100 Gram Club

[rayray]

Did you have luck rooting the cuttings? I hope they were easy to root. If they are so I can look for cuttings this coning winter

They were tougher to root, but I suspect because they were a little thin and green. One did root, ironically is was the smallest and the unhealthiest looking cutting, I ran out of pots did nothing but threw it in the ground and it took! I trimmed some of my other figs (Mt Etna) with what I viewed as soon to be dead wood, I buried the cuttings all the way into the ground with maybe 1/2 inch sticking out of the ground, two of those not only rooted but leafed out nice and healthy.

Now part of me just wants to designate an area to just place cuttings directly into the ground and see what happens, because I've never had an easier way of rooting work out so well. It was about as "plug and play" as one can get with fig rooting as one can get.

 

[Figneer]

They were tougher to root, but I suspect because they were a little thin and green. One did root, ironically is was the smallest and the unhealthiest looking cutting, I ran out of pots did nothing but threw it in the ground and it took! I trimmed some of my other figs (Mt Etna) with what I viewed as soon to be dead wood, I buried the cuttings all the way into the ground with maybe 1/2 inch sticking out of the ground, two of those not only rooted but leafed out nice and healthy.

Now part of me just wants to designate an area to just place cuttings directly into the ground and see what happens, because I've never had an easier way of rooting work out so well. It was about as "plug and play" as one can get with fig rooting as one can get.

Interesting !!! I had zero luck in direct rooting no matter the verity so I have been grafting which had better chances of success. I did search yesterday and found few site that carry Nixon Peace but they all sold out, maybe this coming winter would be available

 

[FruitBrute]

Not sure yet but this might be my first entry into the 100G+ club. Is a 4th leaf tissue culture YLN. Its about tennis ball in size, hard to tell weight attached to the tree. Will know in the coming days.

 

[ETXfigs]

Not sure yet but this might be my first entry into the 100G+ club. Is a 4th leaf tissue culture YLN. Its about tennis ball in size, hard to tell weight attached to the tree. Will know in the coming days.

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Excellent! Is that a YLN from Profig? I've been tempted to get one because the price is very good.

 

[FruitBrute]

Excellent! Is that a YLN from Profig? I've been tempted to get one because the price is very good.

Purchased mine from Wellspring in Fall of '21

 

[Figgerlickinggood]

Purchased mine from Wellspring in Fall of '21

I also bought a YLN TC from Wellsprings back in 2020 through EBay for only $7. I was shocked at the little teeny skinny twig I received that grew enormous quickly with a ton of suckers and not 1 fig EVER. After 4 years I culled it.

 

[TorontoJoe]

I’d hire a security guard to watch that overnight. I’ll bet the critters are eyeballing it.

 

[MFJFIGS]

I posted these photos on my Facebook last week. 4 figs weighing about 1kg caused quite a bit of noise.
We have two YLN trees producing juicy and very refreshing figs that have a mild flavor of Saijo (Asian persimmons). I prefer dark berry flavor figs but the kids love these YLN, so both trees are staying,

 

[bushdoctor82]

I posted these photos on my Facebook last week. 4 figs weighing about 1kg caused quite a bit of noise.
We have two YLN trees producing juicy and very refreshing figs that have a mild flavor of Saijo (Asian persimmons). I prefer dark berry flavor figs but the kids love these YLN, so both trees are staying,

Wow, ~250 grams/fig is huge.

My body’s limit is around 6-8 figs/day, and that’s mostly 30-40 gram figs. If I average eating 7 figs/day at 35 grams/fig, I may be able to eat one of those - or I’ll spend the evening in the bathroom.

 

[GIV]

Wow, ~250 grams/fig is huge.

My body’s limit is around 6-8 figs/day, and that’s mostly 30-40 gram figs. If I average eating 7 figs/day at 35 grams/fig, I may be able to eat one of those - or I’ll spend the evening in the bathroom.

At the risk of appropriating an Oldie but Goodie, " I feel your pain".

 

[MFJFIGS]

Wow, ~250 grams/fig is huge.

My body’s limit is around 6-8 figs/day, and that’s mostly 30-40 gram figs. If I average eating 7 figs/day at 35 grams/fig, I may be able to eat one of those - or I’ll spend the evening in the bathroom.

It is all the honey and juice.

 

[TorontoJoe]

I posted these photos on my Facebook last week. 4 figs weighing about 1kg caused quite a bit of noise.
We have two YLN trees producing juicy and very refreshing figs that have a mild flavor of Saijo (Asian persimmons). I prefer dark berry flavor figs but the kids love these YLN, so both trees are staying,

I'm as impressed with those figs as I am thankful for your use of metric weight units

 

[MFJFIGS]

I grew up with metrics and it wasn’t easy switching overnight to imperial measurements… to add insult to injury it all happened while I was studying Architecture here in Boston (I finished my bachelor’s overseas and did my masters here… it was so frustrating)

 

[TorontoJoe]

I grew up with metrics and it wasn’t easy switching overnight to imperial measurements… to add insult to injury it all happened while I was studying Architecture here in Boston (I finished my bachelor’s overseas and did my masters here… it was so frustrating)

Give me an inch, and I'll take a kilometer!

Imperial units are one of the most challenging things for me here. I'm getting better but I don't yet have a natural sense for the weight of a pound or distance of a mile. Not to mention temperature. Unless it's 32 or 212, I need to look up for an accurate conversion.

 

[ETXfigs]

I grew up with metrics and it wasn’t easy switching overnight to imperial measurements… to add insult to injury it all happened while I was studying Architecture here in Boston (I finished my bachelor’s overseas and did my masters here… it was so frustrating)

I think everything should be metric. When I was a millwright I had blueprints in all sorts of confusion. At a Pfizer pharmaceutical plant I worked on machinery that was made in Germany and all the data sheets and blueprints were in German. That was fun to figure out.

 

[TorontoJoe]

Yeah!?!? Why isn't this the 3.3814023 ounce club?

 

[FruitBrute]

I also bought a YLN TC from Wellsprings back in 2020 through EBay for only $7. I was shocked at the little teeny skinny twig I received that grew enormous quickly with a ton of suckers and not 1 fig EVER. After 4 years I culled it.

This is the only tree I've waited out. It has set figs 3 of the 4 seasons I've grown it, with each new season setting a few more figs. Finally glad to see one ripening. Also slightly scared to think what next year's tree could look like.

 

[FruitBrute]

I’d hire a security guard to watch that overnight. I’ll bet the critters are eyeballing it.

I don't have much of a critter issue around here. Biggest pests are ants and the pill bugs that like to eat the skin on some figs for whatever reason.

 

[FruitBrute]

I posted these photos on my Facebook last week. 4 figs weighing about 1kg caused quite a bit of noise.
We have two YLN trees producing juicy and very refreshing figs that have a mild flavor of Saijo (Asian persimmons). I prefer dark berry flavor figs but the kids love these YLN, so both trees are staying,

Wow

 

[FruitBrute]

I think everything should be metric. When I was a millwright I had blueprints in all sorts of confusion. At a Pfizer pharmaceutical plant I worked on machinery that was made in Germany and all the data sheets and blueprints were in German. That was fun to figure out.

I honestly don't mind using metric systems. I work as a high precision rubber mold (mould ) builder and we have a global mix of clients using both imperial and metric systems. Metric seems to scare a lot of the guys around the shop but I think its easier to memorize and figure things than in the imperial system.