Speaking of cuttings…
I’ve got the itch again.
Currently rooting i-258 in a paper towel haha. Will pot up tomorrow
Speaking of cuttings…
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For anyone that’s gotten fig trees from OGW, just know that all the ones i got from them came with fig mites
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Out of curiosity, how many fig varieties do you have already?
78 new starts unless I’ve counted wrong.
With about 10 being older than a year or two. For some reason, 70-80 is my magic number.
Lowes Celeste
Random Etsy
Figo preto
Latarolla
Mega Celeste
Petit Negra
Nero 600m
Red Sicilian
Panevino White
Lattarula
And a few more are over a year old. Lowes Celeste is 3 years old but never produced because Colorado lol. And the birds keep taking out the figlets on this one for some reason. Etsy Random is my oldest at 4-5 years old now but finally just producing this year as well. Colorado didn’t allow it to ripen anything or the hail would take out my figlets. Or the wind would just stress everyone out too much. Lsu champagne is on its second year but the birds took off the figlets on this one too for breba crop.
Literally, the Ravens were knocking on my bedroom window early today at around 10am because i didn’t leave them food the other day. Watched a robin jump up and eat my Caroline ripening raspberries as well when i was outside and a Towhee followed me when i was strawberry picking to wait for me to throw it some… the birds are brutal here so i have to have more than enough to keep everyone content 
I want to line my entire property with fig trees. I just wanna be surrounded by food because 
childhood trauma
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Message me, it I don’t get too many requests I might send you some cuttings, we will have to see how many requests I get from other people to know for sure if I can send you any. The people with much less have to come first. Do you have a list of what you have, I’d not want to send you what you already have.
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Rooting in paper towels because i don’t wanna mess with perlite right now lol. I-258 ready to be potted up!
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florea main crop coming on
negronne also with a breba or two and the main crop starting
white genoa. I thought this tree was a goner back in April but it’s fine. it dried out a bit much and lost leaves but has recovered fine
curved guy- an unknown stick taken from a friend’s yard. it has figs. top one is a rooted cutting and I can’t remember which one it came from but it’s going for it
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Is that grown from cutting?
yes it was.
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keep us updated… and i call first dibbs on mutant cuttings in the future lol
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A mixture of F. johannis and F.c. rupestris.
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Figs in the Violette de Bordeaux family are famous for this variation in leaf shape. I’ve seen it on my Nero 600M and Valle Negra.
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I picked about 15 pounds of assorted figs over the last 3 days.
I grow about 40 varieties total (near Houston, TX, Zone 9A supposedly), and these are 11 of my early-ripening cultivars.
The O’Rourke tree has a few strange double-fruits:
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Nice haul. Many of them are under-ripe.
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Exactly my thought.
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I pick them a day early, or the birds (robins and cardinals primarily) will peck and ruin most of them.
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Plus we have been getting rain showers nearly every day for several weeks now. Nothing will ruin fully-ripe figs quicker than daily rain and hungry birds.
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Yeah, I get it. it’s a shame to sacrifice quality. Maybe you can net the trees somehow, at least partially?
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