BucksCountyFigs
Well-known member
I have a small tree on order for this spring. I can connect you to my person, if you want.
Portuguese Unknowns
- Thread starter LadyGT
- Start date
BucksCountyFigs
Well-known member
Man, I can’t wait for the warmer weather!Organized Chaos gardening is happening around May…Moving pots outside, up potting, fertilizing, grafting,air layering, acclimating rooted cuttings, planting etc. That is just figs but not for regular gardening.
BucksCountyFigs
Well-known member
Here is an update on Portuguese unk #5, which interestingly, was NOT the strongest grower of the five unknowns (#4 was), but it’s great now!
This was fig popped on 12/19.
Here is what it looks like today (2/10).
A common question I get is “my roots are growing up out of the soil. What should I do? Is that bad?”
You mean like this?
As you can tell, it totally doesn’t matter if your roots are growing out of the soil. Heck, they even push their determined little way up through tightly tied rubber bands holding the fig pop closed. I can understand how they can be destructive to house foundations, break pots, etc.
Note: these roots pushing up out of the soil are very different than roots that might be growing above the soil higher up on the cutting. Those are because the conditions are too humid. They are not desirable, but not bad and you can make Leon’s out of lemonade.
So, to answer the most common question, is this ready to up pot?
Yes, a bit over ready. I was in the hospital, so it went probably a week over, but I up potted it today. If you have roots growing up out of the soil like this, just be sure to cover them with a good amount of soil as you can.
Can you up pot before it gets to this point? Absolutely you can, and people do it all the time, with differing success rates. People also use different media, light conditions, heat mat or no heat mats, etc. and lucky for us, figs are one of the easiest fruits to root.
But I just wait because I’m a lazy gardener, and what could be easier than just leaving them in a fig pop?
Plus, we have some time before it’s warm enough here in PA for them to go outside, and fig pops take up way less space than tree pots or larger pots, so I’m in no rush to up pot until I really have to. And once those leaves start growing, they grow fast and big, and you run out of canopy space and appropriate lighting very quickly.
Hope this was helpful.
Happy fig popping, everyone!
This was fig popped on 12/19.
Here is what it looks like today (2/10).
A common question I get is “my roots are growing up out of the soil. What should I do? Is that bad?”
You mean like this?
As you can tell, it totally doesn’t matter if your roots are growing out of the soil. Heck, they even push their determined little way up through tightly tied rubber bands holding the fig pop closed. I can understand how they can be destructive to house foundations, break pots, etc.
Note: these roots pushing up out of the soil are very different than roots that might be growing above the soil higher up on the cutting. Those are because the conditions are too humid. They are not desirable, but not bad and you can make Leon’s out of lemonade.
So, to answer the most common question, is this ready to up pot?
Yes, a bit over ready. I was in the hospital, so it went probably a week over, but I up potted it today. If you have roots growing up out of the soil like this, just be sure to cover them with a good amount of soil as you can.
Can you up pot before it gets to this point? Absolutely you can, and people do it all the time, with differing success rates. People also use different media, light conditions, heat mat or no heat mats, etc. and lucky for us, figs are one of the easiest fruits to root.
But I just wait because I’m a lazy gardener, and what could be easier than just leaving them in a fig pop?
Plus, we have some time before it’s warm enough here in PA for them to go outside, and fig pops take up way less space than tree pots or larger pots, so I’m in no rush to up pot until I really have to. And once those leaves start growing, they grow fast and big, and you run out of canopy space and appropriate lighting very quickly.
Hope this was helpful.
Happy fig popping, everyone!
Last edited:
BucksCountyFigs
Well-known member
Last edited:
snarfing
Well-known member
They continue to encroach.....
ClayFig
Well-known member
My #5 is doing great with root growth, it’s finally breaking buds. I will take a picture when I get home