called in to prune...

18 years ago

A co-worker learned through scuttle-butt that I'm "The Fig Guy" and asked me to come over and prune her figs...

What I have been able to gather is that she has 6 trees, all different kinds that have not been pruned in at least 5 years and they are quite unruly, but producing heavily. Varieties are unknow but "tasty".

Any advice on how to atacke such a proposition?

I asked her what she wanted to do with the cuttings, if she wanted to root them for more trees etc. She said "NO WAY, I have more figs than I can give away, just put them by the curb for trash collection..."

That being said, I should have LOTS of cuttings availible for trade once I'm done ;-)

Anybody good at identification after leaves have dropped?

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loslunasfarms
18 years ago
I have dreams of this very thing, but I wont add any more details! GREAT!
gman61
18 years ago
Hi sandsquid,,woe sounds like a job,, but a well rewarding one. Wish I could help,,

I'm just startin out with my fig garden,, that said I'll gladly pay postage if you can send me some cuttings,, once I get going here I'll return the favor..looking to have many types growing in my yard.

thanks and good luck

gman
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thisisme
18 years ago
I'm just getting started on my fig garden this year too.

So far I have...

Zumwalt
Black Mission
Brown Turkey
Patrick's Giant Fig

None of them are ready to produce any cutting to trade with and I am too new at this to be any good at helping tp identify anything.

If you have tons and tons of cuttings though I would be more than happy to pay postage and a reasonable ammount to package them and of couse I do the same for you once my trees are ready this time next year.