Originally Posted by RichinNJ

Interesting link on covering in ground figs


http://www.newenglandvfc.org/2013_conference/powerpoints2013/Greenhouse%20Grown%20Figs.pdf

Originally Posted by TheFigster
Saw your post... I hope you decided to leave the figs on it so you could eat them... negronne are a slow growing fig tree and are naturally dwarf size trees... WHAT DID YOU DECIDE TO DO BY-THE-WAY??? Just wondering>>>
VIC

Originally Posted by jdsfrance
Hi,
RDB being a big tree. I would try it in ground .
How is the dirt at the location ? Clay, sand, other ?
Good luck,

Originally Posted by springlakenj
Here is an old thread ref NJ figs (similar zone)
http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/Question-for-Herman-your-top-10-5932236
I also agree with Bill about keeping a spare. 

Originally Posted by hoosierbanana
How big is the space? Less than 8 ft I think you should plant Valle Negra, more than 8ft RdB.

Originally Posted by rafaelissimmo
What is Got de Dame? Never heard of that one.

Originally Posted by mikeblazer
Hi there, I am in the same area and my Improved Celeste died to the ground this winter. It was protected. So, I would keep it as a contained plant. 

Originally Posted by Herman2
Yes and no:Some people have Dalmatie as White Greek,and some have other fig specimen as White Greek.
In Greece, many people know only 2 kinds of fig tree:
White fig and Black fig ,and so white Greek can be a generic name for many light colored figs.
So far Fig4fun site, show White Greek to be Dalmatie type ,in their pixes,and you can check for yourself.
Edit Note:You spelled Dalmatie,as Dalmatia!
Brunswick is also called by Mistake ,Dalmatian,just because it looks somewhat like Dalmatie,yet it is a much more trouble prone cultivar,that can be good quality only in ideal climates for fig ,like in Israel.

Originally Posted by Herman2
It was first found growing wild on the Dalmatian coast, (Croatia), yet Today I am sure it grows in Greece too,of course ,many people know it under White Greek name.

Originally Posted by Herman2
My Dalmatie does not make Breba here because the fruit buds freezes to death every year.
The shape and color differ a little because of the climate,but the leaves are finger like on all of them.
What you see in my pixies is main crop,and of course they look different than Breba!

Originally Posted by jafos
hi, thank you.

i am from patras
if you go to most plant nurseries here in patras you will find that they sell
fig trees named vasilika syka with both leaf paterns... (I dont know why...)
the end resold as far as the fruit goes is the same.
white greek aka green greek is rounder.
vasilika syka is more pear shaped.
i am at the suburbs and you can find the finger like leafs in most wild grown male fig trees.
i dont have or like vasilika syka (mavra aka black) so i have not noticed the leafs
it could be that the black kind has that leaf that you are talking about.
i cant remember if a guy from greece (sotiris) is in this forum or not. he is a seller and has posted pictures of his figs and trees.
he claims that they are vasilika syka and they probably are,but if they are, they are vasilika syka MELESSI. i would guess that they are markopoulou
try to find his picktures and you will see that the leafs on his trees are not finger like.

if you can read greek this will help

http://www.kostelenosfytoria.gr/products.php?pageId=10
its just a random search i dont recomend this guy.
best of luck

Originally Posted by Herman2
The fig is Dalmatie

Originally Posted by jafos
hi i am new to this forum i am from greece and i hope i can help.
the tree that you have is vasilika syka (aspra or lefka)
vasilika is royal, syka is fig, aspra or lefka is white...
they are in my opinion much better than the black version of vasilika syka.
i think that you should take of your list
- Markopoulou
- Markopoulou Mavra
they are nothing to wright home about...
white greek is the same as green greek (some people just say black figs and white figs) white are all that are not black and the only other kind is melissi
wich is not as said by most honey... meli is honey. when they say melissi they are just trying to describe the outer color (the skin)
i hope this helps. best of luck

Originally Posted by Joeturbo26
I can vouch that there are many others off the forum who've suffered a loss too. Last week I was at Queens Garden Center in Whitestone off the cross island. The owner and I were talking, he told me that he has gotten dozens of calls from people asking if he had any trees for sale because they've all been lost. He said he's never seem a winter with so much fig damage.

I actually did take a few cuttings from a local tree on May 2nd, no leaves.. Nothing and the tree appeared dead, but I thought what the hell I might as well try and root it... Rooted within days in a ziplock bag! Yet the tree still looks dead... So I suspect those who are predicting that the trees are just taking a snooze may be right!'

Originally Posted by PatrickStar
Hi, a couple of weeks ago I received a few cuttings from a very generous member here (thanks!). I put them in damp paper towels in bags and one of them has 2 very tiny leaves, how long should I leave it in the bag before putting it in a pot, it doesn't have roots yet. Also, I have heard lots of mention of root initials but how do you identify those? Two of the cuttings have many different new bumps but I don't know if those are initials or just latex or something else. Thanks!

Originally Posted by Joe_Athens1945
 It still works in the 5 boroughs, North Jersey and Connecticut.  Note grape vine shading the car.   :-)

Originally Posted by Ekierk
Some might not be dead because the fig trees are taking a long time to break dormancy.

Originally Posted by rafaelissimmo
My two protected in grounds were damaged but have lots of teeny buds, they will recover, best approach is to prune heavily, be patient, and forget about this years crop, hope for a better future. The good news is I rooted a couple of unknown Queens whites this winter so I saved those two, plus I sent a bunch of extra Queens cuttings to a certain member who is rooting them, so life goes on!!

Originally Posted by BronxFigs
Bronx in-grounds....nothing at all.  I pray that the leaves will still sprout, even if it's late in the season.  The one Olive tree that was planted in some front yard, looks sad, very dry, and  very dead. 

I'm beginning to "smell' disaster, here.  I hope I'm wrong.


Frank

Originally Posted by pako

Wait until end of June….

Originally Posted by paully22
Adriano kept his Genovese Nero for over 20 yrs in pot culture and he has told me many times
it is amongst his best if not the best.