graftling figs

20 years ago

attended a great grafting seminar saturday here in san antonio. it was put on by some heavy hitters from texas a&m. the subject was grafting pecans and fruit trees. when i asked about grafting figs, they said not to bother. the graft could freeze, even down here. they felt it was better to plant two different fig trees in the same hole and let them separately build up a resistance to cold as they grow in the ground. interesting, isn't it?

regards, dick

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20 years ago
I agree with them.!!!!!
figfarmer
20 years ago
Thinking about it, if you bind two young trees together (maybe two feet high each) they should just become one trunk over a period of a few years. You should then have an interesting tree at the outcome. I have plenty of young trees so I will bind two together this weekend (maybe a Kadota and a black mission) and see what happens. FF
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dave_in_austin_tx
20 years ago
Hmmm, excellent idea! I'm moving this summer and I've picked a spot for a fig tree, but was struggling as to whether I could squeeze in a second fig (the place to which I'm moving has a lot of trees already). I think I'll follow figfarmer's lead and plant a light and a dark fig together. That should make for good conversation -- and dining.

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