figologist
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.....creating a Frankenfig when I get back. (I live in Oregon)
I moved into my current home 12.5 years ago and there were 3 fig trees that were already fairly mature in the ground. A Desert King, a Vern's Brown Turkey and a third fig they labeled as Lattarula. It most certainly isn't a Lattarula. The figs are tiny and purple and never hold their breba and never ripen the main. For a 20 year old fig tree, we gave it a chance. It must now donate its life to science.
So between cuttings I got from @Charlie Dodgson, Harvey, and a friend of mine (the guy who makes knives that I posted about before), I'm going to graft 12 varieties:
Filacciano Blanco (Charlie)
Pel de Bou (Charlie)
De La Plata (Harvey)
Albacor Comuna (Harvey)
San Miro Piro (Harvey)
Rossellino (Harvey)
Morocco Alter 23 (Harvey)
Plint Grosso Malunga (Harvey)
Paneta de Monda (Tobiah the knife dude)
Corky’s Honey Delight (Tobiah the knife dude)
Sister Madeline’s Yellow Greek (Tobiah the knife dude)
Crozes (Tobiah the knife dude)
My plan is to attempt 4 different grafting techniques: Terminal bark grafts for larger trunks (probably 3 of them at the end of each large branch), cleft grafts, chip grafts, and a graft I learned from JSacadura's channel called a T-graft. I'll video it for my YouTube channel (because why not) and then report back on the success/failure. Wish me luck!
I moved into my current home 12.5 years ago and there were 3 fig trees that were already fairly mature in the ground. A Desert King, a Vern's Brown Turkey and a third fig they labeled as Lattarula. It most certainly isn't a Lattarula. The figs are tiny and purple and never hold their breba and never ripen the main. For a 20 year old fig tree, we gave it a chance. It must now donate its life to science.
So between cuttings I got from @Charlie Dodgson, Harvey, and a friend of mine (the guy who makes knives that I posted about before), I'm going to graft 12 varieties:
Filacciano Blanco (Charlie)
Pel de Bou (Charlie)
De La Plata (Harvey)
Albacor Comuna (Harvey)
San Miro Piro (Harvey)
Rossellino (Harvey)
Morocco Alter 23 (Harvey)
Plint Grosso Malunga (Harvey)
Paneta de Monda (Tobiah the knife dude)
Corky’s Honey Delight (Tobiah the knife dude)
Sister Madeline’s Yellow Greek (Tobiah the knife dude)
Crozes (Tobiah the knife dude)
My plan is to attempt 4 different grafting techniques: Terminal bark grafts for larger trunks (probably 3 of them at the end of each large branch), cleft grafts, chip grafts, and a graft I learned from JSacadura's channel called a T-graft. I'll video it for my YouTube channel (because why not) and then report back on the success/failure. Wish me luck!