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Old 04-11-2008, 11:24 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Default Re: Rooting hardwood cuttings

The figs are:

Black Fig I
California Brown (aka Turkey)
Panache
Osborne Prolific

The Black Fig will be trained as a regular fruit tree, esp. since it's best fruit is borne on 2-year or older wood. The others are best on 1st year wood. Further, I don't really have room to grow them as a regular tree. Instead, I am going to train them next to my property line using the Japanese commercial system for white and brown figs, as shown here:

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