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Subject: Starting my cuttings Replies: 17
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It seems to me you are overthinking the whole process. Go to home depot and get a 1 dollar plastic shoe box with lid and a 3 dollar bag of orchid peat moss just dampen an throw in the cuttings. just damp not wet. And leave them alone for at least a week then start checking. If you squeeze a handful of moss and water comes out, way to moist.

Subject: Fig Addicts come forth Replies: 43
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Access to lots of orchards is definitely a bonus.

Subject: Back up for cloner without power Replies: 9
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Just fill the cloner with water until the bottoms are touching the water. As soon as the power comes back on take the water back out.

Subject: Show us your setup! Replies: 69
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Yes Andy there are 50 varieties of chinense and pubes species that I usually start beginning of January because they require such a long season to fruit. I am going to sow another 30 to 40 varieties in the next few days of annuums, baccatum an frutescens. St. Patty's day i will start tomatoes.

It is very exciting to see the figs rooting and seedlings breaking the top of the soil.

Subject: Show us your setup! Replies: 69
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Thanks Meg.

Subject: Show us your setup! Replies: 69
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Finally got room number 2 organized enough for a pic.  I have 11 cuttings that I just put into cups 1 from cloner and 10 from the shoeboxes with damp moss.

Took a look in the cloner after work today and have a couple more starting to show roots.  So far though it seems like the damp moss is out performing my cloners. We will see.

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Subject: Clone your cuttings & never see gnats! Replies: 400
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Seeing first roots in cloner (fig roots) and in damp moss boxes only 14 days.

Panachee first one to root in cloner nothing on any of the  rest yet but hoping they will start popping roots quickly. 

Should I leave in cloner till roots get longer or can I take out now and start putting in cups?

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Subject: Show us your setup! Replies: 69
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SF, what are those pot socks used for?

Subject: photos are too large? Replies: 6
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U on a mac or using windows?

Subject: Show us your setup! Replies: 69
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I got a little lightheaded when I looked inside. I'm changing my wishlist. I want that fridge. You can keep the meat.

Subject: Should I pinch Replies: 4
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First figlets, Im guessing I should pinch off now? DSCN1942.JPG 

Subject: Show us your setup! Replies: 69
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Let us get a peek in that fridge andy. There must be a couple cold ones in there.

Subject: Clone your cuttings & never see gnats! Replies: 400
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Rick, are you seeing any roots at all on your cuttings?

Subject: Clone your cuttings & never see gnats! Replies: 400
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Should I have direct light on the cuttings in cloner as soon as I put them in or is indirect light good. I know what type of light to use just not sure of the right time to add the light.

Subject: Now just sit and wait Replies: 13
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Got more cuttings today,thanks jodi and Ed.  All situated in their new home for now.

No roots yet………………….

Subject: Now just sit and wait Replies: 13
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Andrew, Andy, you are both enablers among others and I thank you all for it. Drew51, when I met you and your wife I thought I heard her say something about you should buy more lights and tear down the garage so you could accommodate more trees and berries.

Dale

Subject: Now just sit and wait Replies: 13
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Well I got all my cuttings that I got in the mail last week into two newly built cloners and into the damp moss shoe boxes. Now the waiting game.   This is what I have so far;

Aboukounis Black
Adriatic JH
Alma
Atreano
Black Jack
(unknown) Brown Turkey   
Cajun Gold
Col de Dame Noir
Conadria
Deana
Desert King
Florea
Galbun
Grasa’s Purple
Hadoulis F White
Haikel Lebanese
Improved Celeste
Italian Honey
Kathleen Black
Latarolla
Longue d'Aout
LSU Gold
LSU Purple
LSU Tiger
Marseille’s Black VS
Martin’s UK
Mary Lane Seedless
Native Black
Nero 600M
O’Rourke
Osborne Prolific
Panache
Paradiso “gene”
Petite Aubique
Rockaway Green
Ronde de Bordeaux
Salce
Salem Dark
Smith
Stella
Strawberry
Sweet George
Takoma V.
Tena
Ventura
Violette de Bordeaux

I have my fingers crossed.

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Subject: Clone your cuttings & never see gnats! Replies: 400
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With this head I started with just the red but added the blues due to just barely missing the ends it is now a little overkill but excellent coverage.

Again, no glue on the pvc. 20160207_164033_resized.jpg 

Subject: Clone your cuttings & never see gnats! Replies: 400
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Great thread. Thought I would throw out a couple pics of my new cloner sprinkler heads. Started out with just the two heads on the ends but just did not quite get the middle, then after putting in the two blue spinning 360's they alone would have been enough. Great coverage.  Pvc is not glued.


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Subject: Shipping rooted cuttings from a cloner Replies: 9
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i have never done it but wouldn't it be ok to wrap roots in newspaper saturate the paper and put in ziplock.  Since I am a newbie to figs I do not know the sensitivity of their root structure but I would be willing to pay shipping if you wanted to experiment.

Dale

Subject: Fig Addicts come forth Replies: 43
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Apalermo88, everyone I know thinks I'm a little nuts when it comes to gardening. 

Bunti, I feel your pain. I don't even know how my mind strayed from ordering more apple trees, BB's, another grape vine, blackberries and raspberries. I really honestly don't remember and it's only been a couple of weeks into this fig endeavor and I'm already at 32 varieties.

Whether or not they all see the spring sunshine is another story.

Subject: Prepping cuttings Replies: 2
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Ok, I have quite a few cuttings now and was hoping to get them in the cloner tonight. What is the procedure for getting these in the cloner, just wash in bleach solution and stick em in.

Some are a little long can I cut them down? 

Should I cut the bottom to give the cutting a fresh rooting end?

I am no stranger to using a cloner, just to cloning figs.

Thanks
Dale

Subject: Clone your cuttings & never see gnats! Replies: 400
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I did not go through all 300+ replies so this may or may not have been mentioned already but does someone have a trick to getting the foam inserts holes enlarged to fit the cuttings better?

Subject: Seeds For Trade Replies: 18
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Lewi, do they rot on the bottom of the tomato?

Subject: Seeds For Trade Replies: 18
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To be honest your not going to be able to tell the difference if it is hotter because you are not going to be able to eat any of the hot chinense species peppers anyway. A Jalapeno is between 2 and 5k Scoville units and the weakest hot pepper I sent you is around 100k Scoville units, the guineas world record Carolina Reaper is 2million. Peppers like it dry though for sure.

Subject: Seeds For Trade Replies: 18
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Glad you got them. You do realize that both tomato and pepper growing is another addicting thing.  There are over 10k diff. tomatoes and around 6-7k pepper varieties.

Hope you and your family enjoy.

Some of the hotter ones your fiancé wanted require between 7-8 months to produce ripe fruit so sow accordingly but you can grow all year long, yes?

Sounds good on your end.

Dale

Subject: Seeds For Trade Replies: 18
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Thanks gene, the cuttings came today. You were very generous.

Please explain the washing in bleach solution for me and the dilution ratio.

Subject: Fresh Fig Cuttings Starter Set Replies: 11
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Got cuttings today gabe, thanks for the extras.

Dale

Subject: Use them or lose them Replies: 21
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Efletche, send me a pm I might be able to help with some seeds.

Subject: Plants need help Replies: 13
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Thanks hb, I had to break out the 100x plant microscope. Didn't see anything but will look better tomorrow.

Subject: Plants need help Replies: 13
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Is it acceptable to cut off the affected new growth or just let it go?

Subject: Plants need help Replies: 13
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Little white hairs from the leaf are what you are seeing. the deformation of the leaves resembles an aphid infestation but like I said there is not a bug on any of these plants. I will look closely for a couple more days. I have neem oil, I will mix up a bit and use it on them.

Subject: Plants need help Replies: 13
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No webs and I went over all three plants with a powerful magnifying glass and found nothing but the little white blob.

No mites or aphids

Subject: Plants need help Replies: 13
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Second pic almost dead center you can see a white tiny blob.

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Subject: Plants need help Replies: 13
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When I got these rooted cuttings about 10 days ago the looked fine but now I am having some issues. The new growth seems to be deformed and some of the older leaves are cupping upward.

One plant has what looks to be a egg sack or something. Whatever is happening it's not normal. DSCN1922.JPG

Subject: Seeds For Trade Replies: 18
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HEIRLOOM TOMATOES

Amana Orange

Anana’s Noire

Anna Russian

Aunt Ginny’s Purple

Aunt Ruby’s German Green

Aurega

Azoychka

Bear Claw

Beefsteak

Belgian Pounder

Big Rainbow

Black Ethiopian

Black From Tula

Black Krim

Black Mountain Pink

Black Pear

Black Prince

Blondkopfchen

Blue Fruit (very few)

Brandywine

Brandywine Joyce’s Strain

Brandywine Yellow

Brianna

Brimmer

Budai Torpe

Budenovka (red or pink)?

Carbon

Chapman

Cherokee Green

Cherokee Purple

Coeur de Boeuf

Cosmonaut Volkov

Costoluto Genovese

County Agent

Coustralee

Dinner Plate

Donskoi

Dr. Lyle

Dr. Wyche’s Yellow

G’ma Viney’s Yellow & Pink

Garden Peach (few)

German Johnson

German Pink

Gildo Pietroboni

Gill’s All Purpose

Gillogly Pink

Glazer’s Giant

Gogosha (few)

Gold Medal

Goose Creek

Green Gage

Green Pineapple

Guernsey Island

Hartman’s Yellow Gooseberry (few)

Heidi

Hillbilly

Hugh’s

Ingegnoli Gigante Liscio

Italian Plum

Kellogg’s Breakfast

Kentucky Beefsteak (few) (Orange?)

Kosovo

Limbaugh’s Legacy Potato Top

Limmony

Lithuanian Crested Pink

Ludmilla’s Red Plum

Marmande Garnier Rouge

Martinos Roma

Marvel Stripe

Matina

Matt’s Wild Cherry

Mayo’s Delight

Mexico

Monkey Ass

Mortgage Lifter Radiator Charlie’s

Mountain Princess

Mr. Bruno

Mrs. Benson (few)

Negro Azteca (few)

Nicholson Pink  (no info available)

Oaxacan Jewel

Old German

Old Ivory Egg

Omar’s Lebanese

Opalka

OSU Blue (non heirloom)

Pantano Romanesco

Pennheart

Persimmon

Pineapple

Pink Ping Pong (few)

Plum Lemmon (few)

Ponderosa Pink

Purple Russian

Rozovyi Izumnyi

Sandul Moldovan

Sara Black

Silvery Fir Tree

Spear’s Tennessee Green

Stupice

Tamina

Thessaloniki

Tiffen Mennonite

Trska Gora

Ukranian Pear

Vidoje’s Surprise

Viva, White Kentucky Heirloom

Wapsipinicon Peach

Weeping Charlie

Wes

Wild Bill’s Big Red

Wins All

Yellow Pear

Yellow Stuffer

Zapotec Pink Ribbed

 

HYBRIDS

 

ABC  Potato Leaf

Ailsa Craig

Amazon Chocolate

Amish Yellow

Arkansas Traveler

Armenian

Banana Legs

Bangladesh Heart

Berkeley Tie Dye

Big Beef

Bigguns

Black

Black and Red Boar

Black Early

Black Elephant

Black Moore

Black Plum

Black Plum Paste

Black Yum Yum

Black Zebra

Blushing Bride

Brad’s Black Heart

Brandy Boy

Brandywine Landis Valley

Brandywine Purple Pear

Brown Berry

Bull’s Heart

Canadian Heart

Ceylon

Cherokee Chocolate

Chocolate cherry

Chocolate Stripes

Copia

Crimson Cushion

Cypriot

Dora

Dr. Carolyn

Florida Pink

Franchi Pear

Honkin Big Black Cherry

Huge Black

Ildi

Indian Stripe

Indian Stripe

J D’s Special C-Tex

Jack Johnson

Japanese Black Trifele

Juliet

KBX

Kotlas

Kumato

Lattanzio Pendulous

Livingston’s Gold Ball

Livingston’s Golden Queen

Mano

Mirabelle

Mr. Brown

Nicholson’s Yellow Cherry

Northern Crown (growout only)

Northern Lights

Nyagos

Pink Accordian

Pomodoro Cour de Bue

Purple Calabash

Radinilee

Roger’s Best Black

Romeo

Russian Black

Russian Bogatyr

Saljut Plum

San Marzano

San Marzano Redorta

Snow White

Southern Night

Speckled Roman

Spudakee

Super Bush

Tennessee Black

Tiny Tim

Whopper

Yellow Ruffled

Zomok

 

 

Subject: Pro-mix disappearing Replies: 12
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Drew, I know i've seen your mix recipe before but can't figure out which forum it was on, maybe on GF.  Could you pm me the recipe I would love to start making my own. 

I just paid 100.00 for 4 bails of the pro-mix.

Dale

Subject: Seeds For Trade Replies: 18
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If anyone needs to identify some of the varieties here are a couple of databases that may be useful.

http://www.thechileman.org

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/w/index.php?title=Category:Tomato_Variety_List&from=A

These are the only two I use, they are both very extensive.

Dale

Subject: Seeds For Trade Replies: 18
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Maliha, I never looked at my list in that way……………….but i like it.

Get your seed germinating trays ready and I hope you have a lot of room, all of you.

Dale

Subject: Seeds For Trade Replies: 18
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Ed, Gene, Andy and Sarah your seeds went out today.

Scott and Maliha, your seeds are going out tomorrow.

I am still looking for takers on the seeds for trade offer and am very thankful to the members who have offered up the cuttings whether it is now or when they become available to them.

Subject: Fig cuttings coming available Replies: 28
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pm sent

Subject: New Member - Saying Hi! :) + NC Swap? Replies: 26
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Welcome.

I am a newbie  to fig growing so I do not have any cuttings to send you but I could help you out and send you some tomato and pepper seeds to help kickstart your season and many more to come. PM me your addy.

What types of peppers and tomatoes do you like to grow?

Dale

Subject: What's the deal with figs? Replies: 23
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I couldn't agree more with drew, growing fruit of all kinds is very rewarding. I am new to the fig growing and only have 3 very small trees at this time but am hoping to have around 30 varieties growing in the yard this year along with my peaches, blueberries, boysenberries, raspberries, blackberries, apples, alpine strawberries, and 30+ varieties of heirloom tomatoes. Then there is the 150 varieties of peppers this year.  And the watermelons.

My friends and family say I need help with this addiction called gardening……..I always agree with them and tell them to come over and pull weeds. DCP_3017.jpg 

Subject: Fresh Fig Cuttings Starter Set Replies: 11
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I'm in if still available.

Subject: Seeds For Trade Replies: 18
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I would like to thank the generous members who have agreed to trade seeds for cuttings. Some seeds will go out shortly.


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Subject: New to Figs Replies: 5
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When one finds his way around a little better there really is a lot of info.

Subject: Rooted, Now What? Replies: 12
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I am very new to figs but not cloning or rooting so I will tell you what I think. Once they have roots they will get all they moisture from there. Wait for more experienced fig cloners to chime in though.