I hope they do well for you Carol. They should, you're a zone warmer than me. I've had 2 Turkey fig bushes producing for the last 30 years. I do love fig preserves on a hot buttered biscuit. A little advice. Don't overfertilize them. I put a little fertilizer around mine when I set them out 35 years ago and haven't fertilized them since. Remember you're trying to produce figs not grow fig bushes. Mine have roots 40 feet from their base so when it's dry they can still find enough water and nutrients to do their thing. The other thing is sunshine. They love it. Partial shade from a building or another tree will reduce your fig crop enormously. Too much shade on a mature fig bush will kill it. Keep this in mind when planting trees around your fig bushes. Try to think about what that little sapling is going to look like 20 years down the road.
I sent a few tomato seeds to a fellow member over on Tomatoville and this showed up on my doorstep Friday. 4 Celeste cuttings, 5 Dark Portuguese cuttings, 4 Hardy Chicago cuttings, and 3 Italian Honey fig cuttings. He even shipped them in the zip bags needed to start the rooting process. Mighty nice of him wasn't it. If all goes well and I'm still alive I may have figs coming out my ears 5 years from now. Someone will enjoy them at any rate.
I'm following the rooting procedures recommended here:
http://figs4fun.com/basics.htm...
The only thing I did different was to soak the cuttings in a Horsetail tea solution of 2 1/4 cups of Horsetail tea to 1 gallon of water for 5 minutes and used the same solution to wet the paper towels used to wrap the cuttings. This prevents mold and mildew in the plastic bag as well as stimulating root formation and leaf growth.
Here they are just out of the bubble envelope and then wrapped and ready to go on top of my refrigerator (75 - 80 degrees and only indirect sunlight) until they start whispering in my ear they are ready to move on to the next step. Claud
