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Subject: Think I have to pot up now! Or not? Replies: 25
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 204
 
You need some type of grow light.

Subject: Getting buds to pop Replies: 3
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 118
 
I've read about that Bap/lanolin mix. For what it costs its worth a try.

Subject: Dave's Cutting Sale Replies: 9
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 402
 
Dave's done it again...a whole bunch of new great cuttings for sale.

PM sent.


Subject: Herman2 Replies: 30
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 958
 
Classified/trade section would be perfect.

Subject: Dave's Cutting Sale Replies: 9
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 402
 
Just wanted to say "thanks Dave" the cuttings are top notch. The cuttings were packaged safely and shipped promptly.


Subject: Remember figs4fun?Time to turn this bus around! Replies: 55
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 463
 
Great thing your are doing!

For me, sucks to be in Canada but I do have an order with James.

Subject: New year resolution Replies: 8
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 154
 
I think the best way to curb my fig addiction is to disconnect my internet. I can't want/buy what I can't see...LOL!

Subject: a special thank you to drivewayfarmer Replies: 7
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 221
 
So many good people on this forum.

Subject: Hey Fig Cuttings offering from Canada Replies: 16
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 710
 
Merry Christmas to me, my cuttings arrived today.

Thank you very much Pino, you are very generous and the cuttings look great. I already potted them in some coco coir.

Subject: Merry Christmas to all!! Replies: 32
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 335
 
Merry Christmas to you and your family Ralph and a Happy New Year!!

Subject: My Christmas came early Replies: 3
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 180
 
Steve you are right about Ralphs generosity. Ralph also gave to me a ton of cuttings and air layers too and he wanted nothing in return. Good people like Ralph are hard to find.

Good luck with the cuttings, mine are coming along nicely.

Merry Christmas

Subject: Hollier up pot today Replies: 21
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 304
 
Off to a great start.

Subject: Cuttings need help Replies: 26
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 509
 
Great idea planting them deeper. The cuttings are planted as deep as the cups, I will need to find some deeper cups next time.

Subject: Just got Cheaper!! Replies: 9
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 1,147
 
Your beautiful cuttings arrived today safe and sound. Thanks for the surprise. I just placed the cuttings in some coco coir.

For anyone from Ontario, we are allowed cuttings from Charles in Washington with no restrictions.

Subject: Adriano's website Replies: 8
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 425
 
I last heard from him via email in the fall when he finished putting his trees away for the winter.

Subject: Cuttings need help Replies: 26
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 509
 
It is a 18" daylight fluorescent bulb, not sure the wattage. The light was about 1" to 3" higher then the cuttings. Earlier this week I moved it to about 3" to 5" higher. Should it be even higher?

Subject: Cuttings need help Replies: 26
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 509
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by TorontoJoe
Possible to get a closeup side view of cup and stem?


Here you go



Subject: Cuttings need help Replies: 26
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 509
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Garlic_Mike
Is it hard to tell if your mix is damp being sandy?

If they dry too much once or twice they can weaken and die


The soil cups still have moisture/humidity on the inside of the cup.

I will spray leaves with a diluted fertilizer mix. I have miracle grow and foilage pro is one better then the other?

Subject: Cuttings need help Replies: 26
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 509
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveL
Tiny, I have to agree with Joe. The cuttings appear to be starving, but not for just nutrients, but for oxygen as well. The mix does appear to be to fine and does resembles sand. When using perlite and vermiculite you want to use a course size. This allows tiny pockets of air for root to grow in. What you have appears to be to fine. Also make sure your cups have holes on the sides as well as the bottom. This will let air in. Good luck.


As just mentioned the sand is just a topper for the gnats. The perlite and vermiculite are on the courser size. There seems to be air pockets since the medium is not too packed in. I have lots of holes in the cups but the soil cup is inside another cup to keep the light out. Should the outer cup have holes too?

Subject: Cuttings need help Replies: 26
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 509
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by TorontoJoe
As with most of my input...It's nowhere near scientific as yet. Just that it occurred to me that some of the crazy mixes we use to keep soil light - might also remove a lot of the organic fertilizing properties of normal soil. In my case these cuttings perked right back up with some (again very diluted) fertilizer.

Maybe worth a try. The mix tinyfish is using looks (to me) like sand....Something I add to my outdoor potted mix for drainage...but looks nothing like sand...which this does. That's what made me thing some nutrition might be the trick...I don't think there's much food in sand...

I'd be very curious to know if any roots have sprouted underground. (Don't check! on my account!)


The sand you see on top is only 1/2" to keep the gnats out of the rooting medium.

Some do have roots but not many, maybe 3 out of 12 have roots.

Subject: Cuttings need help Replies: 26
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 509
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sas
The first thing, that I will say, at this stage don't move any of them. Just make sure that they are getting enough humidity and do not overwater.
Despite forming leaves, some will make it and some will not. I've had many form leaves and then eventually died. I root mine differently. I never water from above and allow osmosis to do the work. I use different containers and mix and don't like to repot any cuttings the first season if I can. Good Luck.


I have not added any more water since the rooting medium was mixed. The cups still have enough water and the humidity bin was moisture on the sides. I do air out the humidity bin daily.

Subject: Cuttings need help Replies: 26
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 509
 
First time trying to root cuttings.

Most of the cuttings are starting to get leaves with no visible roots. Some of the first leaves have turned are dark colour/black and curled up. Some of the cuttings the small leaves fell off. The cuttings are in a humidity bin under a fluorescent light. The rooting medium is perlite and vermiculite. Here are some pictures

First picture the black curled leaves (see red arrows)


next curled leaves and first picture leaf has a little black on it




Leaves fell off


Any help is welcomed.

Subject: Hey Fig Cuttings offering from Canada Replies: 16
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 710
 
Thank you Pino. It is hard to get cuttings north of the border so its nice of you to help out.

Subject: Ebay Seller Replies: 15
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 536
 
Thanks for the comments everyone

Subject: Ebay Seller Replies: 15
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 536
 
Any information on ebay seller Robrod815.

Subject: Wine Chiller Grow Room Replies: 14
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 286
 
Of to a good start. What type of grow lights are you using?

Subject: Rooting question Replies: 5
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 158
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by macmike
What purpose does the paraffin serve?


I believe the wax keeps the cut ends from drying out.

Subject: Fig-Lectrification Replies: 30
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 503
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by TorontoJoe


I actually did a rough calculation. Assuming the temperatures remained below freezing for a full month. My going average electricity rate here is about $0.12 per kilowatt hour. 

Therefore:

30 (watts) X 730 (hours in month) ÷ 1000 (KwH) X .12 (Cents per KwH)

= $2.63 per month. Or just under $0.09 cents per day.

So worst case it's about $10 per year per tree if it ran for 4 months straight.





Thats not bad at all.

Subject: Fig-Lectrification Replies: 30
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 503
 
The thing we do as Toronto area fig growers.

Here's to a short mild winter for us all. I look forward to the results.

This got me thinking about the ice melting wire for roofs. The roof wire comes in long lengths up to 200ft. The roof wire would be good for wrapping multiple trees with one wire.

Subject: Fig-Lectrification Replies: 30
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 503
 
Great idea.

Is the thermostat under the pink insulation?

Have you considered burying that tree.

Subject: Selling my collection. Replies: 14
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 725
 
Too bad I wasn't closer.

Good luck!

Subject: OT - Sous Vide Replies: 15
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 331
 
Lots of people love this way to cook. I prefer more of the smoky taste from cooking my meat longer on the charcoal grill.

Subject: New fig grower ... already addicted ! Replies: 24
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 386
 
Welcome from another local figger.

I started in Aug with 1 and now I have 24 with 15-20 more on order for next year delivery and 35 cuttings I'm trying to root.

Subject: Sumacki Cutting Wanted Replies: 2
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 183
 
Hello all. 

I am looking for a Sumacki cutting to add to my collection. I am new to figs so I don't have a trade this year but I do have $$.

I am in Canada, but am allowed to receive cuttings from some US states. If anyone can help out please let me know.

Subject: OT: pulled pork Replies: 55
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 488
 
How about a little pulled beef



Subject: Transferred Rootings Today Replies: 4
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 103
 
Looks really good. I would remove the fig to give the plant more energy.

Subject: Rooting cuttings Replies: 12
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 361
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by TorontoJoe
What I meant was, how long have you been waiting for roots to appear in total? While it can be just weeks, I have cuttings that are still very viable but have been waiting since early September and still haven't rooted. They're just slow. As for the fuzzies, you may want to darken the environment.


I started some cuttings a few weeks ago and no roots yet. I just moved them to my furnace room which is warm and dark, maybe this will help speed things up.

Subject: Canadian Figger's Replies: 7
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 300
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by roamingwidgeteer
Paully22, who do you recommend on Vancouver Island? My mother tried to buy Dessert King from, I think, Fruit Trees and More and got something quite different.


Purchased from this place also. The figs were very well packaged and a pretty good size too http://figsforlife.ca/

Subject: Your Winter Grow Room Setup Replies: 32
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 689
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SCfigFanatic
Personally I like to let it all grow, then pinch the tops for side branching after it is full of leaves..
I'm sure you will be fine. It may stunt growth temporally.

Good work.
It is fun, if nothing else.

Doug


Opps...I guess I just learned something, good thing spring is still a long ways away.

Subject: Your Winter Grow Room Setup Replies: 32
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 689
 
Very nice Doug.

One of my figs that was dormant is now starting to leaf out in my grow room so I pinched the top hoping for some side branches. I hope that was a good move.

Subject: Started Cuttings... Replies: 3
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 122
 
I started a bunch of cuttings, thanks to the generosity of a member from the other forum.

I started about 35 cuttings in a mixture of 55% perlite and 35% vermiculite 10% Miracle Grow. Most of the cuttings are in a humidity bin and the remainder are in double cups.

If/when they root I'll move them to my grow room under the led light.

Not the greatest picture due to humidity in the bin.



Subject: ring girdling during winter storage Replies: 13
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 282
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by tylerj
What I do with my outdoor trees prior to wrappng them is use aluminum foil around the bottom foot or so. Its easy to just crumple it around trunks/branches and mice won't chew it. works 100% for me.

I had a real big issue in my greenhouse one year with mice chewing and started this application then and it stopped the damage after that.
Tyler



Sounds like a good and easy solution.

Subject: Your Winter Grow Room Setup Replies: 32
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 689
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SCfigFanatic
It's amusing at least. here are a few pictures. My camera shows a blue hue, not visible to the eye.
Looking in the closet all you can see are the white color light.
Weird.

Doug


Our plants will get a good head start for next year.

Subject: Your Winter Grow Room Setup Replies: 32
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 689
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by SCfigFanatic
I just put all my figs and dragon fruit in a closet that now has 2- 100 watt warm white LED's.
I also have 120 watts of the red/blue led grow lights.
The closet stays between 78-80 degrees with the lighting and heat being moved with fans
on the led lights.
This is my best artificial lighting set up yet.
My plants will see no sun until March.
I have been taking a picture every 3 days to track progress.
It will be fun to watch the plants thrive under LED lighting through out the winter.




Doug


Sounds like the plants will love the set up.

Subject: Your Winter Grow Room Setup Replies: 32
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 689
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by tinyfish
My plants have only been under the led a short while but they seem to like it. The plants have a nice colour to the leaves and are starting to make figs. Here is one picture I took of the figlet to compare to later.


Here is the progress with the Black Maderia.


These are the other plants in my grow room

Subject: can you transplant a fig too deep ? Replies: 19
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 303
 
I guess figs are similar to tomato plants in that aspect that they will grow roots from the stem if planted deep.

Subject: Another late harvest Fig plate Replies: 61
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 1,031
 
Looks great Pino. CDDB has such an excellent colour.

I am so lucky that I was just gifted a CDDB that is producing figs. With some luck I will be tasting some next year. There are some figs left on the tree that will not ripen so I cut one open and I can't believe how good the flesh looks.

Subject: Newbie cutting special Replies: 13
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 416
 
A nice selection of cuttings.

Subject: Another late harvest Fig plate Replies: 61
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 1,031
 
Very nice Pino.

Subject: Fico Gentile Replies: 8
Posted By: tinyfish Views: 263
 
What a great looking fig. Hands down a perfect colour combination.