CLOSED: fig cuttings trade

Hello
I have 40 + varieties of F.carica avail for trade Desert King, Wht Marseilles, Mission,Archipel, Hardy Chicago,UCD Dfic 17 Brn.Trk, Guilbeau,Southern Celeste, Adriano, Kadota, Jurupa, Giant Amber, Nazeri, Rei, Capelas, Verte, Adriatic, Blue Giant, Brunskwick, Sals, Ventura, Peters Honey, at least 4 dif Brown Turkey, Vista, Paradiso, Black Portugal, Santa Cruz Dark, Black Jack , LSU gold fig, LSU purple fig, Lsu improved celeste and a few more.
I also have many banana pups for trade.
I am looking for any fig cuttings/dormant plants i dont currently have.
Thank you in Advance.

I would love one of the LSU fig cuttings (a bit backwards since I'm not far from LSU). Please check out my trade list to see if I have anything you would want.

You have dmail

How about a Magnolia Fig cutting in exchange for whatever fig variety you have that is closest to an Italian Honey Fig?

Have you heard of a fig called quarter-pounder (I think it is a sport off Italian Honey), and do you know how I can get one?

pieohmy at this time I am only interested in other figs I don't have, but I can send you some cuttings for postage.
BrightStar - Magnolia is actually a Brunswick, other names include DALMATIAN, MADONNA , MAGNOLIA, BLACK NAPLES, BRUNSWIG, CASTLE KENNEDY, CLEMENTINE, DALMATIA, KENNEDY, BROAD WHITE TURKEY.
i have this fig, also yes I have heard of quarter pound and I do have 2 plants, and it is a sport of Brunswick i have had no fruit from it yet to compare but the leafs are the same.
if you want some I can send for postage.

I'm not really sure how to send postage... I am such a newbie when it comes to plant trading :( Been trading books and coupons for years by mail but don't really understand all this. Thanks for the offer though it was very kind of you.

Anyway, Figster since you are so into figs are you also interested in tung-oil trees? I could be making myself look really unknowledgable here but they look so much alike and behave so much the same I figure tung-oil and fig must be related. I will have to look that up and see.

Hi there, I have been rooting celeste and turkey fig. I would be interested in any figs that you have extra cuttings for postage since I do not have any fig to trade. If you are find you have extra, would you please keep me in mind? If you do happen to see something on my list that you are interested in I would be glad to trade. Send me a dmail if you do.
Thanks, Jennifer

This message was edited Nov 25, 2007 11:46 PM

figster,your list blows my mind. Wow, what a list.
I wish, I had something to trade, I sure would love to get the White Marseilles & some of the others. Do you have any favorites,if so what are they?

hello
it is hard to have a favorite they all taste good and sweet to me, but if I had to choose 4 I would pick
Rei
Capelas
Adriatic
Sal's
in that order, also I should mention fig taste/sweetness is very sensitive to weather, for example this year was one of the best year for figs in my area very dry hot summer.
I actually have several more varieties, the ones mentioned are the ones I have cuttings available from.
I know I said I am only looking for figs, but I will trade cuttings for any plant/cuttings that produces something edible :)
Dan

Dan, I would love to get a fig cutting. Please check out my trade list and see if anything peaks your interest. Please let me know. As for which fig, the sweetest one.. :)

Dan,thank you for telling us your favorites & the information on how the weather affects the taste. Sure wish,I had something to trade with you.The ones that get in on your kind offer will surely be lucky.

figster, you sound like an old pro at figs, I heard fall is the best time to root fig cuttings. Do you have a good method? I would like to take some cuttings of my LSU purple, should I just put them in a pot with perlite and potting soil-or is there something else I need to do first? Thanks

Would you trade for a lime or a lemon tree?

Wew winter in Florida.

This message was edited Dec 5, 2007 6:49 AM

i would love to try a fig plant again--when i was little i ate figs from a tree in chicago but do not know what kind--i love figs from the store but they are not always available and can often be very expensive--i did try to plant a small fig bush that i bought and it died but i would like to try again--what would be a good one to try? i live in zone 8

planolinda, I live in Zone 8. My family has grown brown turkey fig trees, Italian honey, and magnolia figs. Celestial figs, too. A hurricane tore up our Italian honey fig tree, but other than that, these varieties did well in Zone 8. We actually think what we had was a mini-tornado. Everything in a narrow swath about two blocks long and 50 feet wide was demolished. That fig tree was ripped right out of the ground, but the others right beside it just lost some branches.

I was young. I was inexperienced as a gardener. So...I didn't take cuttings from what was left of the Italian honey. I tried to replant it, but it died.

Fig
My dbf and I both live in 8b. Can I get a couple of cutting sent to the same address? Also, which of the varieties do you think would work best in our area? I'll leave that to you.

Anne

edited to say that I have some blackberry vines, Brazos Best, if you'd like to trade.

This message was edited Dec 6, 2007 12:27 PM

Aunt Anne, my blackberries are doing great, I have new leaves on them. By May they will be super plants to transport back up north.
Mittsy

Oh wonderful. One of my sendings got lost and the box damaged by the time it got to the sendee. I'm so glad to hear that at least one of them will have a happy ending.

Anne

thanks bright star for the info--so it seems the fig trees are hardy (well not in tornados!!) and easy--is that correct?

planolinda,
Yes, but you might end up putting a big net over them to keep the birds off the fruit. Also, many figs pop open at the end, especially if there is a lot of rain. Then, the ants can get in. Also, on the down side, the figs drop all over the ground below the tree, and, well, they attract flies. So, I got a tropical pitcher vine and hung it in the fig tree last summer. It did so well that I'm going to do it every summer from now on. And, the fig tree didn't seem to mind.

On the plus side of fig-tree growing, FIG PRESERVES! My dad flavors it with jello, and it turns out pretty good. I like to eat them fresh.

Actually, most people want to eat them when they are "firm." Not right! I wait until they are soft and mushy - then the sugar content goes WAY up. Every once in awhile, a few of our magnolia figs try to ferment on the tree - then they are AWESOME. i never know until I bite into it if I've happened to get one like that. There are usually a handful that do that every summer.

Hey figster --

If you still have any cuttings left, I am looking for LSU Purple and LSU Gold. Also for Mary Lane, Col de Dame, Deanna, King.

You can find my plant list here:

https://auth.gardenweb.com/members/amazindirt