Thanks Laura. Looking forward to it.

Laura, THANK YOU so much for the cuttings! I just got them today safe and sound..What did you say was the best way to root them? I stuck them on my ref ridge where it's warm and left the damp paper towel wrapped around them. Should I use a plastic bag or just make sure the paper towel is damp at all times? Thank you so much again for your kindness!

Well, it just so happens I saw the post you d]said about the zip lock bag..Great! Doing that right now))

Mike

You are welcome Mike! I am no expert, but it did work with the zip lock bag. Knowing what I know now, I’d probably root it the same way I root the citrus cuttings. Let me know how it works...and thanks for the offer. Right now I’m good with new plants though ;)

Laura sent really nice cuttings. Thanks. I will be storing them in the refrigerator till say March/April or so. Today I will first clean with some dilute bleach, then wrap them in slightly damp tissue paper and then saran wrap them. I am thinking of may be sprinkle a bit of sulphur powder too to prevent any fungal growth. I have store other cuttings like this before and works well for a number of plant types.

Wish I had seen this earlier! Just ordered some fig seeds from eBay! When I have cuttings I’ll let everybody know :)

You really don't want to buy seeds on Ebay

Why?

There are a lot of sleazy sellers on Ebay. Ebay is not a store but is a platform for individuals to sell their own goods. You have to be careful.

The vast majority pf sellers on eBay are reputable. Otherwise they would not last long on eBay but you do have to be careful.

Lane, I can still hack another limb off the tree. PM me if you want. I suspect seeds will take forever to produce fruit.

I have bought orchids on eBay and have had great plants sent to me....very healthy. I agree with Vlad, just check out the reviews on the seller.

The cuttings didn't make it here Friday so I'm hoping they will be here today. Maybe they will already be rooting if the delivery guy takes his time :>P

I was wondering about that John. I hope they make it. I sent it priority mail, so they should have arrived. Let me know if you get them today.

Hope you get it John and hope they are not freezing somewhere en-route. Mine arrived on Friday in great condition. I decided to use a slightly different method to store them. I cut them in about half and now I have six cuttings. Dipped open ends in molten wax to seal them. Then saran wrapped them tightly and stored them in vegetable crisper of our refrigerator. I am waiting for my wife to discover those cuttings along with some pomegranate cuttings. Here are some pics:

That's a great idea Pranab! I will be happy to see a tree/s sprouting up in Pittsburgh from those cuttings!

Looking good! I am still waiting on the delivery guy but let's not turn the world upside down looking for them. I sometimes get someone else's mail in my neighborhood...and I'm guessing the cuttings will be fine as-packed for a while.

Hi Laura, if you still have cuttings to spare. I would like a few. Please let me know. Thanks in advance.

With all respect, this is NOT a fig forum... take it over to the fig forum.... they will find you.

Thanks John for your astute observation but too late to the party.

John, with all do respect, what the heck is wrong with you? There are more important things in life than worrying if someone shares figs here...I'm about to start a thread on Pineapples here..Please loosen up a bit will you?

Thanks Laura for your kindness and friendship here! Do what makes you feel happy even if you want to share anything but a citrus tree or fruit there of..

Mike

Fig forum is not that active compare to citrus forum, you have to wait for ages to get an advice or respond. Good deeds have to happen fast :)

There is very little visitation on the fig forum and the chances of getting help is greater on the citrus forum. This will also include pineapples and other sweet tropical fruits. It is also important to post figs on the citrus forum if you are specifically sharing with fellow citrus buddies.

Steve

How about talking carnivorous plants like sundew, nephentis or venus fly trap? I mean they are living with the citrus here. Doing good job with small flying insects. Anybody else have them? :)

I don't have carnivorous plants, but have two pineapple plants- grown from pineapple top and from seed.

Susanne, I tried the carnivorous plants for the fungus gnats and they did not work, but perhaps I had the wrong varieties for the job. Geez...I guess I should now delete this comment since it does not relate to citrus....

Go to ourfigs.com. That forum is very active and members are very helpful and willing to give advice about growing figs (and other plants). The fig forum on houzz is awful.

I have joined http://ourfigs.com/  It is a whole new format to learn.

Steve

I'm surprised to hear the fig forum here is not so good. I have seen quite a lot of activity there in the past so maybe it was when Houzz took over. I have posted on quite a number of different forums here. The home remodeling forums are especially helpful and specifically the kitchens forum. They are probably as busy or even more than the citrus forum which is a personal favorite. I have also posted on succulents, gingers, and bathrooms.

I want to propose that we all have very unique perspectives with all sorts of different citrus all over the US and beyond...even Guatemala. From photos and discussions, it's clear our other hobbies are just as diverse. I'm going to stand up and defend Laura for posting a fig post...and I'm going to equally defend that JohnMerr has a good point when he said we should keep the forum to citrus. If we don't self-police our topics, at some point we risk loosing organization by topic and could become a hodgepodge which would be very difficult to navigate if you came here for citrus advice. That being said, I don't think Laura's goal was to share fig cuttings with anyone in the world who wanted them, but to share cuttings with her circle of citrus friends as a thank you for your kind support.

Bottom line, we deviated from citrus here and those of us who wanted to try a new fig have some beautiful cuttings. JohnMerr politely pointed out we were off topic and he's right and we will probably go off topic once in a while in the future but hopefully not enough to disorganize the forums. We have been reminded of an accurate point and we know JohnMerr will remind us again should we go too far astray :>)

Come on John we don't make a habit of things like this. She is one of the biggest contributors here and i don't mind that forum members get a little of track, what is the big deal?

I post of topics all the time, the nice things about me people just skip over and not pay attention. BTW i started to light-up the fruit and orchard forum with my post about persimmons and other stuff like paw-paw's and i see some old timers are coming back. I have tried with figs and as you said pretty dead. I have known Martin for a long time,very knowledgeable person and i have never seen so many highly sensitive members in my life, they get pissed-of over nothing. Steve i am staying here, those guys go nuts. I have about 12 varieties and total of 18 trees some inground, that is good enough

I consider myself as a fruit explorer and use to belong to the NAFEX group and the EX stands for EXPLORERS. Don't belong to a specific group, i am all over the place.

The topic of this posting is clear in that it tells you right off that it is off topic and so I don't mind that it is not citrus related. What annoys me is when a posting whose title states that it is on a citrus topic deviates into a lengthy discussion about other fruit. It annoys me because I get emails from Houzz notifying me of a new posting only to find out that the new posting is about some fruit in which I have no interest.

Bob I didn't say I was leaving here. I joined the other to see what they have. It has been 5 years since I had a problem with my figs.

Steve

Gosh, i don't want you to leave, we would be bored without you. Just to say be carefull there are over 1500 different varieties.

My thoughts on this post were exactly what Vladimir and John(Texas) posted above. My intent was not to share with a bunch of strangers, but with my citrus friends. I know many of you also grow figs and I thought it would be nice to share since it’s a particularly good variety. This is pretty much the only forum I participate in (orchids once in a blue moon). JohnM, I realize you are a “certified curmudgeon”, but do not hide your brusqueness behind your self-designated title.

Laura all your friends here OK almost all your friends knew exactly what your intent was , your a kind and very generous person as Mikey put it your a real " Gem " . Maybe if you rewrite the post to Guy's , I know this is not a fig forum , but for all those who grow Meyer's and want to try something different .......

Brian

Johnmerr's title of certified curmudgeon was given to john by hoosierquilt and I pushed it very hard until it took.

I remember posting pictures of my Hardy Chicago kumquat and bragged on how prolific it was. I was pushing something as unique as citrus and easier to grow among friends on this citrus forum. I caught a lot of flack from a few. that are no longer on this forum. I hope I started some people on figs. It was something I felt a need to share.

My fig tree got to 10 feet wide by 15 feet tall and produced 300-500 figs.

Steve

I'm already looking forward to seeing the first roots/leaves from the cuttings Laura shared. I'm trying two techniques to increase my chances. I waxed all cut ends and put two cuttings in damp paper towels and poked them back in the long plastic newspaper sack Laura shipped my cuttings in. Those are in my fridge since Laura said she has had success rooting that way. The other cutting had a small branch off the main stalk so I put that cutting in a large pot in my outdoor shower, I covered the main stem with soil and let the small branch and bud protrude from the soil. I only water that soil once every two weeks or so since I also have ginger root there and don't want it to be over wet.

Oh, Bob, I think I am on the same page with you....I completely support Laura's deviation and I also enjoy seeing some of the non-citrus folks sometimes include in the monthly photos. Just wanted to recognize JohnMerr's comment is accurate to a large degree, just that I don't think we are outside a reasonable boundary, largely because Laura's intent was to contact us citrus folks. JohnMerr may have earned the "curmudgeon" title but I don't think he's earned any hard feelings from us.

Hardy Chicago Fig trees on the roof top.

Steve

How thick is the layer of soil on your rooftop, Steve?

16 inches and it is 6 feet wide.

You guys making it hard on me not being able to post my other stuff, you already know what i am doing with my 12 or so citrus tree's and i'm already thin on new stuff. Don't have new stuff, maybe i'l become a lurker.

I think hearing about other members' other hobbies and other plants they grow is interesting and the reason this citrus forum is so popular and active. No one is posting too many off-topic items that are annoying. Most seem to have similar interests in non citrus hobbies and topics. The comraderie brings in more participants and knowledge and ideas and creates a friendly atmosphere. It is a fun place to share successes and failures with people who have like interests and can learn from each other. It is interesting to me that so many members also are beekeepers, cooks, gardeners, musicians, build their own greenhouses and lightrooms, grow multiple tropical fruits and veggies and ornamentals etc. and can discuss topics they all have similar experiences with can lead to further discussion off-line. Experts and neophytes can talk, teach, and learn from each other. This forum has attracted a nice group of friendly people.

Cory

Bob, I'm interested in your pineapple stuff. Some coworkers planted one and got a fruit from it.

Clearly this has been an active thread. Some of you have started a monthly citrus update thread so maybe we could include a non-citrus monthly update. It's related to the citrus forum because of our happy little group's citrus enthusiasm...but could be a dedicated off-topic thread.

One annoyance could be like what Vladimir noted...he gets e-mail alerts when a new citrus post has been made. If someone isn't interested in non-citrus posts, it would be helpful if the non-citrus thread is clearly titled as such.

Vladimir, you can disable the email alerts from Houzz in settings in your profile, I had them before and I disabled them. They really clutter your e Mail box.

Sunshine, thanks. Will do.

At the extreme bottom left there is a notice that will allow you to stop receiving notifications from a thread.

Click to switch off notifications about new comments

I have set all my notifications off except if I get a PM. I have enough email clutter.

It's funny, even if I am interested in a certain thread, if 20 people posted I will get 20 e-mail notifications...I'm guessing all I have to do is erase all but the latest one in my in box.

By the way, anyone that came to this thread knew it was going to be about 'figs' and if one does not want notifications of a thread like this all they have to do is not post on it or as some have opted, shut notifications off..To be it was perfectly clear is was not going to be about citrus and THANK GOD we have friends here too, not just mere citrus growers who don't give a crap about anyone...The little few that there is here is far outweighed by the ones that have made friends here, some I have been in touch with for over ten years now!

Laura, by the way, I think I see roots on mine, but I am afraid to unwrap until I'm sure))

Mike

One of my cuttings is busting out with leaves! I created a discussion thread over in figs for others to share their cutting success/challenges.

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/peters-honey-fig-cuttings-coming-alive-dsvw-vd~5105473

John, how funny is that! Si is mine along with roots! I have no idea where to cut it or when to plant it since it's still winter here.

I will take a pic and share. Hoping someone can tell me if I should plant it and stick it in my greenhouse or leave as is until spring.

I must say these cutting were very vigorous. Nice cutting Laura and thanks again.

Mike

I replied there ;)