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[jmaler]

A little about myself. I have gardened most of my 72 years in Texas, in south central Texas for the past 36 yrs. Tomatoes is my hobby. l grow a 100 tomato plants just for fun, some in pots, some in raised beds and some in open ground. What tomatoes I don't eat, can or share with neighbors I feed to the chickens.

In my garden there is a very large mature Texas White Everbearing fig tree. Last year my neighbor and I made fig perservers like mama used to make. I guess that is why this spring I got bit by the fig collectors bug in a big way.

Fig cuttings/trees acquiried this spring: Celeste, Kadota, Mission, Texas Blue Giant, Alma, Petite Negra, and LSU Purple.

I like this forum because there dosen't seem to be any high levels of arguing and bickering.

There is a lot of useful info here. I've enjoyed my time spent here.

[Kelby]

Welcome! You are on your way to full fig mania, we are good at enabling!

It took some work and events to get to this forum, but it's a good place to be. Hope to see you posting!

Also, consider adding your zone and location to your signature so we know where you're at.

[WillsC]

Welcome No bickering here, just watch out for that Hershell.

[jmaler]

Also, consider adding your zone and location to your signature so we know where you're at.

Might need help on this. I haven't found signature in my profile. I must be over looking something.

[Kelby]

http://www.ourfigs.com/help#account_overview/account_signature_new

[JimmyS]

Welcome to the forum.

[newnandawg]

Welcome !!!

[Rafaelissimmo]

Welcome! I have have some very rare tomato seeds, 10 years old in a ziploc. They are not responding to my attempts to sprout them. Is there any hope for me? If they can germinate a 2000 year old date in Israel, how about a 10 year old tomato seed?

[ako1974]

Rafa - the range of seed viability I've read ranges from 2 to 5 years, but it all depends on the conditions in which they were kept. I've definitely germinated tomato seeds I've collected after 5 years. Not sure if I've tried after longer...

[Rafaelissimmo]

Thx Arne. Is there anything special I could do to try to germinate? I soaked the seeds for a day in shallow water, then put them in seed starter mix in the chamber.

[jmaler]

I have germinated 7 yr old seeds before with low germination rate. The seedlings were weak. As ako noted how the saved and stored matters. The days of my growing 20-30 varieties of heirlooms are past.

This year l grew only Tycoon F1, Indian Stripe OP, Cherokee Purple OP and a large red cherry tomato.

I see in my future fig trees in taking the space where some of the tomatoes are growing.

[eboone]

Welcome! How are the figs from your Texas White Everbearing?

[jmaler]

Mild fig taste and medium sweet. They make good preserves but that is mostly sugar, right?

It will be nice to have different varieties to compare with the TWE.

[jmaler]

TWE did not taste the way I remembered the little dark brown to purple figs I ate many years ago as a youngster. They were sweet as sugar with a strong fig taste.

[Harborseal]

Welcome! Let's take bets on how many months it takes jmaler to have over 50 varieties.

[Hershell]

It won't take long. It sounds like he's already hooked.

[Hershell]

Welcome to the forum jmaler we are a friendly group for the most part but watch out for those trouble making mods and that admin, he's the worst. Lol. You will like it here.

[ako1974]

Welcome! Man, 100 tomatoes....I have all I can handle with the 15-20 I grow each year. Good luck with the figs!

[jmaler]

We have plenty of canned tomato juice, spaghette and chili sauce for the year. The neighbors eat lots of tomatoes and most of all chickens never get enough tomatoes.

[Darkman]

Chilli sauce! That's something else I can can with my tomatoes. Send me a recipe please! I grow Celebrity and this year I had four ninety foot rows but two of them are not looking good. They were planted two weeks apart to try and spread the season. I think they drowned. We had about ten inches of rain in the last month. The first ones are looking great.

[AscPete]

Jmaler,

Welcome to Our Figs forum community.

Good Luck with your cuttings. I will be growing only 8 varieties of tomatoes this year. The fig trees will be taking most of my Gardening time

[cis4elk]

Welcome Jmaler!
I grow 8-9 tomato plants a year. Since I got my tomato attachment for my grinder I've been thinking of doing juice, but then I would have to grow more plants and give up space in the garden for other veggies. Plus I don't have time for it at this point in my life anyway, heck it's a struggle to find time to make sauce. Someday .

[joann1536]

Welcome! Figs and tomatoes are both nice hobbies. Do you also make sauce every fall?

[jmaler]

My tomato endevor is usually over somtime in late July early August as is the sauce making.

[jmaler]

I might add that my fall and winter months are reserved for making sausage and jerky.

[Wisner]

Welcome to the forum.

[Charitup]

Enjoy yourself here and welcome to the forum

[berry whine]

Welcome to the forum and hope your fig and tomatoes do well

[rusty hooks]

Welcome to the fig frenzy

Karnack see's a thread on Jam and preserves forming....

big here on both accounts....and tomatoes as well...

[Darkman]

Im late to the welcome parade but I'm glad you are here. You will likely develop figaphoria later in the year. There is no cure but it can be controlled with consumption of Celeste figs or LSU Purple. There have not been any reported fatalities YET!

[jmaler]

Update - this all started 3/23/15 with the purchase 3 Texas Blue Giant fig cuttings on ebay:

WANT LIST

Beall
Louisiana Honey
LSU Tiger
Preto
St. Jerome fig (Black Triana)
WHITE and Black TRIANA http://www.figtrees.net

MY FIG LIST(29var)(76cnt)

Adriatic, JH cuttings(6)
Alma - Hill Country African Violets
Alma cuttings(11)
Black Madeira
Black Mission cuttings(4)
Brown Turkey
Celeste
Flanders cuttings(2)
Live Col de Dame Gris
Italian Black - Louisiana Heirloom
Kadota
Letizia
LSU Champagne
LSU Gold cuttings(6)
LSU Hollier cuttings(5)
LSU Jack Lily
LSU O'Rourke(five finger leaf)
LSU Purple(TC)(2)
LSU Scott's Yellow
Marseilles Black VS cuttings(5)
Noire de Caromb - Rare Black French Fig
Peters Honey cuttings(3)
Petit Negra(TC)(2)
Sequoia
Smith cuttings(6)
Texas Blue Giant(4)
Texas White Everbearing(3)
Tiger
Violette De Bordeaux
Vista

This has been great fun!

Thanks to all of you here on the forum.

[Taverna78]

You have only one last plant to grow and you're set. BASIL!!

1 generously think slice tomato
1 same size slice fresh mozzarella cheese
1 large leaf of basil in middle of both
And drizzle fresh home made sweet fig balsamic vinegarette
Caprise salad

[COGardener]

Yum!!!!