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  • From: "Steve Sando" <steve AT mrlucky.com>
  • To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Figs
  • Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 09:23:36 -0800

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joan Vibert" <joan AT windwalker-farm.com>

> I understand that fig trees can be pruned to stay smaller which may keep
> them within the confines of a hoophouse - ours is only about 8' tall but
the
> one I'd build for figs would be more in the 12' range. If they are
getting
> five a bucket in California - we ought to do better here where they are
less
> easily grown. I pay about $2.50 a pint when they are on sale at Whole
> Foods. What's a bucket?

No, they get $5 for one of those little green open conatiners!!!! Isn't that
about a pint? It's insane! But I saw them moving.

12' seems about right but they also get pretty wide, too. And the leaves are
really beautiful. They doubled as underwear in the garden of Eden!

Steve
www.ranchogordo.com






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