Bob,

I have an extra Waimea plumeria that's rooted if you like. I have them tucked away in all different places. LOL! Would mail out when temps get a bit warmer though. Maybe in April? You can email me your address. Contact me at Klemm-d-@-g-mail-.-com (take out the hyphens first). There are bots that harvest emails from sites like these.

Dave, that would be really great. I’ll return a favor, if you want something I grow you are more than welcome. Asian persimmon, Spanish, citrus, some tropical tree,s.

my desert king fig is starting to wake up from hibernation! A very good variety of fig for my drastic climate.

Norwood, Chicago Hardy would be a much better choice. You only get a Breba yield and that could be mediocre With Desert king.

Of course I know. I like each fig for their unique traits. Hardy Chicago is definitely my next choice. These are potted plants obviously. My climate ranges -35f to 115f and 13 inches of rain with 100+ inches of snow each year. This year we have only had about 24 inches of snow which is very low. And above average temps for February which usually is the coldest.

I'm not hibernating! This afternoon I juiced: Navel Oranges - 8 cups of juice; Cara Cara Oranges - 4 cups ; and the last of the Meyer Lemons - 2 cups. All the juice will be frozen for future reference.

Glad that is done. :-))

Hey Bob what varieties of figs do you have? And what are your favorites?

Bob, what fertilizer do you use on your figs?

This is an easy one, they like me eat anything. For figs, you can use Miracle grow, shake and feed or miracle, tomato/vegetables, either Gypsum or lime, lime raises p/h.

I also feed them Peters 25/5/15 early in Spring to get them going. Triple 13 is ok too. Grow More is also a good fertilizer, They have a lot of different formulas to suit your ap.

No high nitrogin after May. That Peter,s fertilizer goes a long way, a bag cost a lot but I use it for several years, it’s cost effective For me, buying everything on sale only, cheap skate, sure, that ,s me!

Thanks for the fig info, Bob. I'll have to look for the Peters.

Here are a couple more that I grow, L.S.U Gold, Negronne, Dessert King, some in the field don’t know their name anymore. LSU, SUPER LARGE fig but blend till super ripe.

Violette de Soleis, very large fig, decent fig, better when fully ripe.

To be honest ive never had a fresh fig. I just am attracted to the plants themselves, and hopefully it comes with an edible reward.

the petite Negra fig currently has my attention along with Chicago

You better get on the stick fast, no time to waste. I know this is a low citrus participation forum, almost like a two season forum. Not my kind of forum, I like four season forums. If during slow season, you want to write about other than citrus, it’s ok with me, I have a ton of other fruits growing, no problem for me to fill 365 days. Collecting sionwood, grafting starting in January, repotting/uppotting in February, getting gear ready, spraying tree’s, the list go on and on.

Making tree’s, than show/tell in that order, buying tree’s comes last.

Bob I've never grafted what is the best way to learn and the easiest method to learn for a rookie. I have 10 different stone fruit varieties, 8 avocado varieties and soon to be 12 and 18 citrus varieties. Thanks !

You Tube videos for grafting! Citrus and stone fruits are generally easier to graft than mangoes and avocados. Time of year, stage of scion growth, etc. all important.

Dave, go along with all of that. For starters, W/T(whip/tongue), Bark graft, and Cleft graft. Learn about cambium contact and you are good to go.

This forum and others have more detailed issues about grafting if you use the Search click.

Start out with cleft grafting, watch videos and reading about cleft grafting first, you can use this in a lot of situations, avocados? Yes. Citrus? Yes. Everything else? Yes.

I grow Petit Negra and Italian Honey Figs. I love eating both fresh off the tree.

As a curiosity I had one of the Petit Negra open up, I guess to drop seeds. I didn't even know a fig would do that.

Too much watering? Some are known to splitting.

No, not too much water; if anything it would be too little. Just about the time I was getting ready to pick it and eat it, it did this. Maybe it was inviting birds to come eat the seeds and replant. I've had some older ones split and this wasn't the same; this opened up in 3 distinct and equal sections.

Kate it looks like a beautiful fig!

Norwoodn, Petit Negra is my favorite - when fully ripe. The Honey Fig is delicious too and has the flavor of honey when ripe. I can get all the usual ones here in CA readily enough, but these... no. Bob has named a few that I don't recognize and am wondering how they taste.

Bob, you have so many different kinds of trees; what do you do with all the fruit?

We might use 20% of the stuff I grow, the rest go to whoever wants them. The only problem I have is the Asian persimmons, grow so much of them some ends up in the g......!

Oh dear! I LOVE Persimmons, but not that much. Do you have a local food bank you could give it to? (I hate to waste good food.)

Kate, what can you say about the growth habit of the petit negra fig? Is it really dwarf compared to your vigorous figs?

Mine has been in it's large pot in my yard for 8 years. It is still only may be 4' tall not counting the pot. Being in a pot may keep it smaller, but I think the "petit" refers to the size of the plant, not the fruit. The Italian Honey fig is a bit bigger, but not much. It is also in it's pot 8 years. I really haven't done much pruning to either at all, only for shape, not size.

Bob, that's crazy!! That is a hell of a lot. Great job