Portuguese Unknowns
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BucksCountyFigs
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That was hilarious.
BucksCountyFigs
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Portuguese 4 looks great!
It is showing its first roots, and the leaves are starting, too!
(Fig popped on 12/19.)
It is showing its first roots, and the leaves are starting, too!
(Fig popped on 12/19.)
BucksCountyFigs
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Update on Portuguese 5:
First roots are growing nicely.
So, for me, the order of first roots so far is:
1 > 4 > 5
(Fig popped on 12/19.)
First roots are growing nicely.
So, for me, the order of first roots so far is:
1 > 4 > 5
(Fig popped on 12/19.)
Opiem10
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In ground, the UNK Portuguese #4 variety was a big, very healthy tree that was loaded with big, unripened figs. I am not surprised that this “beast” showed such nice roots in just over two weeks.
Great job!
BucksCountyFigs
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Then I’ll just have to rip out my flooring and replace it with heated floors, so I can have one giant heat mat!
FigMamaJanet
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BucksCountyFigs WOW!! Those are amazing roots already! Thank you for sharing your progress, it gives hope that these could be "awesome" fig trees. Keep us posted on your rooting progress.
@BucksCountyFigs As a new fig grower you have alot of enthusiasm , success in fig popping and great photos. With alot of new growers coming on board this season can you give a brief tutorial on your method for success? Keep it basic. Like score or not, hormones or not , heat mat or not, darkness or not, the mix you use for rooting, etc. We all can learn from your methods. Probably start a new thread for it.
Kompakfigs
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There should a separate section for cutting propagation. @TorontoJoe, would that be possible.
GoodFriendMike
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Message a mod or Joe.
snarfing
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How can you tell the difference between the bud breaks?
BucksCountyFigs
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Hmm…I’m not quite sure how to explain it, since I can tell just by looking at it. Yeah, somebody in this house spends a lot of time looking at their figs…
One thing that I noticed in gardening in general is that sometimes when a plant is not doing well or dying, it will put out a last ditch effort to replicate itself. This can be especially obvious in plants like orchids, which will literally grow a baby orchid, called a keiki (what is Hawaiian for baby/child) on a dying stalk, as the last ditch effort to survive.
And I noticed when I started doing fig cuttings, that the bud break and the leaves being pushed out just solely due to the energy in the stick itself, emerges differently and looks different to me than the green growth that proceeds healthy roots (on the occasion when the green growth proceeds the roots, which, for me, is less common than roots before leaves).
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goodnessatlanta
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BucksCountyFigs
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The Beast has awakened!!
(fig popped on 12/19)
(fig popped on 12/19)
Figlove
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@BucksCountyFigs! I second this request. Pretty please!
FigMamaJanet
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Beautiful roots!!!!!!!
Opiem10
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Sorry it took so long to root for you. LOL. I can envision lots of fig pops being started after seeing your results.
May it grow 6 feet tall before the weather warms and you can safely move it outside.
