Off the beaten path plant sale

[Armo]

I have one but it's in a treepot. Pretty vigorous plant. My buddy here in Oregon introduced me to it, and I got the amazing cuttings from @Zwerchfell - here's the video Chris made

Great looking fig. When does your tree ripen and what zone are you in? Chris says mid September ripening with a couple of weeks of head start. Do you know when that head start was? I'm sure it would be a very late variety for my area but if i can give it a head start in February I might have a chance.

 

[Ben]

This is a Chincoteague Celeste that I bought from Off the Beaten Path last year in the Spring.
Waiting for it's second leaf.View attachment 6747

I'm a newbie on all of the varieties. I live 30 minutes from Chincoteague and this is the first I've heard of this one. I'm going to have to try to get one.

 

[ktrain]

In have never heard of this Celeste variant.

Is it not just a Celeste?

 

[ETXfigs]

I put a 35 dollar plant in my cart and tried to check out. Shipping was 35. And it's not hand delivered by a sherpa so.....nope. LOL

Coastal Fig Company has $10 shipping. They don't have a huge selection but I noticed they added a couple more lately. LSU Hollier was recently added.

 

[superdave336]

I found the video.

 

[ETXfigs]

I love Celeste. My 3 year old has a fig at every node of new growth and the 2nd year tree that I got from Lowes a couple weeks ago has double figlets.

 

[figologist]

Great looking fig. When does your tree ripen and what zone are you in? Chris says mid September ripening with a couple of weeks of head start. Do you know when that head start was? I'm sure it would be a very late variety for my area but if i can give it a head start in February I might have a chance.

I haven't fruited it yet cuz I just grew it. Chris is in 8b and I'm two hours of north of him in 9a. His head starts are usually only 3-4 weeks from experience.

 

[MC Dub]

Very high prices.

He’s only releasing the plants that are ready so not everything will be available now.

Fig Plants – Off the Beaten Path Nursery

Browse hundreds of varieties of fig tree plants from Off the Beaten Path Nursery, a family-owned and operated nursery rooted in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

offthebeatenpathnursery.com

 

[MC Dub]

$35 for shipping?

That's an outrageous cost for shipping and not realistic at all.

 

[MC Dub]

I did some checking and I’m thinking the prices are a bit high for my liking lol. I find it crazy some varieties like black cross or Constantine de algerie one gallon are going for 45-60 bucks still and I gave away for shipping a bunch of cuttings last fall. They grow so quickly that they both filled a 25 gallon pot in a season and had maybe 40-50 cuttings each once I pruned back.

I completely agree with your comment.

 

[superdave336]

I think he has already sold everything he currently has ready. Nothing is showing up now.

 

[Trustyfarms]

They had one expensive variety called Borda Barraquar for $120 and it sold really fast. Anyone with any experience growing this variety?

It’s one of my favorite varieties and is a heavy producer of sweet dark berry figs. I’ll have a good number of air layers available on figbid in the coming weeks.