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here is ourfigs trusted eBay list.
churl82 is on it.
Scott - Colorado Springs, CO - Zone 4/5 (Depending on the year) - Elevation 6266ft
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I never notice him before. Has some pretty nice tree for sale all at one time. Odd tho has been on eBay from 2004 and only has 94 total all positive transactions. That seem oddZone 5 Chicago IL Wish list:
1) Rest peacfully Amico Bello Buddy 👼🏼.
2) This weeks ebay auctions.Comment
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The above link is in the Index of Frequently Referenced Topics sticky second from the top.
Scott - Colorado Springs, CO - Zone 4/5 (Depending on the year) - Elevation 6266ft
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Is he a member ? If so we need to chit chat about he 258Zone 5 Chicago IL Wish list:
1) Rest peacfully Amico Bello Buddy 👼🏼.
2) This weeks ebay auctions.Comment
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Mike..... you and that I258... lolScott - Colorado Springs, CO - Zone 4/5 (Depending on the year) - Elevation 6266ft
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Does anyone have a I258 cutting or inexpensive small tree they are willing to sell?
if so please help a brother out. Mike will forever be in your debt!!!Scott - Colorado Springs, CO - Zone 4/5 (Depending on the year) - Elevation 6266ft
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Taverna78
I'm the same way with the I258 I'm tempted to buy it. He always lists nice stuff ..Zone 6a Orange County NYComment
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The two of you could split the cost and air layer it next year.Scott - Colorado Springs, CO - Zone 4/5 (Depending on the year) - Elevation 6266ft
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I bid $50 on the rimada and the i258. Any higher is way too rich for my blood. Hahaha. I'm just a poor old retired country boy.
Mike if could win the i258 i would give you a couple cuttings, my friend. After all it's just a fig. A fig is a fig, is a fig, is a fig........
Jerry, Canyon Lake TX 8bComment
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I think Harvey recently had cuttings for sale..A few weeks ago? Those blew right past my high bid.. Never again..Zone 6a Orange County NYComment
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We have all heard of race horse partnerships. Why not fig partnerships as COGardner suggested?Jerry, Canyon Lake TX 8bComment
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Team buying improves the odd of winning and greatly reduced the costs.
one person takes the tree, grows and air layers it then sends the air layer to the partner.Scott - Colorado Springs, CO - Zone 4/5 (Depending on the year) - Elevation 6266ft
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At the price some of the figs are going for on ebay it would take a team of 10 before i could afford to buy in. Some of the plants go for around $200 and they are only a few inches tall.
Maybe buy multiple cuttings and split betweem team members.Jerry, Canyon Lake TX 8bComment
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Whatever the scenario, spreading the costs and spreading the love helps everybody.
it is amazing the prices that some of the trees reach on eBa! ssome of those buyers are propagators only, they buy a tree don't a ton of fertilizer on it to get it to grow like crazy then cut it up and resell it they're making money hand over fist.Scott - Colorado Springs, CO - Zone 4/5 (Depending on the year) - Elevation 6266ft
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You guys have a great idea and I would totally split costs or whatever need be.. Fig Partnership/Team Buying.. This is my first year growing and have no experience with air layers and wouldn't risk killing something.... But if a fig veteran did this it would be awesome..
This makes sense since all the cuttings I bought so far this year came with 3 or more cuttings. Now I have cups and pots all over my house and someone could have benefited from the cutting.Originally posted by jmaler View Post
I just went through my past bids and it was the Italian 376 Harvey was selling 2 cuttings 36.49 was the winning bid.Last edited by sal; 06-20-2015, 04:30 PM.Zone 6a Orange County NYComment
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Churl82 (Ryan) is a friend of mine. Lives just a few miles south of me.Comment
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I traded with Ryan for a St. Rita a couple years ago and the transaction went fine. However, the original trunk had a lot of fmv and stunted growth. I then let a faster growing sucker grow up and removed the original trunk. The sucker still shows probably more fmv symptoms than any of my other figs but nevertheless has put on pretty good growth and has set a couple brebas and a large main crop. I can't lie - I really wish I had a cleaner St. Rita. But I can't hold it against Ryan - fmv is part of the fig collecting experience. The other thing I have noticed is that two trees from the same batch of cuttings might show dramatically differences in terms of fmv symptoms.Steve
D-i-c-k-e-r-s-o-n, MD; zone 7a
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Interesting Steve. I like your advice on the sucker as the main trunk. It does seem like once a sucker starts growing it is rapid.Comment
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Yep it does seem that rapid growth has a way of greatly lessening the effects of FMV. A cutting that struggles is a lot more likely to show the FMV where a second cutting that takes off fast shows it less. It is strange.Comment
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