Friday, February 12, 2016

Impress-o-tags for my fruit trees

So I've encountered a big problem with my wood plant tags. The ink has worn off and I can't identify a handful of plants because of it.

 For plant tags, I've gone through Popsicle sticks, Plastic strips and stickers. They all have the same problem. They do not last. The ink wears off or the wood mold and breaks.

I just received these Impress O Tags from Ebay. They were  $19.95 for 100 tags. I'm diggin them already!

Super easy to write on and they will never wear down. Nice little investment.



Monday, February 8, 2016

Up Potting Lasagna Method Fig cuttings

After about 3 months or so, it's time to up pot some of my first Lasagna method cuttings.  From this one container of about 12 cuttings all but one did not root and leaf out.  That's a 91% success rate!

The ones in the video are from some Black Small figs I collected in California.




Close up photos of the root development. Some look better than others. The overall success rate is really high compared to other methods.

These are from my Genevese Nero. Untangling them can be a delicate matter but it's not too hard with gentle hands. I pulled out 6 that had nice root development and 6 more that were just ok. There were 2 cuttings that didnt make it from this shoe box. Which is not a bad ratio.
The nice thing is I found no mold what so ever.


Quick update on Figs I've brought indoors


2/6/16

Just a quick update on bringing dormant figs indoors. After 1 month inside, I've had as much as 6 inches of growth on one plant!