Sending you an email. trish

Hi, I too got some fig tree cuttings from Turkey. I suppose your variety has a name.If it happens to be Bardacik or Purple fig (aka Patlican),they don't need the wasp. So I was told by the seller; should I trust him? Time will tell. By the way, my Patlican has 5 months and it's very beautiful.It grows upright and it's a fast grower. I am very impressed by how nice this fig tree looks. Bardacik shows symptoms of FMV. It looks OK but I cannot stand looking at those 'leaves' and those bright yellow spots. It screams 'FMV'.I'm not happy about that.And I won't keep it for very long. http://oregonstate.edu/dept/nurspest/fig_masaic_virus.htm The main problem I came across when buying from these guys from Turkey is that communication is 'really bad'. They don't speak a word of english. And their packing is horrendous. I had to order many times so that I could get cuttings that were viable.After the 3th time I had to ask for a refund, and they were not happy. That is, one of them wasn't happy. The other one was OK about that.I got in total 7 varieties from Turkey. One of them, Bursa Black needs the wasp. And so does Goklop. But that's OK. I have 2 varieties of caprifigs and no wasp. But there are ways to fertilize these fig 'flowers' besides that wasp.I might give it a go once or twice.Just to see the results. It might be fun. This post was edited by jesj1852 on Sun, May 5, 13 at 0:01

The easiest way to get a fig tree is to root a cutting and it should have fruit in a very few years like 3 at the most. The older a fig tree gets the larger it gets just like most things. Usually getting figs in 3 to 4 years depending on where you live. I have 3 nice trees now and 2 more small trees. I also have a 5 gal. bucket with 5 cuttings in it that I started early this spring that are well rooted and ready to plant this fall after the leaves fall. They are now about 3 feet tall and looking real good. DAN

I could give you a few seeds of Okra (I have very few with me), or a rooted specimen (about 450 mm tall) of Trichocerus Spachianus (not to be confused with T.Pachanoi).I also have some spare bromeliads.