The $1000 fig tree

Figless said:
@ETXfigs I thank you for saying that. I really think has a membership we could get together, and purchase these varieties to be put in the hands of our best grafters, and propagators to get these varieties in the hands of our membership. I will personally pledge another $200 towards a fund to do just that. Let's get a group of us together, and pick a few varieties that we as a membership want to have. Acquire those varieties, and put them before our giants of propagation.

We can do anything as a membership we deem, or dream possible.

LOL we might have to wait a minute till Bill Gates, and Elon Musk acquire the varieties they've got their eyes on...
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Throw them in the ol sand box. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
 
BREEDING might be the wrong word although there are some dedicated breeders of figs in our forum .AS mentioned and partialy funded by figless the concept of rare fig propigation to spread high dollar varieties by forming sindicates/fellowships to buy cuttings and have master members of the participants grow them out to distribute the propigated cuttings/trees to the fellowship the next dormant season for shipping at best beyond there initial $ contribution . IS A GREAT WAY TO GET A $400 CUTTING FOR $100 .OR LESS ? Depending on cost of rare initial cutting /number of fellowship members /and how much the cutting grows if at all ? Neet way to spread the risk and in a couple seasons tern gold into lead !
 
Fig Gazer said:
BREEDING might be the wrong word although there are some dedicated breeders of figs in our forum .AS mentioned and partialy funded by figless the concept of rare fig propigation to spread high dollar varieties by forming sindicates/fellowships to buy cuttings and have master members of the participants grow them out to distribute the propigated cuttings/trees to the fellowship the next dormant season for shipping at best beyond there initial $ contribution . IS A GREAT WAY TO GET A $400 CUTTING FOR $100 .OR LESS ? Depending on cost of rare initial cutting /number of fellowship members /and how much the cutting grows if at all ? Neet way to spread the risk and in a couple seasons tern gold into lead !
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I was trying to figure out where the breeding part fit in.
 
SOME OF THE PROS AND CONS, DINAMICS OF FELLOWSHIP FIG PURCHASING PROGRAMS . First lets look at the dinamics ,high dollar cutting /cuttings are bought (usualy off figbid ) by a designated hitter that can foot the bill and take posesion of the shipment .The "hitter" distributes the cutting /cuttings to the designated propagators asap.The members send there share of the cost to the "hitter" asap .Generaly this activity takes place in the late winter to get best sions and entering prime grafting season/rooting and to get a full season of growth to generate the sion wood and or trees for the members to recive as there share at the start of the next season . PROS :"RARE"/EXPENSIVE varietys obtained at discount price ,propigation risk distributed amonst group,variety distributed more widely folks will get advantage of master propigators that first year .quality of cuttings/trees produced may be higher than cuttings/trees first bought . CONS : INITIAL PURCHASED CUTTINGS/TREES MAY FAIL !! Fellowship members lose a year growing time vs paying full price themselves. propigators take on some stress with the grafting/rooting of sions for other folks . possible draw back if member dies or has change of hart after joining ,seller sabatoges cutting to thwart the fellowship program ? WELL these are my first thoughts on the subject ,personaly i like and support the concept ! What do you think ? although i am only a ok grafter i would take on the challenge for a fellowship or two .
 
rayray said:
I’ve never seen Kremp Florist jack up prices from what they have listed, even when out of stock.

I guess we’ll see on this one since they have it listed.

I forget which one was fairly hot at one time, cessac, crozes or conde something like that and even when figbid was insane their prices were much more reasonable, for a cutting.
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They check market prices before selling. Their prices can be a few bucks cheaper then figbid or higher. I'm guessing the cuttings will be a hundred or more. They may not sell any cuttings and keep them for rooting.
 
Figsee said:
I have a 2nd year Sicilian 33 that I was able get one fruit on in 2024. It was super late and up against the frost but it was still sweet with strawberry flavors. This year growing full time in my greenhouse it has about 40 figs on it so I’m excited to see what happens with the tree this season. I’m hoping for more of the dense / jammyness it’s described to have. I was able to take three airlayers off my tree last week so maybe the price will stay high and I can retire early.
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If it is super late then it could possibly be Vernino #33 on the Belaclare list. I do have both figs and hope to compare.
 
Fig Gazer said:
SOME OF THE PROS AND CONS, DINAMICS OF FELLOWSHIP FIG PURCHASING PROGRAMS . First lets look at the dinamics ,high dollar cutting /cuttings are bought (usualy off figbid ) by a designated hitter that can foot the bill and take posesion of the shipment .The "hitter" distributes the cutting /cuttings to the designated propagators asap.The members send there share of the cost to the "hitter" asap .Generaly this activity takes place in the late winter to get best sions and entering prime grafting season/rooting and to get a full season of growth to generate the sion wood and or trees for the members to recive as there share at the start of the next season . PROS :"RARE"/EXPENSIVE varietys obtained at discount price ,propigation risk distributed amonst group,variety distributed more widely folks will get advantage of master propigators that first year .quality of cuttings/trees produced may be higher than cuttings/trees first bought . CONS : INITIAL PURCHASED CUTTINGS/TREES MAY FAIL !! Fellowship members lose a year growing time vs paying full price themselves. propigators take on some stress with the grafting/rooting of sions for other folks . possible draw back if member dies or has change of hart after joining ,seller sabatoges cutting to thwart the fellowship program ? WELL these are my first thoughts on the subject ,personaly i like and support the concept ! What do you think ? although i am only a ok grafter i would take on the challenge for a fellowship or two .
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When serious money is involved, the world seems more complicated. :cautious:
 
I would certainly Trust many of our senior members they have our best interests at heart especially @Fig Gazer who has transformed so many of our new members home Orchards with his super generous cutting donations. I would certainly Trust Our Moderators as well. @MattK is my propagation teacher. Everything I know I owe to him. We have great senior members here. Many of them are running home base Orchard businesses, and may not have time to do this. Like @JMF75 @Tinyfish , but we have a lot of super skillful senior members. Maybe @Figgin' A for our Canadian members. And of course all y'all whose names were not mentioned.
 
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Figless said:
@ETXfigs I thank you for saying that. I really think has a membership we could get together, and purchase these varieties to be put in the hands of our best grafters, and propagators to get these varieties in the hands of our membership. I will personally pledge another $200 towards a fund to do just that. Let's get a group of us together, and pick a few varieties that we as a membership want to have. Acquire those varieties, and put them before our giants of propagation.

We can do anything as a membership we deem, or dream possible.

LOL we might have to wait a minute till Bill Gates, and Elon Musk acquire the varieties they've got their eyes on...
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Save your money. I will send some grafting cuttings of Sicilian 33 in the fall to whomever you guys want to be the one responsible for the trial.

I’ll also attach some photos once my tree fruits this year.
 
Figsee said:
Save your money. I will send some grafting cuttings of Sicilian 33 in the fall to whomever you guys want to be the one responsible for the trial.

I’ll also attach some photos once my tree fruits this year.
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I’ll have a pile of trees just ready to graft in 4x9s a few 8 inch sticks should do a dozen or two lol
 
figologist said:
I think I've finally found my groove with grafting. After the Frankenfig, I learned a lot lol
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First few times online videos make it seem fool proof and then comes reality of them all failing. Two years later I can say the same, grafting is an art that has to be learned through failures.
 
Bofig said:
First few times online videos make it seem fool proof and then comes reality of them all failing. Two years later I can say the same, grafting is an art that has to be learned through failures.
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@Figsee may I humbly suggest the
*☆((Magic))☆* grafts of @Fig Gazer or @Bofig since they were gracious enough to volunteer?

Those double whip, and tongue grafts are absolutely insane. A very small failure rate.
 
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