Why aren't Green Michurinska fig trees more available to buy?

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Yes this is me with my Campaniere cuttings. Probably will just keep them since it’s the variety I wanted the most anyway. :man_shrugging:

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See he has it, yet do you want it so much as a tree that you’d pay that much? It’s out of stock right now https://www.figboss.com/product-page/green-michurinska-fig-tree

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i know i bought from them but just FORGOT TO BUY GM!!! i bought in the first like 5 minutes lol i could have done it :’(

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his trees are VERY expensive. its not really the time of year you’ll see a lot more young trees coming up in spring though.

Also a GM rooted cutting just went up. will see more as the season continues with probably lower prices FigBid - Online Auctions of Fig Trees, Fig Cuttings & Growing Supplies - Green Michurinska, own roots, 4x9 tree pot

its from one of our own actually :slight_smile:

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Yes I know, I very rarely buy fig trees because they are expensive from everyone, when cuttings are always cheaper,

Look at what I found, a lot of people like getting cuttings from these people, they sell rooted cuttings as well, yet un-rooted are cheaper, and are available now/they start shipping in late April Green Michurinska Fig | Buy Fig Cuttings Online | Kremp Florist

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TC plants, as I understand it, act more like they are being grown from seed instead of a cutting from a mature fruiting tree and, for that reason, can take much much longer to start fruiting heavily

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Yes, I carry it. It’s one of my new favorites. I like that it’s an Adriatic type but ripens mid season, not late. Also very delicious.

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Which lab?

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Ive heard the fruiting thing is a myth, but the suckering isnt. Though growing from tc then rooting a cutting or air layering works.

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When you say suckering you mean adventitious buds coming from the roots? The vast majority of figs don’t do that, or maybe only tissue culture figs do that? Do you just mean more stems coming from the base of the plant?

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No just growing in a branching manner. Multistem growth. Also referred to as suckering

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That’s not what that means. Suckers are new sprouts emerging from the root system away from and not associated with the main trunk. Maybe you were referring to water sprouts which also aren’t exactly the same thing

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Thats not true. It also refers to additional trunks coming off a base of a tree.

https://yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu/how-to/managing-suckers-fruit-ornamental-and-shade-trees#:~:text=Suckers%20are%20vigorous%20upright%20growing%20stems%20that,their%20base%20as%20soon%20as%20they%20appear.

“Suckers are vigorous upright growing stems that form at the base of a tree or from the root system causing stems to appear inches or feet from the base of the trunk. “

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