We can only get proper fruit from our potted figs, and it is the time to trim them back and put them indoors for winter. I should have cuttings of petite nigra and brown turkey fig for 5 trades or SASE.
E-mail me if interested.
12/11 ...All done and gone
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Have: Fig cuttings
If you are interested trading for unrooted cuttings of cane begonias let me know.
I would be interested in petite nigra fig.
E-mail me the details! Thanks! I can do postage.
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Esther, I would love one of each, but alas I have nothing from your want list. Would be glad to SASE if you have no other wants. Please LMK Thanks, Pam
Ester I would be intrested in some petite nigra. I have a brown turkey fig. I also have nothing are your trade list. Do you have any other intrest.
Esther, I don't have anything on your "wanted" list, but I would like to try your fig cuttings for SASE. I'm sending you email,
Eileen
I would like a cutting of Petite Nigra.I could trade a cutting of Mission Black or Guilbeau.
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Esther, the cuttings arrived yesterday. I love the packaging, very ingenious way to ship. I have them all potted up already and will mail off the postage to you today. Thanks so much!
Eileen
Esther,the cuttings arrived today and all were in good shape.I agree with eileenmlamb about the packaging.Great idea.I will be stealing that!
Your cuttings were mailed Friday.You should have them by Monday.Thanks for the nice trade.
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Hi Esther,
Thank you so much. The cuttings arrived today and I'm rooting them in water. Is that what I need to do? Haven't done figs before. Please let me know if I should be doing something other then that.
Thanks again
Jan
Both the petite nigra and brown turkey fig cuttings rooted easily. Heck, the petite nigra had roots coming out 2 inches above the soil line! I rooted them in a combination of compost, potting soil, and finely chopped autumn leaves. I put gallon ziploc bags over the top of each pot to maintain humidity and had the pots sitting on a 70 degree seedling-type heat mat. Last night I removed the ziploc bags and in a few days they'll come off the heat mat.
Eileen
My fig cuttings haven't done anything yet! I guess maybe I will try the Ziplock baggie thing and see if that works.
I want to know how these were packaged. You guys really got my curiosity up.
Dravencat,picture an egg carton with the sides cut to make the whole thing thinner.Put cuttings between the two cut down halves and tape.Makes excellent protection for the cuttings.Excellent idea Esther.
Oh - - - mine were in a paper towel roll - actually there were 3 paper towel rolls in a large (padded?) envelope. The cuttings were in two of the rolls, and the 3rd roll was there just for cushioning and spacing. Nothing was crushed or damaged. Seemed very sturdy and did well.
Update: I rec'd 3 cuttings of each type so did an experiment. 2 each of the cuttings went in soil on the heat mat w/humidity dome until rooted. 1 each of the cuttings got stuck in a pot with some other plant and a plastic pop bottle set over it for humidity. Petite Nigra has lagged behind Brown Turkey in both cases, but all 6 cuttings now have roots and leaves. Hurray!
Glad you guys are having success with the cuttings. Figs are supposed to be easy. Did I not email you something about fig propagation (that I found on the net) Tombstonejan?
I save all sorts of possible stuff to mail things in (translation: always have piles of junk everywhere) and just grab about anything that might work when I get ready to mail plant material - I try to save on postage for SASE and have also borrowed a few ideas from stuff mailed to me.
Sorry, I don't remember getting anything but it's possiable.
I put they in a soil mixture that is suppose to be good for rooting but they never did. Thay still seem to be wick so I'm trying to root them with a plastic bag over the pot. I hope it works.
I sent it to you again and am posting it here too. I found the above somewhere on the internet. (I did not keep track of the source. Have to start doing that.)
Propagating Figs
Figs are easy to propagate because 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.
1. Take cuttings that are 3 to 6 inches long and
pencil to finger thick. The best cuttings will
havesome of last year’s wood on them.
2. If the weather is still unsettled and frost is
likely, store the cuttings in a sealed zippered bag in
the produce bin in your refrigerator.
3. If the weather is warm and likely to stay warm, pot
your cuttings. Pack a half sheet of news-paper tightly
into the bottom of a 4-inch-deep plastic pot. Put a
little sand or a good-quality potting mix in the
bottom of the pot, stand one to four cut-tings upright
in the pot, and fill the pot with the sand or potting
mix.
4. Water the pot thoroughly, and set it in a very
bright but not sunny place. It should be warm - at least
70 degrees F. If you cannot keep the air temperature
above 70, provide bottom heat to bringthe soil
temperature up to 70 degrees F. Cover the pot with an
empty 2- or 3-liter soft drink bottle with the lid on
and the bottom cut out.
5. Do not water the cuttings again until they are very
dry. Lift the pot occasionally to test for dry-ness.
If the pot is very light, set it in a pan of water,and
let it soak. When you see vigorous growth, it is time
to harden off the new plants. Remove the bottle cap,
and see how the plants do. If the plants look to be
thriving after a few days, remove the bottle. If the plants begin to wilt, cover them again with the bottle.
6. 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 four or five leaves
and few if any roots. Wait until you see vigorous
growth. Pot the plants in 3-quart plastic containers,
and apply liquid feed fertilizer.
7. In 4 to 6 weeks, depending on the vigor ofthe
variety and the weather, the plants will be ready
either for a larger pot (11/2gallon) or for in-ground
planting.