damaclese

MSKitty it is normal for figs to go dorment in the winter its better for them i habe two figs and am an avid grower of them they seem to do beter with a piriod of dormance. let them go dormet and only water ones a month

damaclese

if any one is interested this is a link to one of my fravrit fig Groups Fig Interest Group
Propagating Figs

Figs are easy to propagate as they root very easily. There are several ways to propagate them. The most common method is to root leafless cuttings taken in late winter or early spring. Here's how to do it:

Take cuttings which are 3 to 6 inches long and pencil to finger thick. The best cuttings will have some of last year's wood on them.
If the weather is still unsettled and likely to frost, store the cuttings in a sealed ziplock in the produce bin in your refrigerator. If the weather is warm and likely to stay warm, pot your cuttings in sand or a good-quality potting mix.
Using 4" deep plastic pots, pack a half sheet of newspaper tightly into the bottom of the pot. Put a little mix in the bottom, stand 1 to 4 cuttings upright in each pot and fill the pot with the mix.
Water the pots thoroughly and stand them in a very bright, BUT NOT SUNNY place. It should be warm--70+° F. If you can't keep air temperature above 70°, provide bottom heat to bring the soil up to 70° F. Cover the pot with an empty 2 or 3 liter softdrink bottle with the bottom cut out. [Leave the lid on.]
Don't water the cuttings again until they are very dry. Test for dryness occasionally by lifting the pot. If the pot is very light, water it by setting it in a pan of water and letting it soak. When you see vigorous growth, it is time to harden off the new plants. Remove the bottle cap and see how they do. If okay, remove the bottle after a few days. Keep an eye on them and reinstall the bottle if the plants wilt.
After a few days, it will be time to pot up the new plants. Don't do this just because you see leaves growing. Sometimes there will be 4 or 5 leaves and few if any roots. Wait until you see vigorous growth. Apply fertilizer.

mskitty38583

hey thanks! i appriciate the info. i wasnt sure but i told my mom id find out. she had it planted outside for 2 yrs and got mad when it died back. then brought it in the house. so thank you again.

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mskitty38583

i dint know that figs are part of the ficus family....wow thats cool, ill have to bookmark that page. thanks for the site. thats great. i love fig newtons.its not a cookie...its fruit and cake.

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damaclese

mskitty u always make me laff besides bananas figs are my most favorite fruit i love to take them fresh from the garden cut them in to quarters and rap them with pasuto or parma ham makes a really nice snack or good for partys

mskitty38583

to be honest...i have never eaten a fresh off the tree fig. i did watch bobby flay on the food network make some kind of stewed fig southwesten thing the other day. boy oh boy did it look yummy. made my mouth water. btw im glad i can make someone laugh, my cats just walk away anymore.and my dogs think im nanas. lol.

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Richard

Across the street from where I spent my grade school years in Redlands, CA there was a large fig tree which bore dark purple skinned fruits. It had been planted alongside an orange grove around 1910, so it was probably a "Mission" fig. I really didn't care for the fresh fruit that much, and today my attitude hasn't really changed. But about 20 years ago I tried a fresh light-skinned fig and my interest really peaked! Since then I have been very adventurous in trying different varieties and sorting out the ones I really like. Be aware that the taste of some figs varies with the climate they grow in -- for example the Panache fruit grown in southern CA is liked by most people but when grown in the southern U.S. is reportedly putrid.
Here's the figs I've tried and liked:
Brunswick
California (Improved) Brown Turkey
Flanders
Janice-Kadota
Kadota
King
Osborn Prolific
Panache
A fig I would like to try:
Excel

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damaclese

dogs have a notoriously nihilistic sens of hummer dear and as for cats well need i say more we poor humans will just have to support each other and leave the animals to entertain them selves

damaclese

i was just like that Richard and I'm in complete agreement some figs just aren't Worth it but there are a few that really have Grata flavor
my favorite are:
Black jack good all around fig cooks well
Italian honey fig vary sweet and extra good for fresh eating
Kadota but out of the three not the best to dry
brown Turkey which is basically a hybrid of missing but with a much better cold tolerance
I'm still trying to lurn about others its not a fruit that has a big commercial fallowing do to its poor shipping quality's but the Hobbeists have done allot in the last 100 years to breed new trees Rich i have to hand it to you You seem to have one hell of allot of gardening experience i feel humbled talking fig with u

modenacart

Jon has tons of fig types. He is at figs4fun home

Richard

Pauly, you should not feel humbled about talking figs or any other plant with me! I am relatively new at growing most crops and plants. I might appear knowledgeable only because I write a lot of notes, plus read and collect lots of expert publications [an old habit from a career as an applied researcher].

Modenacart is right on target recommending Jon (member name pitangadiego). It has been his encouragment that got me started with rooting hardwood cuttings and growing bananas here in San Diego. The main portal to his endeavors is at
Encanto Farms Nursery

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My fig and pomegranate cuttings are doing fine, but the Diospyros lotus cuttings have been declining in health. I repotted one of the pots with 3 cuttings this evening -- and was surprised to find no roots on the wood. So I dutifully put more rooting hormone on the cuttings and finished repotting them. Hopefully they will improve!

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Good luck w/ your cuttings, Richard.

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damaclese

thanks Richard i do love fig's and roses to bananas as well iv been gardening since i was 5 years old started when my moms boss gave her two American beauty rose that he had hybridized and didn't have room for more i took care of those rose until we moved i was 25 wish i had taken them with me o well i have many roses which do outstanding here in the Mohave desert (no black spot) the figs iv had only for a year or so and the bananas are new for me but so far my Williams is doing grate its putting a leaf on a week they do grow fast wow! i also am an avid reader and the INTERNET has yielded a plethora of information its amazing what u can find out. that is how i found Bananas.org just looking for banana plants. i feel like you all are family to me already in just a short time every ones been so helpful and since no one in my house hold is in to gardening its nice to have people to talk dirt to heheh (no pun intended)not that i would let any one in to my gardens (sacred ground)

Richard

Today I took time out to inventory and feed the cuttings, still in the 4-inch peat pots. We have:
1 Carissa spinarum (woohoo!)
1 male and 1 female Diospyros lotus still struggling along
4 Golden Globe pomegranates
3 White Flower pomegranates
4 Black Fig I figs
6 Osborn Prolific figs
3 Panache figs
2 California Brown Turkey figs

They all received:
1 gram Urea-derived Nitrogen, 46-0-0.
0.1 gram K-Mg-S, 0-0-22 (22% Potash, 10% Mg, 22% Sulfur).
1 gram GroPower Pure & Natural 3-3-3 for minor elements and soil conditioning.

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Richard, I'm jealous. I failed in my attempts to root figs and poms in pots

I tried too hard I think! I've had no trouble rooting figs just in the ground before, but the repository sent material very late this year.

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is it possible to put them in my livingroom and let the figs root there?
or wil the air be too dry ?

i got alot of plants in my room and the temps are constantly 25/30 C

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Richard

The root zone needs to be 25 to 30 C -- usually accomplished with heating pad, and the light should be dim to promote root growth, usually a north-facing window. Use a rooting paste or powder with at least two rooting hormones in it. Choose stems about 10 to 15 cm long that have close internode spacing at the bottom end -- 1 cm would be ideal but difficult to find on some plants. Remove the growth tip and bottom half of the leafs, cut the remaining leafs on the stem in half.

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