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Hello, from SC!

tridrama

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Sep 3, 2021
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Hi! I am excited to join this community. Our family started our hobby farm about 10 years ago. We've killed a lot of plants and trees over the years, but we keep plugging along. Our soil is very heavy clay. After several failed attempts to grow in-ground, we finally built raised beds and moved our most stubborn fruit trees to large pots. Although we've had one or two gifted fig trees for a few years, I still consider myself a newbie. This is the first year we have fruit on what I think is most likely a Brown Turkey. (And I'm not even sure if the squirrels and deer will even allow us to taste them!) I tried to root a few cuttings of different varieties last winter and managed to successfully root only 3 plants. So now we have 2 Ischia Green and a Celeste. I was gifted a Little Miss Figgy that was struggling in-ground, but since moving to a pot a little over a month ago, it has put on a log of new growth and is much healthier.

I love to grow and try new things, and figs have always intrigued me. So, I'm really here to learn new growing techniques. I don't easily give up. I have also enjoyed learning about all the different varieties of figs that are discussed in the groups. I'm looking forward to trying new ones.

I can't wait to learn from the collective wisdom of this group. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of this community.

LeConte'
 

Shaft

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Joined
Aug 30, 2021
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Thanks for joining us. I too have hard clay so if you want tips or have specific questions I'm free to help.

Sounds like you're either having drainage issues -- my hard clay, for example, is on flat land, so water sits -- or that it's drying out. I'm not sure why the figs would have a hard time penetrating that... they LOVE clay. How are you planting your in-ground trees, what methodology, what amendments, etc?

BTW, depending on which CDD and LSU varieties you want, I can probably complete your wishlist in one fell swoop. HMU.
 

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