Vinny, maybe no figs this year as we are just going to root them, but you never know...could be. Yes, the fig cuttings should come to us in June, or early July. I can't wait either.
Patty
SB..maybe you can trade that fig to someone else that wants it!!
Patty

I was looking a the interesting comments about figs, and thought some of you might be interested in Ray Givan's fig page. Hope I am not giving you old news but if so, it is worth repeating just in case someone has not seen it. Ray is a member of the North America Fruit Explorers (NAFEX)and is the fig consultant.

http://home.planters.net/~thegivans/salelist.html

This is the NAFEX fig page, also Ray Givan's product. Has mostly the same info.

http://www.nafex.org/figs.htm

Ned

Thank you Ned. I have links on Figs but these are new.
Patty

so Patty does that mean soon you will be having some seedlings and maybe seeds for trade in a yr or so ?

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Tammy

neat stuff! I didnt know that there different types of figs (perfect and imperfect). ive seen things about caprifigs, but glad they dont all need one!

I never heard of anyone planting fig seeds! Most trees are grown from cuttings. Figs are self fertile, meaning they don't need polination to fruit, except the smyrna that SB mentioned.
Tammy, You are talking about Plumeria seeds!!!??? We are talking figs here.

Actually Patty i thought you where the one who Pmed me about plumeria.. another tropical list im on anyway i was wondering about figs .. Bad day yesterday I guess for me ? anyway so you prop from cuttings ? when you have some are you going to be selling any of them ? id be interested in one maybe 2 for my mom .. Tammy

Hi Tammy, if you go back to page one, I listed the figs I grow -- in my 2nd post. PM me & let me know what you're interested & I'll start some cuttings.
I thought you said your Mom just passed away?

Ned, Thanks for posting the links. I actually have seen Ray's site. I have been debating about buying his book. Does anyone have any feedback on this book? Vinny

I haven't brought the book, but he lives about 50 miles from me. I keep telling myself I will find out if he is up to a visit.

Ned

well, im hooked on figs too. I found an awesome site in French with some of the more obscure french named varieties. I cant believe how many not-thoroughly-described figs the Germplasm carries!

http://www.fig-baud.com/figuiers.html

Did a bit of Google-translations... Ive found a few varieties im going to ask the germplasm for. Thanks so much for bringing this topic up!

I got all 8 of my fig trees out today --first time. Here's my happy fig family!

The tall BT on left is now over 6 ft & has 30 branch tips (most with figlets). It had 4 when I bought it. Here's closeup of it's branches.

These are 2 "mystery figs" bought from Paradise 1 yr ago. Turns out they are Italian golden honey, I'm airlayering a branch.

The biggest tall pots are 8 gal tree pots. Gotta carry them all back in now, we are supposed to get rain/snow & high winds tonight & tomorrow.
Patty

Hi Patty, Nice looking family of figs. I'm so suprised they started putting out leaves already. Is the weather that mild in WI, or did you have these indoors? Vinny

Hi Vinny, figs would never survive a winter here. In fall when all the leaves fall off & just before we get frost, I put them in a cold room in basement. A little water maybe once a month. It's usually around March when I notice some green tips and by March 15 I bring them up to my sunroom. That's where they are now till they get 'acclimated' to outside.
Last yr I put them out too soon & mid - end of April we got cold & rain & big winds for 2 days & all they all looked BEAT UP LOL and all the figlets fell off. They are too heavy to bring in & out. I only had them out one day when I took the pics (taken just outside my sunroom). If you notice the one long 'stick' between door & window barely had buds & is now just starting to leaf.
How are yours doing? Do you keep them outside all yr?
Patty

Hi Patty, No, I keep my inside a dark garage. Unless you wrap them up, they would not make it through our winter. The place here where I bought my 1st fig tree (more like a rooted cutting) reccommends bringing them inside on Thanksgiving & brining them out on Mothers Day. This place deals with only "pot culture" (container) growing. I think they have been doing it for 30 years like this. They're a wealth of knowledge about figs. The fig mentioned above is from Greece (Kephalonia?). It's still asleep in the garage w/ no change. My newest addition is my celeste I picked up last month. They say every fig grower must have a celeste in their collection. This one is about 4' and the buds & figlets are begining to swell (also in the garage). I also have:
-2 cuttings that I was able to root last month. The guy online called them his 1/4 pounder fig.
-8 kadota cuttings I rec'd in March that I'm trying to root.
The 1/4 lb'er & kadota are from 2 people I found on another board that pruned their trees and were offering to give them away.
-1 rooted cutting I picked up a nursery this past winter. I don't know what type, but for $4.99 I said what the hell.I'm a sucker for that.
-2 cuttings I'm trying to root also. My parents moved into a new house & there happen to be a fig bush growing. Of course I clipped two pieces off. Don't know what type.
- & last 1 cutting a friend gave me from his bush he's been growing. I think it's from Italy?
Oh yeah, in June we get our Davis shipment (17 different types I ordered). God knows where I'm going to put everything. After writing all this, I really think I'm nuts!!! Oh well.