i think its just some nutrient deficiency as some cuttings start. i dont think its FMV. i have a few cuttings that have done the same and later growth seems normal.
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So kinghat, do you mean a nutritional deficiency caused by roots not being fully developed or do I need to fertilize? The mix is sand, cocoa coir, and partially rotted pine fines. The larger pot has more pine fines I think and the smaller more of the sand and coir. Basically I mixed coir and sand and added bit of fines to stretch as my rooting mix in the original setup and used a combination of what was left of that mix and pine fines when potting up.
I wondered if I should add wood ash or something to raise PH since it’s probably low.
This is my fist year rooting figs. Before I’ve just bought figs already started.
Thanks!
whatever the cutting had for nutrients when it started pushing growth. if there are roots im always giving some level of nutrients. its really just a guess that its nutrients.
in the cool greenhouse things are waking.
a lil early but I’ll take it. it’s fool’s spring outside right now, the gh is lit up for starts and has been very warm. we should have plenty sun going forward even on crisp days.
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Depends on your space and how much light you can provide. Last frost here is late March, but I’ve started cuttings as early as November. I have a big work bench with a lot of lighting though, so I’m not going to have issues in taking care of a few one foot tall fig plants indoors while I wait for the warm weather.
The earlier you can start them, the bigger they’ll be, but only if you have the space and light to grow them out.
I see that on mine from time to time, certain varieties seem to do it more often. They always grown out of it though, especially once they’re outside.
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FigBid sales data, 2020 through 2024. This excludes private sales, variety packs, and non-fig plants. Fig names are represented by index #'s on the horizontal axis. The vertical axis is # of sales per name.
From this, I will prepare a report that includes fig names from other retail sellers in the U.S. Perhaps I’ll submit it for publication this summer.
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@Richard, would be very curious to see the history of particular fig prices over time.
For instance, the hot figs such as Cessac, what was their price history over time and how they declined. It would make for an interesting study – like modern day tulipmania.
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You have discovered a powerful tool, my friend! Thank you for sharing this knowledge with us!
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I guess one could write a simple screen scraping program to get this data for any fig and plot against time.
This will be a fun exercise to show how fig values depreciate. I suspect they will outstrip even computers atleast initially.
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It’s easier to open the URL as a file, then parse the HTML for the desired fields.
Notice there are two types of offerings to track: cuttings vs. plants. In each, there is the detail of quantity.
It is a simple supply vs. demand curve.
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Sorry, meant web scraping.
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Guess what I do for a living 
May try to do it if I can find the time.
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@tomadriveway
I have all the data from the 123,000 completed transactions, 2020 through 2024. Last year I posted some of it on OurFigs but it disappeared without comment in a few hours. This year I’ll try publishing it in a journal.
Meanwhile, I can tell you that the prices follow a standard Econ 101 supply & demand curve.
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Wow! The numbers really compress on the top end of the chart! It would look like a hockey stick if scaled I presume. Is there a particular reason the numbers are compressed at the top? Statistics is a class I should’ve taken notes on lol.
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@Nutbush-VA
It’s not just the top 
. Notice the vertical distance from 1 to 10 is the same distance as from 10 to 100, etc. It’s a logarithmic scale. Without it, you can’t visualize the change in values in the lower range.
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I noticed they got closer as the numbers went up starting at the lowest level, just didn’t articulate that well. I didn’t guess logarithmic scale though. A bit over my intelligence level.
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I just got these 4 fig trees in and they are in pretty rough shape, what can I do to try and save them?
Ouch, those are pretty bad, not even any hardwood to boot. I would send those back, they are probably the worst I have ever seen! And do not buy from that source ever! Absolutely trash!
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Wow did they end up taking a long time shipping? No plastic around the containers? If they came dry and light you can rehydrate them but it will probably set them back a good while. That’s if they even live. Figs are tough but still time is short and as a buyer you did your part. If I was you I’d ask for replacement trees that’s really sad to see.
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