Figcuttings.com : True to Type ?
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bushdoctor82
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Not sure anyone has ever gone from 0 - Mach 10 quicker than you. What’s your current tree count?
jobe05
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Your not really going to make me say it out loud are you?...... Including seedlings, I am in the quadruplet number...... with out them, just the normal trees and Air Layers I have it comes to a little over 500. I only have 3 favorites however...... They are names Three Saints!! I do love that fig.
Figgerlickinggood
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First question where are you located and what zone? Are they all inground or containers or both? Either way that’s a lot of work doing winter protection.
jobe05
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I am just south of you in North Carolina, between Winston Salem and the Va line. All my tree's are in pots right now. I have a garage area built under my back deck that I store the tree's in during the winter, they stack nicely and almost all fit. If there is ever over flow, (which there might be this year), they will go into what space I have in the shed, which a small portion of that shed is my chicken coop, and I keep it tempered for the girls in the winter months, so it never freezes.First question where are you located and what zone? Are they all inground or containers or both? Either way that’s a lot of work doing winter protection.
Kompakfigs
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My goodness. Do you cull trees at all and would you like to foster 3 more trees.
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superdave336
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Glad we’re neighbors….lol.
bushdoctor82
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Awesome that the tree is working out for you. I only gave cuttings to you and another member outside of friends, family and neighbors.
Kompakfigs
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Honestly, the prices arent bad especially for anyone that are new to fig propagation.
jobe05
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I hope you don't mind, I have given several AL away to people, even if they don't ask for them because it is really good, and it gives a generous crop.
bushdoctor82
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All good - give, trade or sell away.
DCallahan
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So what's the story on the Three Saints ?
Gladstone1969
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Hmmm. I’m interested to learn more!
AAAJacks
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He had a really bad reputation many years ago. This James Spearman guy was the main reason why figs 4 fun went under I think. He was selling fig trees or cuttings to people and then never sending them the plants or cuttings. This happened so many times that at some point the attorney general of the state got into it and James ended up settling to avoid jail..
This is the basic summery of the story as far as I remember it has been a few years since I read through it. I have not heard anything bad about him recently but I have not been reading much lately.
This is the basic summery of the story as far as I remember it has been a few years since I read through it. I have not heard anything bad about him recently but I have not been reading much lately.
AAAJacks
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I think he said he is stepping away from selling but I did see one of his listings not that long ago.
jobe05
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Yes, fruitnut sold his place is moving to Co., to be closer to his kids
bushdoctor82
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@DCallahan @Gladstone1969
It’s my Family unknown Etna type. My Great-Grandmother was growing it in North Jersey starting in the 20s, my PopPop was growing it in North Jersey starting in the 50s, my Mother has been growing it in South Jersey since the 80s and I just started growing it in South Jersey in 2021.
It’s my Family unknown Etna type. My Great-Grandmother was growing it in North Jersey starting in the 20s, my PopPop was growing it in North Jersey starting in the 50s, my Mother has been growing it in South Jersey since the 80s and I just started growing it in South Jersey in 2021.
jobe05
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Three Saints....... First, I like figs regardless of type, that have a back story..... I'll let @bushdoctor82 tell the story of the tree. A couple years ago, BushDoctor sent me 3 cuttings. One of them was long and had a "Y" at the very top, that I cut off. I put the 3 cuttings in soil like all cuttings I root.... when i was done, I was cleaning up and came across this little 3/4" "Y" top cutting I cut off. I hate throwing anything away, so I took that Y, and stuck it in dirt that was in a plastic cup...... Long story short, it rooted, and grew into the biggest tree of all the cuttings. The figs, when ripening look like a Brown Turkey fig, so when the first fruits were coming ripe, I was happy, but didn't get excited.... Then I tasted it...... OH My...... A little deeper berry and so much sweeter fig. THIS is the fig you cook with and make jams with. Its a super producer, it ages well off the tree so you have time to work with them (Unlike BT), just an all around really good fig. I'd like to see how well they dry on the tree but I never seem to have any last that long, they are just that good either way. As a side note, I am not alone..... I have 1 chicken that I don't care where she is in the yard, if I go near that tree she is right there, she loves them!! Heres a pic of one that wasn't quite ripe, needed a few more days........ Notice my chicken in the back ground hoping I would drop that fig.......
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Kompakfigs
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I saw a few listings on figbid and he was active on the other forum this past summer.
Kompakfigs
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That is some serious stuff.