Certainly interesting. Please keep us posted on the progress. Grafting of fig trees is something I haven't heard of. I've had success grafting Pommes this year but didn't realize it was possible with figs.

I am curious why you would graft a fig tree to a fig tree when they grow well on their own roots. When you compare a hardy Chicago fig to a brown turkey you will find that the HC has a better root system than brown turkey so I would graft to HC rootstock.

Brown turkey does better in Seattle and alma was merely because it was convenient and I had plenty of cuttings to spare. This is just an initial experiment. Not about better rootstock. How fun would it be to harvest multiple figs off one tree. Such as apples or pears or plums which they have been grafting for decades.

Steve, I don't see this much different than grafting multiple varieties to an apple tree. Sometimes you just want to try new things to see if it can be done. It's kind of neat having a fruit salad or frankentree. I personally would like to have a fig tree/bush that had RDB/VDB/and Strawberry Verte. It would make a great gift to give to your friends and family.

The big different is that the fruit trees are grafted to a vastly superior rootstock so that it will grow. That does not exist in the fig world to the point of being necessary. I was just curious as why figs. I hate grafting and only grafted out of necessity.

Hi Steve, I actually find grafting to be fun. Have you head of frankenfig? It's on a different forum so I won't post the link here. But feel free to google it if you are interested in this other person's project.

Many people would like to taste different varieties of figs that ripen at different times. Many people do not have the room for 700 varieties of figs, or even 25, but with grafting you can achieve a goal of one or two trees with several varieties topworked on top.

binbinnine - will check out your video from my home computer. But interesting idea, I haven't thought about it, but yeah I guess it'd be great to have a multi-variety fig tree.

I have heard of frankincitrus but my grafting skills leave me at about a 99% failure rate. The hardy Chicago fig is the only variety that will ripen in my weather conditions. I have room for only a few plants on my 50 foot by 100 foot lot. The house is 53 by 20. But i was curious none the less. I wish you the best of luck/skill.