have is...will they be able to produce ripe fruit during the growing season.  I'm going to plant them in a slightly raised area surrounded by rock/brick.
I have a Eversweet variety and a Wonderful (started it from seed).  They grow like weeds during the growing season.  I have had them two years in containers...letting them grow before putting them in ground this spring.

Subject: OT Anyone growing hardy pomegranates? Replies: 45
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 648
 
I am over wintering two varieties in containers in garage.  My plan is to put them in ground in the spring. 

Subject: Wilmington Creeper update Replies: 22
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Fig tasted good with a berry flavor.  I probably should have waited longer before picking.  No crunch of seeds.  I like it.

Subject: Wilmington Creeper update Replies: 22
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 1,143
 
Some should be ripe soon.  We are not expecting any rain this week and it will be in the 90's.  Will post pictures then.

Subject: Wilmington Creeper update Replies: 22
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 1,143
 
20160901_160154-1.jpeg  This is the "Wilmington Creeper" first fruit ever on it.  The tree is probably 5' tall after all these years.  Some branches lay across the ground and a few are upright.  The leaves are no longer small in size.  This tree is hardy here and the first to bud in the spring.  It is grown in ground.

Subject: Alma fig Replies: 6
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 251
 
I have two Alma figs in ground.  One is only a foot tall and I covered it with leaves this winter.  The other is planted close to the east side of my house.  Both made it through winter great.  This was their first winter in ground.  I am in zone 7a.

Subject: Winter protection gone wrong... Replies: 15
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I have 7 different varieties of fig trees in ground here in east Tennessee.  I pile leaves on them every winter.  Most usually die back to the ground every winter.  Depending on the type of winter we have....I usually have figs.  My Negronne is, so far, my largest and most dependable producer of figs every year.  That may be due to it being my oldest fig tree....time will tell.  I have had it in the ground for 5 years.

Subject: Winter protection gone wrong... Replies: 15
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 266
 
I am in Tennessee zone 7a.  My trees die back to the ground every winter.  I cover them with leaves.  They come back every year and produce figs....some years better than others.  I think your trees will come back from the ground too.

Subject: Attn: Grasa Replies: 0
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Check your private messages please.  I have sent you two a few months ago...thank you.

Subject: Dwarf Creeping "BT"? Replies: 55
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 2,679
 

My small tree grew two figs this it's first year in ground.  They never ripened, still small and hard.  It's beginning to get down in the 40's at night so I removed one from the tree, curious to see what it looked like inside.  I am looking forward to next year and some ripe figs.

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Subject: Today Harvast Replies: 16
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The Lemon fig looks spactacular.  Does it taste as good as it looks?

Subject: Protecting a fig Replies: 51
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I put the smaller bags on some of my figs when they are getting closer to ripe....seems the birds don't get interested in them until they are larger or closer to riping.  I also ordered larger bags and put them on my grapes after they got bigger....it has turned out to be the best thing I have tried for the grapes. 
I tried the pie pans last year....and like many of things I've tried, it worked a little while but then the birds ignore them and move in.

Subject: tanglefoot. Replies: 4
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I've used Tanglefoot for years on all my fruiting type trees.  I attach the paper to the tree trunk with velcro tape and leave a little piece of it sticking out....spread the tanglefoot on.  The little piece of velcro tape makes for a easier, less messy removal at the end of the season.

Subject: Good summer read Replies: 1
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Thank you for the suggestion.....I added it to my book want list. 

Subject: Atreano breba Replies: 2
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 395
 
I am braiding the Atreano and the JH Adriatic fig cuttings together.  They haven't grown much since I started them.  Maybe due to the poor soil here and I don't fertlize them.

Subject: Atreano breba Replies: 2
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 395
 
A Atreano cutting that I started this winter....only 6 inches tall.  Here is a picture of the breba.  This year I have had the pleasure of tasting more than one variety of fig and have just became aware that they all taste completely different.  Negronne (my favorite) tastes delicious, sweet,  heavy, can't tell it has a skin.  Kadota tastes like honey but I have to peel the thick skin.  Atreano tastes like a strawberry, not sweet, medium skin that didn't need peeling.  The atreano in the photo was picked early.  So far this year we have already gotten our average total rain fall for a YEAR, in 7 months.  Kadota figs are the only variety that is splitting.....so far.

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Subject: Protecting a fig Replies: 51
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I purchased some of the bags like Bass is using too....I've been laughing...picturing the people that sell these bags...wondering why they have became so popular and selling so many...lol

Subject: any fig people in kentucky? Replies: 30
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 2,634
 
I have a Negronne...three years in ground with leaves piled up at the base for a little winter protection.  I've learned that I prefer the main crop to the breba so I hard prune for main crop each year.  It is a tree...meaning it sprouts from the main trunk and does not make a bush.  Negronne is delicious!  I also have a two year in ground Kadota....same winter treatment....so far I don't care for the tough skin.  I have 6 cuttings of different varieties I started this winter from cuttings.....love trading with you all.  Four of these I am making into a step over and two I am braiding together.

Subject: Japanese/Stepover Espalier Orchard the Adventure begins Replies: 67
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 6,318
 
It's looking good Pete.  The cuttings that I started this winter are in the ground now and I am going to train them in the same fashion.  I think it will be next year before any progress....right now they are 12 inches tall or less.  I have 4 different varities that I will be training this way.  I enjoy the pictures and will learn a lot about the process through you.....thanks.

Subject: Negronne Replies: 19
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 1,481
 
Nichole, loved watching you and your dog......good job!
I have a Negronne tree also.....it's my favorite fig.

Subject: beetle problems Replies: 8
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 757
 
Mosquito netting sounds like a great idea.  I hate messing with bird netting....mospuito netting might be easier to work with....don't know, I've never had any.

Subject: Is Negronne worth having? Replies: 14
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 1,912
 
The Negronne fig is delicious.  The skin is so thin you can rub it off just by touching it.  This will be the third year for my tree.  It has produced figs from the very first year.  It is planted on a south facing wall.  The only other winter protection, I did pour a bag of leaves around the base of it this winter.

Subject: damn squirrels....and my poor DK Replies: 13
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 751
 
I would like to have that "cage".....I hate fighting bird netting.  Seems like somebody would have invented something easier for work with/use by now.  And why is bird netting black?  So you can't see it....cause I sure can't see it. 

Subject: It's all about the roots Replies: 19
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It's great to find out I'm not alone...lol....I'd had never admitted it, if you hadn't said so first Tom.

Subject: Breba's Replies: 3
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Lookin good!

Subject: Off topic- Pizzutello grape. Replies: 3
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 1,010
 
Michael, I've read that Cotton Candy grapes have been available for purchase at certain stores...not near me unfortunately......but I'd like to buy the plants and grow my own.  Do you know where the plants are available for sale?  As far I as know they have not been made available for sale.

Subject: Off topic- Pizzutello grape. Replies: 3
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 1,010
 
Nice....I've never heard of those.  I'd love to have some Cotton Candy grape plants.

Subject: Fruit Hunters, TV Series Replies: 28
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 1,466
 
I was referred to the second part of this video by the place I ordered my honey berry plants from this year.  Love the video!  I think I watched the first video last year but I my watch it again just to be sure.

Subject: Hoop greenhouse Replies: 16
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 1,392
 
Hi Bill.....I'm in Morristown, TN...6b or 7a depending on where you look.....we're neighbors.  I have two fig trees in ground with just some leaves piled up around the base.  They are planted close to an outbuilding which probably provides some wind protection.  One is Negronne and the other is a Kadota.  After you obtain all those nice varieties of fig trees I hope we can do some trading.  This forum is a great source of information and taught me how to root cuttings so I have several new varieties which I will be planting in ground this year.

Subject: Natural protection Replies: 2
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 438
 
Good idea....I don't have any palms growing here.  The squirrels will dig up anything and everything, usually killing the plant.  I started cutting up small pieces of rabbit fencing and partially burrying them in the dirt around the plants, making sure there were sharp edges facing up.  The squirrels stop digging pretty fast when they hit the sharp edges of the fencing. 

Subject: Weed Killer Replies: 7
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Dandelion blooms and leaves are edible....the long tap roots are beneficial to plants growing near them. 
I started looking at "weeds" different a couple of years ago when I started reading about all their benefits.....and the bees seem to like to blooms.
I've been planting clover, herb and other seeds all around my fruiting trees.

Subject: Weed Killer Replies: 7
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newspaper and card board...layers

Subject: OT-Ever wonder what our members look like? Replies: 313
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 22,856
 
Inline image  Thanks to the great directions this is the first picture I have ever posted and it will be my last....whew...why so complicated?

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Subject: Pruning my inground tree Replies: 16
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Great video Vince.  Makes me want a fig hedge.

Subject: Some not so good pictures Replies: 65
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 2,997
 
The braided trees....that is beautiful.  Makes me want to try that....after I get brave enough.  Right now I'm just tickled to get a cutting to produce a root...lol

Subject: Did you winterize efficiently? Replies: 37
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This is my two in ground fig trees second year.  I'm not protecting them this year.  I hope they make it through the winter.  They grow like weeds so I should get figs even if they die back to the ground.

Subject: Real Reason we are here Replies: 30
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 1,225
 
Of my first and only three cutting attempted...Atreano and Hardy Chicago, it's been over 4 weeks and still nothing....the Wilmington Creeper is the only fig cutting (so far) that produced roots and is now in a cup with a baggie on top...yay!

Subject: Fungus Gnats Again Replies: 52
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 3,689
 
Thanks MichaelTucson for posting the link to the bye bye gnats thread.  I've been gnat free since that thread.  I also have three inside carnivorous plants....they were covered with gnats but the mites got rid of the gnats eggs.

Subject: Squirrel Chaser Repellent Replies: 31
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 3,041
 
Tree squirrels got sooo bad...any plant in ground or in container was dig up and discarded.  Never let them win!!!  I cut up sections of rabbit fence...usually 4 or 5" by 3"....work into the ground/soil around the plant, sharp side up.  They won't dig in that but a minute...lol  Also works for rabbit that dig up plants to borrow under.  And I have a wired haired fox terrier aka rat on acid.....lol  He's fast and has killed his share vermin.

Subject: Cutting Season. How many Cuttings to Send? Replies: 26
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I still haven't had success rooting cuttings......but I am still trying.  If by next winter I still am not capable of starting a cutting then I am going to have to trade for cuttings with roots and leaves.  I have success with air layering so I can trade for plants with roots and leaves too.

Subject: Quiet for the holidays Replies: 19
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 868
 
I received the first bunch of spring seed/plant catalogs in the mail yesterday, so I've been wishing and planning for spring today.
Glad you have you alls company today. 
Merry Day!

Subject: Do we make this to hard? Replies: 20
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 1,126
 
As far as me sending cuttings....I must this time of year because all that wood would be dead come spring.  As far as starting cuttings this time of year.....gives me something to worry about, mess with and an excuse to play in the dirt.  It's not the smart thing to do but it's fun.  I hope I can get some roots on these sticks.....so far, no luck.

Subject: Confessions from a cutting killer Replies: 19
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To date I have never had any success rooting a fig cutting.  And I have no trouble starting seeds and cuttings of other plants.  I am going to try two methods learned here on the forum....fingers crossed.  Great resource of information here.

Subject: hardiness zone changes Replies: 3
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Yes I changed from zone 6b to 7a.  Still not warm enought for my taste.

Subject: New member intro Replies: 37
Posted By: cookie_dr Views: 1,207
 
Hi Danny and welcome.  I don't know what it is about figs but they consume you and next thing you know you have more figs than you have room for.

Subject: Santa's List Replies: 91
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JH Adriatic so that I will have a green fig that tastes great and grows well here.  I have the best dark fig that grows here, Negronne....so all I need is a great green fig.  Ho Ho Ho

Subject: Link to Low Cost Tunnel (greenhouse) Design Replies: 6
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Have you saw the greenhouses they make out of plastic bottles?  Some of them are actually pretty neat. 

Subject: Worst Tasting Fig Replies: 18
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Kadota fig.....to thick skinned, not much taste.

Subject: Bye-Bye Gnats Replies: 13
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http://www.biconet.com/ is where I got my Hypoaspis mites.  They eat the gnats before they sprout wings and exit the soil.  They come in a container with a hole in the lid and you just sprinkle them on top of the soil.  They are mixed in with what looks like saw dust.....the mites are not visible to the naked eye...not mine anyway. 
Some people use them in with their reptile pets....read they work there well too.

I've talked to Eric at Biconet.com twice and he has been very helpful.  He recommends the Hypoaspis mites.  He also said that Gnatrol was a good product too but that is a China product.....so I went with the mites.

Subject: In Trading Heaven Replies: 7
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Thank you all....I didn't think you all would be driving to the post officer everytime you needed to mail some figs cuttings or plants.