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Fig Cuttings
Posted on 6/19/24 at 10:28 am
Posted on 6/19/24 at 10:28 am
Anybody know of a good place to get fig cuttings? Maybe of some of the LSU varieties or some of the more unusual ones.
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Posted on 6/19/24 at 10:32 am to Chemcorp158
If anyone is in central MS, I have a crazy growing fig tree, anyone is welcome to cuttings.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 10:34 am to Chemcorp158
I've seen a bunch on FB market. I want a purple at some point.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 1:31 pm to Chemcorp158
Our Figs Forum
These folks share a lot, or they used to. I haven't checked the place out in a while.
These folks share a lot, or they used to. I haven't checked the place out in a while.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 1:51 pm to Chemcorp158
I’ll cut you as many Celeste as you want once the leaves drop this fall
Posted on 6/19/24 at 2:18 pm to Chemcorp158
Figbid if you want to buy unique ones. I bought several and they have all survived and are growing well.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 2:47 pm to Chemcorp158
my back yard
I have an LSU purple and LSU Gold i planted last year that are flourishing.
I have an LSU purple and LSU Gold i planted last year that are flourishing.
This post was edited on 6/19/24 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 6/20/24 at 10:27 am to cgrand
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I’ll cut you as many Celeste as you want once the leaves drop this fall
Thanks, My main fig is a Celeste. I also have a LSU Purple and will be going to cut some from my Grandmas fig today.
Posted on 6/20/24 at 1:10 pm to Chemcorp158
My tree is an Alma and has done really well for years. I like it because the figs can be harvested a little earlier (when the figs are less ripe) than some other varieties, which helps beat the birds. It is a heavy producer and pretty cold hardy. But, the last two Winters have had extended deep freezes with temps down in the single digits and below freezing for several days running. It nearly froze out back in the early 2010s, but eventually bounced back. It took it a few years to produce like it had before. Now, it is struggling. It lost a lot of old growth to the freeze. What new growth it has has a good crop of figs on it currently. I'll probably prune it heavily in the Fall and see how it bounces back.
I'm thinking of starting a couple cuttings in another location to have some younger trees coming on.
I'm thinking of starting a couple cuttings in another location to have some younger trees coming on.
Posted on 6/20/24 at 4:53 pm to Chemcorp158
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My main fig is a Celeste.
Same here. Just came in from cutting the grass and noticed the tree had ripe figs on it so after I got done cutting the grass I started picking.
I got just over 100 figs in the bucket and had to throw away at least 20 more due to birds getting to them. My tree is loaded with them this year and it should be a bumper crop if we don't get day after day of heavy rains that causes them to split from too much water.
Posted on 6/20/24 at 4:57 pm to Chemcorp158
I have a great tree in Lafayette area and you can cut all you want if you show me how to rout them. I have never been able to do it despite 5-8 tries.
Posted on 6/20/24 at 5:00 pm to Sixafan
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I have a great tree in Lafayette area and you can cut all you want if you show me how to rout them. I have never been able to do it despite 5-8 tries.
Do you mean root them?
Posted on 6/20/24 at 5:08 pm to Sixafan
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I have never been able to do it despite 5-8 tries.
There's lots of u-tube videos that give step by step instructions on how to do this. It's pretty easy to do but it does take a little time for the roots to develop.
Posted on 6/20/24 at 5:44 pm to gumbo2176
this one is from a single cutting off the tree that was here when we bought the place
The original tree was as big as a school bus but is in decline now. I’ve had to steady cut the big dead parts out and now it’s pretty well on its last legs. No telling how old it is at least 50. Before I cut it all the way back this winter I’m going to take as many cuttings as I can deal with and get them rooted. I’ll offer them up in the swap thread
Here’s the fruit on the baby tree
The original tree was as big as a school bus but is in decline now. I’ve had to steady cut the big dead parts out and now it’s pretty well on its last legs. No telling how old it is at least 50. Before I cut it all the way back this winter I’m going to take as many cuttings as I can deal with and get them rooted. I’ll offer them up in the swap thread
Here’s the fruit on the baby tree
Posted on 6/20/24 at 6:34 pm to Sixafan
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if you show me how to rout them
couldn’t be easier
1) take your cuttings from branch tips after the leaves drop. You want about a 6-8” straightish cutting
2) get a bunch of red solo cups, drill a hole in the bottom of each one and fill up a Rubbermaid tub with them
3) dump your soil/rooting medium in the bin over the cups to fill each full. The medium should go all over, including between the cups. No need to be careful, fill it up to the top of the cups.
4) stick a cutting into each cup, down to the bottom
5) water thoroughly. You should see about 1” water at the bottom of the bin
6) put in a shady spot and keep moist but not soggy
in the spring they should sprout. You can leave them in the bin till the last frost, then just pull a cup out and transplant or give away in the cup
This post was edited on 6/20/24 at 6:39 pm
Posted on 6/27/24 at 9:03 am to Sixafan
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I have a great tree in Lafayette area and you can cut all you want if you show me how to rout them. I have never been able to do it despite 5-8 tries.
Might have to take you up on that but not too sure how well my teaching would do as I am still figuring it out. Had some cuttings given by a friend that came from his family’s home in Jordan but sadly my turkeys killed them.
Posted on 6/27/24 at 1:43 pm to cgrand
Saw an LSU ag video on rooting them. They ring the desired limb, then remove about 3 inches of bark distal to the ring. Wrap that in moss soaked and wrung out lightly. Wrap the moss in plastic wrap, then cover plastic wrap in foil. After a few weeks they unwrapped and there was a nice root ball formed. They cut it at original ring and planted.
Looked easy and stress free
Looked easy and stress free
Posted on 6/28/24 at 7:40 pm to tigerfoot
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Saw an LSU ag video on rooting them. They ring the desired limb, then remove about 3 inches of bark distal to the ring. Wrap that in moss soaked and wrung out lightly. Wrap the moss in plastic wrap, then cover plastic wrap in foil. After a few weeks they unwrapped and there was a nice root ball formed. They cut it at original ring and planted.
They make kits now for air rooting/layering, which is what you described is called. They have these two-part plastic balls that you zip tie tog together. They look easier than the plastic wrap method and are reusable.
Posted on 6/28/24 at 8:36 pm to Chemcorp158
I can’t answer your questions but I was just walking the back 40 and noticed the lsu gold I planted a few years ago has a lot and they’re going to be the size of tennis balls. Jeebus !!
Posted on 6/30/24 at 11:14 pm to poochie
mine are coming in hot and heavy now…big and sweet. These I put in a dehydrator to see what happens. Going to let it go overnight
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