conifer kingdom offers plants in many sizes ... you are aware.. that plants grow outwards.. not up... so a standard. will ALWAYS be the height that you bought it at.. subject to the plant above .... there have been a number of posts over the years... mostly by firefighterboy .... about recommended sellers... the search.. is half the fun ... ken

I emailed Tom of classy roses and he returned my email the next day. I kept the email a little vague, bcs I wanted to see how they deal with covering bases. He replied to my email the next day, gave detailed information and offered to help me find answers to a very vague question I asked. I emailed again, this time specifically asking about Spring availability of Cary Grant. Again, response w/in 24 hrs, question fully answered. Fyi: CG is anticipated to be available in Spring, cost of band is $16.99 plus shipping. That puts Classy Roses right in line with current pricing. Their website is a bit sparse and not terribly mobile - friendly, but it's ok. I would much rather have a sparse website and receive excellent communication and big juicy bands! ; )

In Southern California the polyphagous shot hole borer and Citrus Greening disease are poised to wreck havoc on the urban forest. Then there is the increasing human population density that is making lots very small and houses being built to the lot lines, eliminating space for trees.

Z Man, A greenhouse can turn the clock back and cause spring time to come months earlier, primarily by the use of heat to break dormancy. You want to push back spring, not prolong fall by keeping your figs in a warm fall greenhouse. Progressively shortened day lengths after June 21st. actually prolong fig ripening causing dry, flavorless, tough skinned figs as the days get shorter and shorter through fall. For best quality figs you want the figs to ripen quickly, beginning in the heat of July, August through September, not into October and certainly not into November. Figs, depending on the variety, take 90-120 days to ripen from the time tiny figlets start to show. Early ripening fig tree varieties are crucial. It takes new spring growth, starting from totally dormant buds, no sooner than 40 days of new extending growth for the first figlets to begin forming at leaf axils when you pinch off the growing tips right above where the 5th. to 6th. leaf has formed on a stem. This hastens earlier and more uniformly concurrent figlet formation and their timely ripening. The oldest leaves start growing figlets first, and progressively up the stem as the leaves mature. The figs ripen up the stem in the order that they were formed corresponding to leaf age. In a greenhouse you want your trees to start breaking dormancy in February to no later than March. Greenhouse growing is no cakewalk. Humidity as in greenhouses, is a developing figs mortal enemy...fungus=rot=no figs. Figs love dry heat, lots of heat, and as much sun as you can give them. I would strongly suggest you grow you figs in both manners, greenhouse container and in ground as Bob Duncan does. I think Bob's method is the easiest and possibly best. Fig growing in temperate climates is challenging. Desert and Mediterranean climates are the most ideal for figs. Moses