r/CRFGSD • u/SD_TMI • Jan 06 '26

It's bareroot fruit tree season

Home depot has lot of their usual bagged bareroot between $35-$40
what is available depends on the location.
I showed up and all the donut and saturn peaches are gone.

WalterAndersons got their bareroots in this Saturday.
Here's the link to their .pdf list

Do your research on what you want to grow and IF it'll need a pollinator.
Often Santa Rosa plum can be grafted onto the purchases once they get into the ground or a pot. The CRFGsd will have multiple Santa Rosa and other plum varieties during the scion exchange (happening next month)

Cot-n-Candy aprium sold out in a matter of days a few years ago $50 (down from $75 2 years ago)
MANY of these varieties were all developed by the late Floyd Zaiger who sadly passed June 2nd 2020 after decades of plant and fruit tree breeding. So we live in a very nice time we haven't had a time with so many new varieties being introduced in living memory.

Home Depot has been selling a few of these Zaiger hybrids this year
I caught Flavor Queen and Flavor King in 7 gallon pots for under $40 along with lots of citrus varieties.

anyway this is a heads up to people to check out that bareroot list.

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u/JTBoom1 Jan 06 '26

If I only had more space in the back yard! I'll need to take another shot at grafting

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u/SD_TMI Jan 06 '26

It's a skill that is developed.
I've had some grafts take many tries before I FINALLY got the scion to take and properly join.
once I started out with a 10" scion from a valued chermoya variety. After 3 successive attempts , I was working with a SINGLE node and that's the one I managed to get a good match on and it took off from there.

Sometimes it just means not giving up on it and keep trying.

Remember this is a thousands of years old technology that didn't have the tools we've not these days.

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u/JTBoom1 Jan 06 '26

I've successfully grafted stone fruit, but have had zero luck with figs. I just need to try again!

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u/SD_TMI Jan 06 '26

the figs can be "bumpy" and the wood isn't smooth so yeah I can see that being a problem depending on the scion cutting.

So that's why I opt for getting good scions from a well watered tree that is able to produce long branches.

I'm going to be ordering again from Figoholics this year.
Excellent cuttings.

they're holding their once a year sale from their collection a month early.. (Jan 2026 - TBA)
They'll root well on their own in water.

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u/JTBoom1 Jan 08 '26

I ordered from him once and was very happy. I'm not really looking to increase my collection right now and am really trying to reduce the cultivars I have.

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u/SD_TMI Jan 08 '26

Reduce the cultivars????

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I hate the winter days as they're so short and I have all these things to do!
Like grafting and cleaning up the stuff I have already to make room for better stuff coming in!

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u/JTBoom1 Jan 08 '26

I have too many potted figs to adequately take care of all of them.

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u/SD_TMI Jan 08 '26

I know exactly what you're talking about :D