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Subject: Clone your cuttings & never see gnats! Replies: 400
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nice set up Dennis, will give it a try myself....luke

Subject: LSU Purple Video Review Replies: 14
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Hello Joe, Good looking tree. Sounds like your pushing to much water. I know it's set up to handle the rain in southeast, but your temps are better, more even. IMO if you use less water the flavor will be more concentrated and sweeter. Last thing is, if you don't want your figs to taste crappy...Don't put a diaper on them. Loved the video.


luke

Subject: Local Large Tree Sale- Pickup Only NJ Replies: 36
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 7deuce
Luke, Great seeing you again! So nice to get out in the yard and talk a little fig. You can have whatever you want like always. Make sure you pick some nice paint colors tonight so you don't get in trouble!
I picked every color she liked. It went real well. That is till the paint hits the wall, then she will have second thoughts and blames me for picking her choices. Then will have to go back and pick more of her choices. Will get it right.

Please let me know when is the best time for me to show up to pick up plants. Oh, by the way, i forgot to ask if you needed any supplies. Can pick up on my way down. Pro mix, pine fines, fertilizer etc...Also your wife looked like she was really enjoying herself mowing the lawn, i have 6 acres of grass here she can mow any time.

luke

Subject: Local Large Tree Sale- Pickup Only NJ Replies: 36
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Jason, It was great to see you again today my friend. I have not been on this site in quite awhile, so did not see this post of yours. I need you to save me 3 plants and i'll come down this week again to pick them up. I want the Sals, MVSBlack and the Gino's. If my math is correct, that equals 500.00. I know you have others put away for me, but i want these also. We talked of many things, so am confused about timing that fits you.

Dan, If you don't mind, I'd like to know when you plan on going. I was planning on taking my son with me to help load the fig trees, but if your willing to help, that would be great. If not, no big deal. Please let me know, one way or another.
 

                    luke

Subject: Northeast fig meeting Replies: 87
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Super looking group, was disappointed I couldn't make it this year. I can see I missed out on a good time. 3 Cheers to Bass for putting this on. In the future I'd love to host one.


luke

Subject: Locals Sale Replies: 22
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Hello Bob, Just now seeing your note. Wish I would have known before I went. Super busy lately, have a hard time checking the fig forum.

Jason, as always super impressed. This guy has tomatoes the size of a baseballs in his greenhouse and nice looking lemons on the tree. If i ever get my greenhouse put back up, i will give the citrus a try. Thanks for letting me visit, I always learn something plus gain a few more figs.


luke

Subject: Locals Sale Replies: 22
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So you are really down sizing. Got rid of a couple trees and Dan has 2 kids now. I'll see you wed.

luke

Subject: Locals Sale Replies: 22
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Every time you down size, you add 200 more. I don't know why you insist on calling it down sizing. I guess I'm overdue for a visit. Are you still planning on your work trip this summer. Send me a email or text me some times that are best for a visit.


luke

Subject: Preparing a 5 gallon bucket Replies: 6
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depends on how you going to water it. if your using as a plain pot, that way great. if you want the water from the bottom set up. you'll need to use 2 buckets for one tree for the sips set up.

luke

Subject: OT - Yesterday Replies: 1
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Very sad.

Subject: Buried Alive Replies: 27
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I use quite a bit of lime myself, but don't like putting it on like that. You will find out that when the lime gets wet it will harden and the water will just run off. I like working it in the soil a little and spreading it around the soil around the pot. Since your plants are going to send roots into the ground outside your pot, that ground should receive half of what you threw on top. Well, that's my 2 cents worth.



luke

Subject: Salvatore from North Jersey??? Replies: 0
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Wondering if there is a member named Salvatore or Sal from North Jersey. If so do you own a dodge dakota pick up truck, gold color. If so wondering if you broke down in south jersey. Reason why i ask these questions are my friend Mario towed someone named Sal to his garage. The back of the truck is packed with fig trees, rosemary and a few other herbs. I wanted to unload them to put them back in the sun since there leafed out. Sal if your a member or someone knows a Sal, please let me know.


luke

Subject: dirty word Replies: 47
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Nichole, I turn the volume all the way up when i watched your video. I couldn't hear anything, did that fungus gnat larvae have a script. I would have liked it better if you smashed the little devil. Hope the nematoeds work for you.


luke

Subject: Another Split trunk!! what is going on??? Replies: 23
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I think it split during the winter and opened up when they were brought out in the sun and watered. Once the tree started taking the water it swell and the crack opened.

Subject: Dr. Arnie Powell Figs Replies: 8
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i was waiting to see the duke boys driving past with the general lee

Subject: Curled leaves, shriveled leaves, and a bug. Replies: 18
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the bug looks like a stink bug. pentatomidae family. if you squish it, it will stink. here in NJ, the brown marmorated stink bug has been very hard on crops. i hope they don't like fig trees.

Subject: What to do about this cutting? Replies: 10
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pot it up, it's alive.


luke

Subject: Fig trees for sale in NY? Replies: 13
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Check with Ed Powers, he's a member here that has many trees. Not sure where you live, he lives on long island. If your close to him, he can get you whatever your looking for. There's also Gorgi, who lives in NJ up your way. Angelo also lives up your way and is moving south, so he might be able to help you out too.

luke

Subject: Dead To The Ground. Some Observations and Some Questions. Replies: 16
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Hey Dave, I would leave it be for now. If it has life in it, it'll take off when it warms up. You stated earlier, this is the first year in the ground. Maybe half way thru your season, start pinching. It will harden the wood faster. Would bet it will not do it again. That's not suppose to be a problem in AZ.


luke

Subject: moving to zone 9 Replies: 34
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Good luck to you Vito. Had enough of the cold. Me too.



luke

Subject: Making figs in containers less root bound Replies: 8
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If this product works as it is shown, I would think someone sell the pots already coated. If not, someone could make a killing selling them. It cost him 10 cent a pot, but if a large company did this my guess would be 1 or 2 cents. It could add a few years of not root pruning. Worth a try.

Subject: Chico Strawberry and Adriatic Replies: 10
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What's the pack getting to big again, Marcus? Time to down size again?  I know the feeling. My guess is this spring, I'll be getting rid of my chico and adriatic. Have JH adriatic and Ed's Rockaway fig. I have not tasted the JH yet, but have tasted Ed's rockaway and can tell you it's in my top 10 figs. The JH and Rockaway are cold hardy, so there going in the ground. I might even put the chico in the ground and if makes it, I'll keep it.


luke

Subject: Grotek Grow Bags vs Nursery Pots Replies: 6
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jd, Herman use's these type of bags. He will put in very loose soil, so when he goes to sell the plant the only thing there is to do is dig out and ship. The roots grow out and the plant is better condition.

luke

Subject: A word of caution Replies: 51
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In a month I'll try it out on say 10 trees. Have the trees all ready set up, so once the power washer is started will go from one to the next. My guess it should only take 10 minutes a tree or less. Once all the dirt is off, fire up the chain saw. My guess is 2 minutes apiece. I'm thinking the longest part will be re potting. To make things quicker, it will be set-up as a assembly line. I'll have my wife or son helping me, because surely you need help doing this.

I will stay away from the trunk of the tree, so not to damage the bark. Will also have to test which sprayer nozzle will be best for the job. I was with Jason once when he was removing soil from one tree and it does take a long time by garden hose alone. By using the garden hose, I would think you could go threw a couple hundred gallons of water per tree. So hoping to use a tenth of the water by power washing.
luke

Subject: A word of caution Replies: 51
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I think when I root prune, I'll fire up the power washer to remove all the dirt. With using the power washer, should be completely clean of dirt in 10 minutes. When all the dirt is gone, it shouldn't affect the chainsaw one bit.


luke

Subject: A word of caution Replies: 51
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Got my little pea brain working....HMM. My thinking behind this root pruning thing. I think the easiest way would be to have a 3" or 4" x20" core bit. Drill 5 or 6 core plugs out each year and the following years alternate where you drill. You could fill the holes back in with new promix, lime and slow release fertilizer. And whatever you like to supply your plant. How do you like them apples.


luke

Subject: Italian fig cultivation and processing document - looks good Replies: 26
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That's looks like some great reading, but takes me awhile to read that much and understand. Brent, is there a way for me to print this so I can have it to read as time allows. I'm always afraid to push the print button, because I don't know how to print just what I want. End up with everything, which happens to be a lot of wasted paper. I'm not a fan at wasting paper or ink, it's bad for the planet.

luke

Subject: Improved brown turkey cuttings Replies: 5
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Your in Sal, PM me your address and I'll try to have them all out in the mail on Monday.

All 20 cuttings are spoken for. In the spring, hopefully I catch it before it leaves out, I'll have more to offer for free. This tree is in ground here in NJ left uncovered this year, and looks just fine. We have had a mild winter, but just the same it has no damage to it.

luke

Subject: Improved brown turkey cuttings Replies: 5
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I have 20 cuttings of improved brown turkey if anyone wants them. Cuttings are free, just pay for shipping. First 4 people will get 5 cuttings each, or if only one person contacts me they will get all 20. When spring is here, there will be more of these cuttings available if anyone wants them. I'm removing this tree from my yard in the spring.


luke

Subject: John's Palisade Green (discovery) Replies: 31
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I worked as a boilermaker and one of my job site's was in Ridgefield Park, NJ. That's about 10 minutes from Garfield, NJ. Took me 2.5 hours driving 80mph to get there. From exit 1 til the end of the NJ turnpike exit 16-18. From atop of the boiler, if you looked south on a sunday night or sometimes monday night, you could see the JETS or Giants stadium all lit up for football. And if you looked ESE, you were looking at the EmpireState building. They would change the lights on the building for the different holidays. Any way, Jenn, if it's possible to go there to ask for cuttings, I would make a trip. Even if it's a splitter.


luke

Subject: Lattarula or Lattrola or Latarolla Replies: 41
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Kadota for me, taste like SH*T. So if it dies, I know I'll get better figs. Just from other trees. Zone 7 does not have long enough season for it to ripen properly. Could be a good fig in CA.

eden: Yes, that's Lattarula. The fig for me is very sweet with honey taste.


luke

Subject: Lattarula or Lattrola or Latarolla Replies: 41
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These names are so confusing. The picture that Marius is showing of Lattarula, is it not the same as white marseilles?
I agree with Vasile about Kadota. That is what my Kadota looks like. I'm not real happy with Kadota, not much taste here in NJ. It's in a pot now and in the spring it will go in ground with no pertection the following winter. It will be my attempt to kill it.

Subject: Extreme cold and Fig Mosaic Virus Replies: 23
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My thoughts on this matter are every living thing has  survival gene's. It's always changing to adapt to climate and conditions. If a plant such as a fig tree is put in cold area it has to change to survive. During this process, it's kinda like giving the plant a work out at the gym. So it must get stronger, and by doing this, the fmv is handle more easily. I would think that fig trees that have been growing in NY for many years are much stronger. Plus these trees were brought over directly and planted here and maybe not exposed to other fmv on the west coast.


luke

Subject: Help! Figs not sprouting Replies: 35
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Vince, When your starting cuttings the first thing you hope for is roots, because that's what feeds the plant. Doesn't always work that way, but you want to have the most possible chance for roots to grow. If you look closely at one of Dan's first pictures, he had roots growing near the top of the cutting. But when planted in short cup, the roots just died, instead of feeding the plant. You ask about planting and what is normal for other trees or bushes. Fig cutting are not the same. They do not have an established root ball that form into it's desire depth or a trunk. Once the cutting has taken enough to transplant into a larger container or ground, you can plant all of cutting if so desired, just leaving your new growth above soil level. If you look back in past post, you will see how some members do not like the shape from a single branch growing sideways. So when they transplanted, they buried it on it's side, so the branch is sticking straight up. I'm not very good at explaining with words, so hopefully I made sense.


luke

Subject: Root Grafting - LSU Replies: 41
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I am not understanding the out come. I like the work done and think very good job, but once the real roots come out of scion it will feed from them. With this it will be roots from it's true scion with no advantage or disadvantage. My point is, your not changing the make up of the tree. I like that your are experimenting and documenting with pictures, from this we all learn.



luke

Subject: Bo Ji Hong fig Replies: 25
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The pictures of the figs on ebay were not that appealling to me. The one fig actually had clear tape on it to keep it from splitting wide open. Most had very large eye, so no good for me here in NJ. It might do well in very hot and dry area. I'm talking about fig from China, since that is topic.


luke

Subject: Fungus Gnats Again Replies: 52
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Jason, You were not quite clear. Do you spray this on the gnats or your wife???

Subject: upside down cuttings!!!?? Replies: 12
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Flip it. If not , a fig tree will show up growing in China in about 1000 years from now.




luke

Subject: Bush versus Tree Replies: 6
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Hello Allen, Do a search on pinching. It's a technique of pinching off the terminal leaf bud. By doing this, it force's more branches. Plus other things.

luke

Subject: Node spacing Replies: 13
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Yes Martin, more fruit. I love it when someone uses a pic to tell the story. As for any other input, I don't know any of the educated or scientific words, but will throw out a couple of thoughts. When the nodes are closer together the wood is hardened better, usually because of slower growth. One of the things I've been experimenting on(pinching)is to see if this happens when done. Any colder climate it is best to have slower growth, so when the temps are low the plant has a better shot at surviving. Because it is harden. It's a very good topic, because it means you are paying attention of how the tree is growing. With all the different climate zones and soils, there are changes.


luke

Subject: What did You Learn In 2012? Replies: 22
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That I'm getting shorter.

Subject: Help! Figs not sprouting Replies: 35
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By the way, it's not to late to bury more of the cutting.

Subject: Help! Figs not sprouting Replies: 35
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Dan, Looking at the pics everything looks fine, just need a lttle patience. The only thing that I don't like is that you left way to much of the cutting above the soil line. I can see where you started the roots in spag. moss, then you didn't use all of them. They just died off above the soil line.  You really need to bury the cutting to the top node. Sometimes I even have the last node half under the soil. You don't get a bigger tree by having more cutting sticking out of the cup. I not saying you can't grow a cutting like you have it, just saying, give yourself better odds. You really need to find taller cups or container. The baggy's are cheap enough. I have some bags that I could send you if you want to try them, just let me know by pm or email.

luke

Subject: Jon- I have a thought Replies: 13
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We call are pool, The Atlantic Ocean. The pool in the yard is called the cement pond.


luke

My wife keeps asking for pool boys and people that will bring her drinks with little umbrella's.

Subject: -dog skunked- remedy Replies: 13
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My wife informed me we still had some left for me to get the name of product. The name is skunk odor remover, made by natural pet formula. label says made from plants, neutral ph. Bought it from concord pet store, but my guess any major pet store carries it.


mgg: for some reason, I remember the girls using peroxide as a cheap way to keep their hair color light or blond. This was years ago, so maybe it was something else they were doing.


luke

Subject: Tasty description of figs Replies: 37
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Damn Dennis, How do you do it? I believe you qualify to be our top fig connoisseur. I truly mean that. Your descriptions are great. Now if you could put a list of figs with pics with flavor chart. Now I know why you went to ucdavis, you were in tasting training. Ha

Subject: -dog skunked- remedy Replies: 13
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I have the same problems with my dogs. You would think after one time, they would stop chasing them, NOT. Your dogs must be of light color, because the peroxide would react light bleach. I have two chocolate labs and my thoughts are the might become yellow labs with that mixture. I've tried all the methods without good results. One day walking thru the pet store, found a bottle of shampoo just for skunk smell. Works pretty good, matter a fact, this is a reminder, I need to get more.


luke

Subject: Jon- I have a thought Replies: 13
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Hello Jon, I know your are a busy man, BUT, an idea is rattling the little pea brain of mind. I know you have your technique's for starting cuttings on your Encanto site and wondering if you could put them on this forum locked at the top of the page as are all the important info is. Also add the new methods that some members are bringing to light. Some of the members have been putting out some great research that should be in a place that is easily found. While there is the search option, I believe a topic as important as starting cutting should rate enough to have a place of it's own. It would be great to be able to go to one spot for all the ways to start cuttings. Show your method with the photo's, Jason(satelitehead) methods with photo's and these new methods the fellows are showing with the photo's. I hope you will consider this and understand if not possible. Thanks for what you do and for taking the time to read.


luke

Subject: Fig Rooting, Hormone and None, a comparison Replies: 62
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Thanks Pete. I bought a bottle of rooting hormone because of post by others recently, but have not started my cuttings yet the winter. I started early last year and had a jungle in my house by spring. This is great material. Thanks everyone.


luke

Subject: Fig Rooting, Hormone and None, a comparison Replies: 62
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Very nice. I like the way you did this testing. I have not had any problems without using root hormones, but it seems your results are proving to show quicker results. I have never done any homework on rooting hormones as using on something that was going to be eaten later. This is a concern of mine, can anyone enlighten me. I like thw wax but question wax on the tip cutting. Do not see the point in it. But this brings up another question. If you say that the wax comes off as it swells and is ready to leaf out, would this help eliminate mold issues?


luke