CdD Bordissotenca


Maybe this is one that is better not caprified, I have seen good reviews of CdDBord. It does look good!
 
@"Figology"#21 CdD Bordissotenca. Your fig pictures certainly looks stunning. I'm sorry if they don't taste as good as they look. I did try to root one of these last winter, and it was one of the CdD's I struck out with. Maybe as @"MiaD"#88 said it could be one of the few figs that is not improved by caprification. For newbie members who are just starting out with propagation I should share that I lost 40 cuttings last winter. I started with 120 cuttings mostly given to me in CRFG Exchange events. I managed to root and have good top growth on 95% of my propagation table then fig bud mites that were Sheltering in apical buds came out, and severely weakened a lot of cuttings. Losses definitely happen. I do recommend treating cuttings with wettable sulfur. I have a gardening partner who lost 20 cuttings as well. So together we lost 60 Cuttings over the winter.
 
@figless I’m sorry you did not have a high success rate. It sounds like your rooting method produced a high failure record. I recommend doing something different this time around. 1 gal or less Tall Tree pots with a u-line bag around them seems to be the best way recently.
 
@"Figology"#21 thank you so much I do appreciate the suggestion. It has been a source of heated debate here at figless farms because 30 Harvey cuttings are being mailed to us here in Berkeley from Los Angeles. I left them in a refrigerator crisper for 6 months. As you suggested I will not go with the same propagation method this time. We do have tree pot/big fig pop bags available. I also wanted to try some compressed Peat root riot cubes just to see what happens. In defense of the clear cup and lid method I did get 95% success till the fig bud mite wiped me out. I will probably go 80% of the cuttings the way you suggested. Infamous cup method pictures posted below just before the Wipeout from FBM. Also a large bag fig pop group propagated similar to what you're suggesting.. I think feedback requested from all.
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Thanks for the candid review.  I wonder if this is one that will improve with age/maturity of the tree?  Otherwise, doesn't sound like it will be worth keeping.
 
@randyk I’m looking at getting down to 20 varieties. 

Unless someone has room for hundreds of varieties and 5 years for trialing, I wouldn’t recommend this one. It could be a great fig, when I ground and 10 years old etc. almost any fig is .
 
Figology said:
@randyk I’m looking at getting down to 20 varieties. 

Unless someone has room for hundreds of varieties and 5 years for trialing, I wouldn’t recommend this one. It could be a great fig, when I ground and 10 years old etc. almost any fig is .
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Thank makes complete sense to me.  I consider myself still in the "evaluation mode" and have many varieties right now, but I am also looking forward to that time when I can get down to 15 or 20 of my favorite varieties.
 
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