I recently noticed these fig suckers growing out of a stump at my new place in the PNW. Would I be ok to let them grow as is (It’s a good location with full sun) or try to turn them into cuttings and plant them elsewhere?

  • TIEPilotEnglish
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    3 days ago

    That system is working I wouldn’t change it up. But they are going to get really heavy as they grow (you know this)

    For fertilizer and if you got the space and deal with the smell I like chicken/turkey its cheap here in the Turkey Capital of the world. But you have to temper/compost it or it will do damage. And for you I think this is overkill.

    Out of the box easy mode and when I lived in small places was Miracle Grow all purpose organic plant food. The non liquid kind, and I use it sparingly. May be a table spoon a year (7-8 grams in Canadian or in cokehead)

    For my plants it works, I will have to scale up as they get bigger. I have a greenhouse size front window south facing. This worked from tomatoes to peppers and all my other plants.

    Also make sure they aren’t root bound, they grow quick and need bigger pots. I got a Aloe thats begging for a new home. Over/under watering is a concern but it sounds like you got that figured out too :)

    I’m not perfect, I could never get strawberries to take… So keep it simple and you’ll be fine.

      • NautalaxEnglish
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        19 hours ago

        I was so hyped to hear that wild strawberry was a very aggressive sun-loving plant practically capable of taking over lawns and bought myself some after seeds failed to take off. Unfortunately what I didn’t realize is that although they’re native I’m at kind of the extreme southern edge of their natural range (with some drought too) so I’ve been having to lean in and really give some support with water so that they don’t die (may also be stress from being transplanted near the start of summer). They make a valiant effort to daisy chain themselves around but the ones that get the afternoon sun will be limp with folded up leaves after just a couple days without supplemental water and the others while not so bad don’t look fantastic either and need to occasionally top-off. Not bothering to fruit much which I agree with. Plan to cut them all off of supplemental water next year when the roots should be better developed and let it go how it’ll go but pretty worrying…

        Also have the garden ones in a pot, those guys did fantastically and gave tons of delicious strawberries since they still has full sun but the potting soil doesn’t drain as easily as the loamy sand in the yard so no drying out.

      • TIEPilotEnglish
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        3 days ago

        Same here, wild ones are plentiful, I try to grow them w/ the best conditions and nada. They are the rebels of the plant world!

        I have heard other theories on strawberries that temp/humidity/time of year is a big factor.

        I do know when I get my dream greenhouse up I’m trying again hardcore!