I could do a few dozen but they would never be outdoors; my greenhouse has room for a few dozen long-term potted or a handful in ground though.
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Thank you so much Richard! Besides your generosity on this post youāre a Bonafide Asset to the world of botany and a one of a kind that Iāve ever ran across anywhere. Sorry to bring this up but itās true and many that know you agree.
What a trade looks like with a man that loves figs and wants them to carry on. I ended up a with few incredibly top tier cultivars of unique figs here some I didnāt know about but so glad to have learned about.
Biancha De Deux Saisons, De La Caseta, Mare De Deu, Green Michurinska, Lilla, Fort Mills Dark, Sbayi, Emerald Strawberry, De La Roca and Mirrus Negretta. Also not pictured is Saleeb, Enderud, Dāen Annabella, CapriQ, Wild #1.
Look at that first class packaging. 
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Thatās phenomenal and extremely generous of @Richard
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Truly awesome, Iāll definitely be asking you for cuttings for a few of these varieties next year 
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Currently sitting at 250+ varieties and 300+ potted trees with around 200 in ground trees in zone 4b. Iāve gotten survival in ground and even if they wonāt fruit in ground I can share cuttings readily from them due to the fast growth of in ground trees even in our cold climate. Mostly just wanted to vote
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@Olsfarm
The poll asks:
How many fig cultivars do you have the resources to propagate from cuttings and maintain for years to come outdoors year-round?
The answer in hardiness zone 4b is zero.
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I donāt want to argue, but Iāve maintained a dozen in ground which is outdoors year round for two years now. Each year setting fruit earlier. While it may take 3-5 years before most will fruit successfully in ground here the question didnāt state it had to successfully fruit. I agree that tree form is near impossible here if that was the intent of the question.
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Iām not looking for free cuttings but I can maintain the trees, although more effort than souther climates and also in different forms. I didnāt read the statement as you giving away cuttings but as a general question.
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The first sentence says:
For those interested in receiving a free bundle of cuttings from my fig repository
Yes after re reading it I realized that but my post was already in
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@Olsfarm
A significant number of members here would be interested in more details of your outdoor fig trials in 4b. Please consider starting a thread on the topic.
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@Richard
I can do that. I started a YouTube to try and document it as I go. This last fall being busy with row crop harvest taught me a lesson on early mulching. Iām hoping majority of my new trees survive and Iāll make a thread specific to my in ground growing tonight.
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Progress. Potted figs eliminated from the collection. Their soils will go in the new planter this weekend and the rootballs into the municipal greenery barrels.
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Happily I received a break in work today due to day-long rain showers.
Iām about 1/8th the way through the cultivar reduction.
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Curious why just rooting. I would do a graft and a root if there are multiple scions of the same variety. Having over a hundred seedlings of various ages that volunteered in the yard, Iād use their established roots and give them a faster start.
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@fruitfruit
Iām not sure who you are replying to. The opening post says āpropagate from cuttingsā.
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My bad, discussions seemed leaning towards rooting so made an incorrect assumption.
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@Richard i have a YouTube under the same name and go by BOfig on the fig forums. Posting anything I have in there for my zone growing figs. Hand pollination yielded 100+ pollinated varieties, over 200+ ripened varieties in total this year in containers. Still waiting for the first in grounds to fruit that survived winter, should be in the next couple weeks.
I have space and ability for pots that get moved inside, but have only one in ground fig outdoors year-round because Iām in 6b.
I have to protect it in winter (using the method of cutting it back to big sticks and wrapping it in chicken wire then covering in straw/bales around it to hold the straw maybe this is @TNHunterās method? I canāt remember who it was but I copied them and it works).
Didnāt answer the poll but would help if plants could be moved in and out or the figs are more cold hardy.
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