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Tuff Toe Sports Tuff Sleeve
Product Information:
The Tuff Sleeve from Tuff Toe® is a tapered tube with a tough rubber outer surface and a cotton interior. It slides easily onto wooden or aluminum baseball bats and has been tested to eliminate 25% of the force of impact between ball and bat without affecting ball flight, thus reducing vibration and extending bat life.
- Outer rubber surface
- Inner cotton fabric
- Eliminates 25% of the force of impact between ball and bat without affecting ball flight
- Extends bat life
- Reduces vibration
- Fits 2.25" to 2.75" barrels
- Model: TS100
- Tuff Toe
Country of Origin: United StatesWeb ID: 3879798
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returned I think it would have worked good if it "fit". I bought for my son's 2 3/4 barrel bat. Says it works on a barrel that bog but it didnt go on. Looks like it would work on other bats like a charm but not the bog barrel. March 5, 2015
Does what it is inteded This product is effective for it's intended purpose. Just wish it was longer in length so it would cover more of the barrel. March 5, 2015
Does not fit I recently purchased this item, due to the purchase of my new bat. The sleeve said that it would go on my bat. Well it turned out that the sleeve did not stretch out enough to fit a 2 1/4 diameter, which is the minimum the sleeve said it would fit. The one time I tried to put it on my bat, it took 20 minutes, resulting in an unnecessary waste of time in the cages. Now i can't return it because I took it out of the package. Don't purchase it, your bat is better off without it. January 25, 2015
Extends the life of my expensive softball bat It works great for my daughter when she swings in the cage off the pitching machine.i need as much life out of that bat as possible November 11, 2014
Worthless Purchased the Tuff Sleeve to protect my kids $200 bat at the batting cage. It did not work, now he has an indentation/dead spot on his bat. Not recommend at all, worthless. October 29, 2014
Usable product I would make the same purchase again. I would recommend this product because it does what it is supposed to. June 17, 2014
Great protection for small investment. I bought this product at the advice of the Andy, Dicks associate that help my son and I find the right bat. This was out first composit bat and Andy took the time to explain the pro's and con's. He explained the advantage of protecting the bat from the batting cage balls used at the location my son takes lessons. On the very next practice day his coach was impressed with the bat selection and how it fit my son and his hitting. He also commented in the importance of protecting an investment like this with a cover for cage balls and how so many people don't. Thanks Andy! June 10, 2014
Great idea to protect that expensive bat Works Great, perfect for BP If you buy a new bat I highly recommend this Sleeve June 3, 2014
Doesn't fit without a fight Even though it says it will fit a 2 5/8" barrel, it is stretched to the max. Very hard to get on the bat. It's never been on completely. It's always 1" from being on all the way. The seam was showing signs of tearing after 2 uses. Stay far away from this product with any larger barrel bat. May 6, 2014
hitting more. Does exactly what it says it would I'm able to stay at the batting cages longer.... April 29, 2014


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APCO Australasia 2015
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Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Learn about Simoco's complete end-to-end DMR solution supporting both Tier II Conventional and Tier III Trunked.Find out more »
Simoco's industry leading P25 range offers reliable and secure communications in conventional, simulcast and trunked architectures.Find out more »
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Simoco meets the communications needs of organisations throughout the world. We work where communications are critical to operational success in sectors including public safety and security, utilities, natural resources, transport, and government and public infrastructure.
We are a full lifecycle systems integrator and combine innovation with expertise to exploit the capabilities of IP and cloud based technology to deliver scalable, flexible and efficient critical communication solutions across DMR, P25, and analogue.
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If you experience or see a hate incident, we want to help.
If you don't want to call the police, or if you want extra support, you can call the Stop Hate Line. You can also report a hate crime by text to: 07717 989 025 or by web chat at www.stophateuk.org/talk. You can tell us 24-hours a day what has happened. We will listen and take down the details. The helpline is confidential and independent.
What are hate incidents/hate crimes?
A hate incident/hate crime is any incident where the victim or another person believes that they, the victim, have been targeted because of their perceived race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender or age.
Hate Incident and Hate Crime
Such incidents often results in the victim of hate feeling isolated, vulnerable, and fearful.
Hate incidents/hate crimes can:
- ·take place anywhere - at home, in the streets, at work or in schools and colleges.
- include any type of threatening behaviour, not just physical attack or injury. It includes the use of threatening & abusive language; gestures; and anti-social activities.
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Who are victims of hate incidents/hate crimes?
Victim(s) of hate incident(s) do not have to be a member of a minority group or someone who is generally considered to be 'vulnerable' but anyone associated with or supporting a victim. For example, the friends of a minority ethnic person, a lesbian or gay man or refugee may be victimised because of their association. A white resident victimised because of their race is also a victim of a hate incident.
For further information on hate incidents please download the guidance. Reporting Hate Incidents Guidance [378kb]
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Disability hate incidents/hate crimes
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LGBT hate incidents is considered as "Any incident which is perceived to be based upon prejudice towards or hatred of the victim because of their actual or apparent sexual orientation and so perceived by the victim or any other person."
It is important to note that heterosexual people may also become victims perhaps where they have been perceived to be gay, lesbian or bisexual.
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If you wish to contact the Metropolitan Police Service and it is not an emergency please call 0300 123 1212.
Textphone users can call the 18001 TextDirect prefix for non-emergency calls. Typetalk can be contacted on 08007311888 or visit http://www.typetalk.org.
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The Metropolitan Police welcome the online reporting of all crime. If this method of crime reporting is more convenient for you please go to https://online.met.police.uk/ for further information.
The organisation Crimestoppers, www.crimestoppers-uk.org, is an independent charity set up to find criminals and solve crimes. They are another route through which hate crimes and general crimes can be reported. Reports can be given to Crimestoppers over the phone and online and can be made anonymously.
The Crimestoppers number is 0800 555 111 and their online reporting forms can be accessed at https://crimestoppers-uk.org/give-information/give-information-online/
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Recently I got it right betting on falling crude prices.
But the question I ask myself now is whether oil will fall all the way down to 80 or so dollars?
I agree with travado that everybody knows by now that high prices for oil can be possible.
Is oil still the new asset class which can protect money from loosing its value?
Don't make a mistake: Speculation is all about money and money is what we are working for and what we need in order to store value.
High oil prices are to be welcomed for their messenger function, but they can kill people for not being physically able to pay the price for vital energy and ever increasing prices because of the inflation provoking nature of oil.
If pressure increases, public transport, responsible car buying and driving, investment in alternative energy producing techniques can more easily be obtained from the selfish price regarding consumer and citizen.
What is better then? High or low oil prices?
IndianRobinHood,Assume A1 is the amount of oil "needed" by the world economy at t1. Assume that A2 is the amount of oil needed at a later moment, t2. If the economy is poised to grow, A2 />A1 If B1 and B2 are the capacity of the supply side to put oil on the market at t1 and t2, you have first a fundamental rule of this (unrealistic) system: If A2/A1 > B2/B1, ie if the economy grows faster than B, then prices MUST go up as buyers compete for the resource. Now, assume C2 is the oil tied up in future contracts maturing at t2. As long as the price engaged for the C2 barrels is below the market price at t2, everything is fine: the system is self-regulating. The problem arises when, for one reason or another, the price of C2 appears to be higher than market prices at t2. The holder of a future may decide to cut loses and now, somehow, he is going to subsidize the producer who at t2 will have what he got for the future in the bank account AND the oil in a barrel ready to be sold. The money tied up in unrealistic futures tends thus to push the price further down in t2, and that in its turn will spoil another bunch of future contracts maturing at t3 and so on.All the above is 101 economics. Now enter reality: when C2 becomes just a self-defeating delusion based upon a flawed perception of the future market behavior, betting on some sorts of self-sustaining eternal automatism. Of course it is true that a very large share of the demand for oil is inelastic. But it does have a limit. When people start buying and selling more and more pieces of paper, vouchers, contracts, promises, you name it, the market gets increasingly polluted with the effect of introducing a supplementary price increase (everybody must make a living) and you just can't go on asking more and more for your oil, iron, zinc or cognac hopping that at the end of the chain there will be a Chinese willing to pay for the whole thing.And the reference to cognac isn't a boutade: the prices of that wonderful liquor have also mirrored the evolution of oil prices because of the same "we'll sell this to the Chinese" syndrome.
If the U.S. government cannot profit on the upside (rising oil prices blamed on speculators) or on the downside (short selling financial institutions blamed on speculators) they will try and profit by legislation (free media coverage of them grandstanding to an ignorant public for votes).
The oil price won't drop much because namely the dollar is falling. Once the Federal Reserve starts raising the interest rates, the dollar will fall further. If the neocons are smart enough and the leaders dumb enough to go to war with Iran, the dollar will fall faster still. Unless the dollar regains its strength, the oil price will continue to be high.
All good Capitalists are in fact Socialists at heart. They believe in privatizing profits and socializing losses as was demonstrated to all and sundry by the recent taxpayer bailouts.
I for one have everything to smile about when the price goes down being on a fixed income and having to heat my place with oil next winter.
Oh one final comment I plan to vote my pocket book like all good capitalists come the November election.
IndianRobinHood, oil will not fall below $100.00/barrel because of your case. The general population finally bought into the concept that oil is a finite resource and starting making adjustments (truck plants closing, bike sales increasing, population density increasing in urban areas, etc.); in other words, we have gotten used to >$100.00 oil (I would argue that the reaction in the market of <$120.00 oil as 'exciting' means we are used to $120.00 oil...). Oil prices will reach $110.00 and they will not budge below that; next shift...the Olympics! Half of Beijing's cars off the road along with the economic hangover after the opening ceremony means oil will drop, but not very much.
The argument in the article is very counter-intuitive. Yet, it makes complete sense. If one thing economist gets right - and they get most - it's economics. It's simple Econ 101. Oil is non-replenishable natural resource, so the producer will dig only if it makes economical sense. Or it might as well leave it in the hole. Unlike water running under the well. The demand for oil is fairly inelastic in short term, so in the short term, price will fluctuate a lot, and hence the spike from 80 to 140, and now down to 120. I still see the oil prices going down to below 100 by year end, simply because people will adjust to the increase in the long run. Mine is a case in point. I moved to a house closer to work since it didn't make sense for me to drive for one-and-half-hour to work now that gas is $4/gallon. Coupled with the fact that inflation is higher, rendering expendable income lower, and as the article suggested, the cross elasticity of income with oil consumption is much higher, the prices are bound to go down.
A year ago, who would have thought that a price of $120 would be good news !
The oil price rising to U$146 was a wake-up call for all to conserve energy, and then falling to U$118 (down by 20%) is only a correction in the wake of the summer lull....come winter....do not surprised to see oil back up above U$146....marching towards U$200!
As long as population keeps increasing, and Central bankers keep printing money despite saying all along that they are concerned about inflation, oil's long-term upward trend remains intact.
There are many factors that influence oil prices. One of them is driving, of course. There are others. For one example, governmental action that affects price. Speculation is also involved. Refining capacity. Hoarding (by oil companies, even).Simplistic arguments should be avoided.
The hydrogen economy is rolling through town like a Grand Prix. Oil will be all but gone as a transportation fuel by the end of the next decade. It will have a use for fertilizers and plastics, but total demand will be cut by an order of magnitude. That means that yes, based on the demand, the price might go up as oil becomes more of a "rarity" for specialized goods, rather than something that people buy every day.
Machiavelli999,Well, the first news about a slowdown in China (particularly the inventory of cars!) have sent all the metals tumbling down, copper, zinc, aluminum (I don't have the data for tin here) and there are rumors about food staples...
Explain to me this, how come commodities which are not traded widely in open markets (like tin) are up even more than the ones that are.Still, I will agree with one thing and I wish I mentioned it before. Its not just supply & demand thats driving up oil. Its the fact that we are printing and printing money to support wars, unsustainable welfare states, other ridicilous programs which act as fronts for "social programs" but actually are ways to enrich people who run them. And finally, and most importantly, to support a quasi-socialistic financial system.Anyway, all this money has to be created somewhere. We print and print and wonder why our dollar keeps going down. Anyway, supply and demand is responsible for taking oil from 20 to 80. From 80 to 147, its the weakness of the dollar. As the dollar increases in value in the recent weeks, the dollar can buy more oil and so oil's price is going down.
thomasb86, the IMF and The Economist may be right an yet...They all think that the oil prices of July were JUST the result of good old supply-demand interaction. And they are right if we consider that the buyer of a future contract is JUST acting within the frame of pure, mere rational market logic.But economics and markets are human phenomena and where humans are, there are a potential customer to a psychiatrist. Adam Smith, Ricardo and Freud. Bubbles are made of exaggerated expectations that go beyond rationality. Even if I hate a particular flower, say tulips, if I see someone selling a basket of them for US$ 1,000, and ***I believe*** that tomorrow someone will be ready to pay US$ 1,100 for that silly basket of stupid flowers, I reach for the checkbook. And tomorrow some guy will buy the tulips for $1,100 or maybe, who knows, whims of the market, for $1,150 if there are more en more actors who come eager to buy at no matter what price because they ***believe*** they'll be able to sell them to some one at a profit the day afyer. I I was a Dutch living in Amsterdam 400 years ago, I probably would have had my home full of tulips.Enter a piece of paper that I bought from some one. That piece of paper says that I'll be getting so and so many barrels of oil at a ridiculously high price next month. Is that demand and supply or a nice piece of betting, of gambling? In fact am I betting on that ridiculously high price of today being a bargain next month? Or rather on my finding some one to buy my piece of paper tomorrow because he/she thinks that he/she'll be able to find another sucker before the contract matures?Pyramid schemes, tulip frenzies and real estate bubbles all have something in common: people don't give a dam about the goods, just about the piece of paper.
"Finally, Americans are doing what I hoped for in a comment to another article: a consumers' strike, the only worldwide-accepted weapon against sheikhs & Co.!!!"Not driving is effective, but alternative fuels and improved efficiency will also be effective.
"As this article mentions, higher prices don't have a significant effect on consumption, but decreases in consumption have a significant effect on price."Actually the article for all its lack of depth stated "According to one recent study a 10% increase in the price of oil reduces American demand for the stuff by only about 0.3-0.8%." But that isn't saying much as oil has increased from a $80-147 range in a year - which is a little more than a 10% gain. The problem when you have spikes such as this, you cannot get a read on the causal effects immediately, as the infrastructure cannot change as fast as the energy price. Do you look for a change in energy policy as an indicator of a market reaction, an increase in personal/small business bankruptcies for individuals owning small businesses that are energy dependent and cannot compete at higher rates readily, do you look for fire sales increased sales of owned vehicles such as SUV's/Luxury cars/Sports cars that consume hefty amounts of fuel, do you look for increased shifts in sales of new cars to more energy conscious cars, do you look for government reactions to appease populations, etc. So in contrast to what the article stated large spikes in energy prices in fact have a dramatic effect on consumption patterns - it may just not be readily observable in short time frames. Energy traders and speculators know that oil is a good commodity to bid up because of its nature. There is no easy compatible that can moved to for most countries and businesses in the short term as it would require expensive infrastructure changes. It takes time for oil and gas exploration companies to find new proven/probable reserves, secure mineral leases etc. It takes time to bring new production on line whether from new fields or increasing output from existing fields. It takes time to build new refining capabilities. Traders and speculators are fully aware that many new finds carry a higher costs in exploration and development as they may be more difficult to extract and refine - so they increase the value of the current oil contracts to that more expensive future price (knowing there is little the market can do to compensate). In short oil is a good commodity for speculation - as long as there is some hope of strong demand, and especially if there is a secondary factor like geo-political tension, or traders using oil as a hedge - you can bid up the commodity a bit and make money off the top. The problem is that there is a peak in that market that correlates to demand - if the price is to high (or there is a wider recession due to lack of affordable energy) demand falters and those same traders re-adjust into other areas. What we may be seeing right now with the current price of oil is demand problems due to recessionary pressure and afford ability - but also traders and speculators backing off a little as the access the market.
Economist,The American economy is not slowing. It has accelerated over the last 3 quarters, though growth is anemic.ANDThe article did not make the case that lower oil prices were bad.AND$120 oil will continue to justify development of alternatives, though it is not at painful as $145 oil.ANDIf the oil price is very sensitive to decreased demand, then it must also be sensitive to increased supply.
One would hope a fundamental shift in energy usage over the next 10 years will diminish demand for oil products - plug in hybrids, Natural gas as an automotive fuel, bio-fuels, and possibly hydrogen as an automotive fuel. Possibly breakthroughs with new energy production: http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/01/smallbusiness/blacklight.fsb/index.htm?p...
It is difficult to see how future's trading ("speculation") in a commodity can, in and of itself, be responsible for a rise in oil prices. I think many who decry speculation have a fundamental misunderstanding for how a futures contract works. Essentially, one party agrees to see 1,000 barrels of oil at some point in the future (generally a month's time) at a certain price. A second party agrees to this. If the price of oil goes up, the seller is harmed (they presumably have to purchase this oil from the spot market at a higher price than they agreed to sell it to the buyer); if the price goes down, the seller benefits (the buyer is "forced" into purchasing oil at a higher price than he could receive on the spot market at the same time). How this could possibly lead to manipulation of any sort on a level severe enough to cause the rise in prices is beyond me. The seller party could certainly raise the price it will sell the oil at, but there is no obligation for the buyer to purchase from that seller. Presumably, if the price was set above the market rate, the buyer would purchase from an alternative seller. There would have to be collusion on a massive level for a sufficient number of sellers to corner the market and demand a higher price. Presumably, some sort of agency is in place that looks out for this sort of thing? Oh, right, the "Commodity Futures Trading Commission".Lets take a look at the July 2008 CFTC report on oil speculation (choice quotes): http://www.cftc.gov:8765/cs.html?charset=iso-8859-1&url=http%3A//www.cft... speculation&col=cftcnew cftcnex&n=3&la=en"The Task Force's preliminary assessment is that current oil prices and the increase in oil prices between January 2003 and June 2008 are largely due to fundamental supply and demand factors… the Task Force's preliminary analysis to date does not support the proposition that speculative activity has systematically driven changes in oil prices.""If a group of market participants has systematically driven prices, detailed daily position data should show that that group's position changes preceded price changes. The Task Force's preliminary analysis, based on the evidence available to date, suggests that changes in futures market participation by speculators have not systematically preceded price changes. On the contrary, most speculative traders typically alter their positions following price changes, suggesting that they are responding to new information – just as one would expect in an efficiently operating market."Finally, the capstone: "The Task Force has found that the activity of market participants often described as "speculators" has not resulted in systematic changes in price over the last five and a half years."A June 30th IMF report (http://www.imf.org/external/np/pp/eng/2008/063008.pdf) also debunks speculation as a potential cause, pointing instead to – here's a shocker – supply and demand: "In the oil market, the price impetus from demand forces has been amplified by a sluggish supply response, which has led to a perpetuation of very low spare capacity and tight market conditions. After decades of substantial spare capacity, demand largely caught up with capacity early on in the current oil price cycle. However, the supply response to robust demand growth and high prices has been sluggish, and there is now widespread consensus that the production and distribution capacity will be slow to build up reflecting soaring investment costs, technological, geological, and policy constraints… there is no compelling evidence that the increasingly prominent role of oil and other commodities as an asset class has affected price trends for oil and other commodities, although purely financial factors, including shifts in market sentiment, can have short-term price effects."I think that this evidence makes a fairly unequivocal case. at both the theoretical and empirical level, as to why speculation in the futures market has nothing to do with the change in the price of oil. So please, blame OPEC, advocate alternative energy, castigate Americans for driving too much, howl in rage as China and India consume ever-growing quantities of oil – but stop blaming speculators. It just looks silly.
Broomball, just because demand goes up by 5% doesn't mean that the price should go up by 5%. This assumes that the supply and demand curves are linear. You only see this in an economics textbook because it is easy to draw, in reality, the supply and demand curves are non-linear. For this reason, in a market that has supply constraints, which currently is the commodities market, that small increases in demand will have drastic affects on price as where will all of the additional supply come from.
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Does anyone happen to have a list of hoyas at USF? I picked up a couple at the Butterfly garden plant sale last month and a couple at the Tropical Plant sale last week. Beautiful healthy specimens, well-labeled and well, have got me all excited about Hoyas again. I'm planning on working on re-establishing my collection and would love to work from a list if there is such a thing for the USF Hoya collection.
Hi Renee,
I tried to get a list during the sale but I guess it wasn't a good time :) I figured my fellow addicts at GW might be better source :)
They have a table in the garden plant shop. During the tropical plant sale, they had maybe 20 or 30 varieties for sale. I have never been there except during a plant sale so I am not sure if the garden plant shop is open other times.
if you join as a member, you can get into the sales early and even enjoy a 10% discount at the plant shop :)
I'll post some pictures in a moment
I was rethinking this, and first I probably should double check USF is University of S. Florida in Tampa?
If so, I live south of there, but I'm up in the Tampa area quite often, and I can help you get restarted with Hoyas. I've got quite a few in my yard. Send me an email through gardenweb if you would like.
As for posting more than one photo per thread, it can be done, but you have to use a photo hosting site, like flickr, photobucket, imgur or something similar and link the pics instead of actually loading them.
Whaaaa? A LOCAL (non-online) vendor with 20-30 hoya varieties for sale at one time? Have I died and gone to heaven?
Post more pics, please (you can do what Renee says, or just reply to this thread multiple times and attach a new picture each time). Or just post the names that were for sale maybe. (I am not in Florida, but still...) How much did they charge for these plants?
Hi Renee! I'm East of Tampa. That's a very sweet offer. Hopefully we can get together one of these days and compare lists!
Lol, Greentoe, I'll take some pictures tomorrow in the daylight. Most were the more common varieties. USF plant shop sells their hoyas for $7 I think plus you get off a 10% member discount if you join the USFBG's. You can see these are nice well established plants too. Another great place is Gardino's (rare flora.com). I used to have about 20 varieties but am starting completely over now and have only 5. Right now I'm being drawn to big leaves and big flowers lol


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The first time I bought this I got it in brown. I absolutely hated it, because the pencil was so HARD and would not transfer any color to my eye without me tugging and tugging. So I wrote it off and was sad that I hadn't found the ultimate cheap drugstore fix. I decided to give it a try again though, this time in black, because $0.99 is not something that breaks the bank. Well, this time it has worked out pretty well! The black color transfers very easily to my eyelid and I like to use it to create a soft natural line right above my lashes for a natural daytime look with mascara. If you smudge it a bit so the excess color comes off (I always do this with eyeliner powder/gel/pencil) it will not give you raccoon eyes... even without primer. I have pretty oily lids, so smudging it a bit is key or else I get a ton of creasing or raccoon eye. Anyway, for $0.99 what do you have to lose? It's a good product to buy if you're in a pinch for some pencil to use on your brows or your eyes.
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Help me identify my great-grandmother's rose!
Hi, I recently rooted some cuttings of a beautiful climber from my grandma's house in Washington state. My grandma said she remembers the rose covering the wall of her mother's house when she was a child in the late 1920s and 30s.
I'm new to roses so I really have no idea of where to even start in identifying it. I'd love any help I can get!
It's a repeat bloomer
the leaves are soft underneath but smooth on top.
Grandma says she hardly gave it any TLC in the past 50 years it's been growing so even though it looks bad now it must be fairly hardy!
I've attatched photos - let me know what details I've missed so I can make it easier to identify.
Here is a small flower - they get about twice as big
And this is my own plant that I rooted from cuttings of grandmas! (I'm pretty excited, it was my first time ever doing cuttings)
Thanks so much in advance for all your help! I understand that some roses remain unnamed and/or unidentified but it would be fun to find out about this one if possible. Also, I posted a question about how to prune my grandma's plant in the other forum so if you'd like to comment on that go to http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/roses/msg0617235913468.html
It is not 'Excelsa', nor is it even related to that class, the Wichurana Ramblers. The foliage and growth habit is entirely wrong for a Wichurana. This is a "modern climber" of some sort (and don't let anyone tell you it is 'Dr. Huey' because it isn't that either) but not one I am familiar with.


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How do we tell if the in ground figs ate it this winter? We have several hardy Chicago, sals black? And a couple unknown white fig varieties. Vary from 1 yr to 3 yes old. Any exposed branches snap off like dry twigs but are green inside. A couple tiny ones had turned black and shriveled up but that was not common.
Just wondering if there's any way to tell if they will come back, hate to lose 14 fig trees. We' ve never had winters this cold (down to 0 several days)
I know I can just wait and see but you know...
I live in NYC, Zone 7-b, and I have been growing figs since 2007, in large, 18-gallon containers. This was the worst winter in my recent memory, as far as the freezing, dry winds, and very low temperatures. Too cold, too quickly, too early, and, for too long.
I have a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach that most, if not all, my figs trees have been killed. Why? I'm starting to see the tell-tale signs of freeze-burn on the exposed branches, along with the rusty coloration that twigs get when they are dead. In the past the bark along the twigs remained a dark grey and had a greenish undertone when wet. Not so this year. The branches and buds look dry, and very crispy. The bark layer also looks a little wrinkled, and when scratched, the green looks pale and not very juicy. Not good signs.
I usually store my trees in an unheated shed, but this year, I got caught sleeping, and the trees froze solid before they had a chance to really harden-off before I got them in the shed. Too little, too late. I think my trees got freeze-burned way back in December-'13. The rest of the winter that followed, sealed the deal.
The next few weeks will tell the rest of the story. I have a feeling I will be shopping for new trees. Maybe if I'm lucky, some new growth may sprout from the roots.
Few, if any, of the in ground fig trees growing in The Bronx are protected. Only a few are covered. Most are quite large and have been growing for years. I will have to take a look and see what winter damages these trees have suffered, after the weather warms up.
Containerized, and young trees will suffer the most damages.
Yes This Winter ,killed most wood above ground on fig trees ,in zone 7,6 and colder.
However the wood under ground is alive and well..
When new trunks start growing,keep only three for every plant and eliminate the rest,in order to ripe fruits this year.
You will have 20 + new trunks,but if you live them to grow the fruits will not ripe till Winter come.
Thank you for the information!
I have two supposed-Black Missions which I purchased at Lowe's in 2009 (someone here said Lowe's was selling hybrids that year rather than true Black Missions, and that seems likely, but the fruit are more than satisfactory).
I planted them on the east side of the house (south isn't possible), 4' from the relatively warm walk-out basement so they'd get a bit of warmth, and have had essentially no wood loss in prior winters. In fact, last summer I described these figs as "trying to eat the house" (as well as the flower bed which has grown around them), and was lamenting that I hadn't pruned them much smaller the previous year.
This year the wood I tried pruning doesn't seem right. It's drier than it should be and a bit too brittle.
I don't record temperatures. This area is hilly and weather varies wildly depending on elevation and nature's whim. However, the closest Weather Underground amateur weather station (just under 2 miles away, also 7a, and with an elevation only 30' above me) says our low was -2* F.
Ah well....
All of my mature in-ground figs look like they will die back either to the ground or not far from it. They should grow back from the roots.
What bothers me is not this dieback on the older figs but my baby figs. I put in some new ones last summer and I usually cover them for their first winter but got complacent after so many mild fig winters in a row. They are probably toast.
Well. Good news is I see some new green buds forming at the base of all the older trees. Some small Chicago hardy show nothing yet but I'm hopeful. Question, how far do I prune back the dead wood? Ground level, below ground level, inches above it? Some show dead wood and bark flaking off very close to the ground and I was concerned about burying that portion and encouraging rot of the tree. Thanks to all!
It was a pretty cold winder here in North Carolina as well. My brown turkey fig which is in the ground is already budding out.
My mission fig and another unknown variety which are in pots aren't doing much of anything. If i scratch the main stem, I am able to see some juicy green tissue. Does that mean these figs weren't killed to the ground?
you should give it some time. It may come back as a new shoot (or several) from the roots, or a low bud on the trunk as in the post above. If there is some obvious brittle dead wood at the top it won't hurt to prune that off, but dont be in a hurry to remove it, they can take some months to regrow.
Pruning is aesthetics more than anything, the wood is dead. The closer to the ground is best but don't damage the living shoots. First thing is wait a long time to make sure you are not cutting off live wood. Then I do a cut at 2' or so just to clear out the bulk of the wood. Later I come back and cut to the ground.
So far the highest shoot on any of my figs is coming from about an inch off the ground. All the big ones are looking alive at least, the roots look very healthy. Even some of the ones I added last year may end up making it, their roots are looking good now.
If you will pour water over the trunk, the live part will look "greenish" and the dead part will still look about like it did when it was dry. Just because it does not show sap yet does not mean it is dead.
I removed 18 inches off my Hardy Chicago two weeks ago. The wood looked pretty bad on the inside, but showed up greenish in my water test. I made it into cuttings and put them sideways in pots and covered them with 1 in. of potting soil. One of the cuttings is already sprouting a leaf through the soil.
Figs are tough. Unless the bark is split, peeling and brown even when wet, the chances are still good that the wood is alive.
zone 7 richmond..I have either a celeste or black mission fig. it's been in the ground for 3 years now. And there's no sign of life. The trunk is 3- 4 inches thick so it's a good size tree. it's sent a shoot from bottom that's budding but the rest of the tree look dead. Is there any hope that the tree might still come back?
Purilisa & others, I have the same problem too. I am in the metro atlanta area and it looks like my figs have zoned out this year. I am so hopeful that they recover and re-grow from the lower limbs but I was sure looking forward to eating my own figs this summer!!! I HATE HATE HATE the idea of having to buy figs from the grocery stores when I have gotten use to eating my own! Schucks, there is no comparison! .I have 3 brown turkeys, and one celeste and they too, have been in the ground about 3 years going on 4 and now this: the coldest recorded winter in georgia in a very long time. I covered up all my fruit trees but I forgot all about my figs...I sure hope and pray that all of you and myself will see our beloved figs recover as they will teach us a very profound lesson about leaving them out when it is time to protect them, guess I will be purchasing another one to add to the collection so I can at least hope to get something off my own tree to eat this year...
out of the 14 figs I have inground split between some unknown green (white?) figs, chicago hardy, "sals black", "brooklyn brown", and another unknown brown fig I have found green buds on all.
they are small buds, and only at the base to 4'' high so far but green is beginning to show.
Thanks to all for a wide array of advice and observations about the impact of this rough winter on our figs. My tree has 4 large trunks, 3-4" in diameter, from the ground. All appear to be dead, except for green bark on one side of two of the limbs, but it only goes up about 12" off the ground. The local nursery advised cutting all the dead trunks about 2" below the highest extent of green bark. That would remove the tree's attempt to recover the dead areas and divert energy to new growth instead. Like many of you, I see small fig leave sprouts popping up from the ground in and around the 4 trucks, but there's absolutely no activity on any of the trunks themselves, even in the small green bark area. So what do I do - cut them off as suggested by the nursery? I'd like to hear from someone else how is trying this approach and get some feedback. Many thanks. Bill and Cath in Fairfax, VA.
My advice is wait a little longer. I live in Atlanta, so we're a few weeks ahead of you. I thought one large branch on my fig had not made the winter, but in the last week it has started budding-even on the ends! I have full leaves on the other branches, and was just about to lop it off, so be patient-you may luck out as well!
Wetting the trunks did not show any green, alas.
But Sunday I could see two sprouts (1" and 1 1/2") from below the southern fig! And Tuesday a small sprout on the other! [All three sprouts were on the side of the trunk which faced the walk-out basement.]
Meanwhile I had purchased a small Chicago Hardy at our local garden show, which I will plant in a different location.
This post was edited by missingtheobvious on Wed, May 28, 14 at 21:55
We had temps of 0 degrees for the first time in my lifetime here this winter.
My 40+ year old brown turkey is slowly putting leaves and buds out. Normally I would have figs from last years wood and it would be full of leaves!
A 4 year old tree is dead and no signs of sprouting from the roots, I think it is a goner.
I only use my well for watering the garden. When I turned it on last month.... I found busted pipes even with insulation and heat trace, which was still warm. Bummer, but fixed now.
We had a very late frost and I lost all of my peaches, cherries, and nectarines too!
Edited to correct, A grafted apple tree is dead also, not a fig tree.
This post was edited by wertach on Tue, Jun 3, 14 at 14:07
i have a fig tree that is 12 years old and we lost it this winter. It was huge and beared many many figs twice a year. I cried. We cut it back to the ground. It was south facing and 1 1/2 stories tall and very wide. Some of the stems I planted in our flower garden to see if they would take. I am thrilled that there are shoots coming from the base of the the fig tree we left. Seven that I have counted so far. They are little but growing. The fig tree was dead, Really, really dead. The branches just broke off and were black and the huge stumps were not producing any sap. This is the first time we cut the fig tree. The fig tree was given to us by people who are gone now and we can not replace them. This winter we had ice storms and it was so cold. We live in Maryland and we are not the only people who lost our fig trees. Our fig tree produced so many figs that I was giving them away. I will be more diligent in covering them with garden cover and leaves this winter even though they are true south facing and next to our house by our sun room. It will take many years to get to where they were.


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so things are blooming in my little patch of heaven - zukes, tomatoes, green beans, peppers, carrots, etc.. and i've got a few questions for you all:
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A Liverpool church is appealing for £100,000 in order to make major repairs to its ageing roof, and update its out-dated interior.
St Luke's, Crosby, has served the area for over 150 years, but as the building shows its age, leaders are desperately appealing for donations.
Revd Pete Spiers said, "The back of the church was in a really bad way, and fortunately generous donations allowed us to repair it before it got too dangerous.
"But the church relies on the generosity of local people. We get no state funding and the roof is beginning to leak in bad weather.
"The church is still full every Sunday, and it's standing room only during festivals. It's essential our church is comfortable and safe so we can continue to support people.
"We're desperate for anyone who appreciates the good work we do here to pledge their support. It's the only way we can safeguard this wonderful church for the future."
Local church-goer Jamie Somers said, "In the 70's the church was heavily damaged by fire. We saw tremendous reactions from the local community to help restore the church.
"I hope that despite the economic problems the same community spirit will help provide a safe, warm and comforting place for future generations to enjoy.
"We're holding a gift and family fun day on May 9th and it would be great to see people come along and pledge even just a few pounds.
"Anything people can afford to give would be absolutely fantastic."
Liverpool Church has ambitious plans for the futureby Simon Boyle. Published Mon 16 Mar 2009 12:22, last updated: 16/03/09
A Liverpool church is appealing for £100,000 in order to make major repairs to its ageing roof, and update its out-dated interior.
"SEE YOU THER GUYS AND SAVE ME AN ICE CREAM" JOHN, CROSBY around 6 years ago
"Fab, I hope all the funds are raised. " Karen , Litherland around 6 years ago
"what wonderfull news, i left blundellsands 17yrs ago but always see how st lukes is doing my grandson told me all about your plight GOODLUCK" Audrey Carmicheal, suffolk around 6 years ago
"We should all support this wonderful effort. See you in May for the fun day." Sue, Waterloo around 6 years ago
"I had the pleasure of attending Carols by Candlelight at Christmas which was lovely. Hope you raise the funds!" Jo, Litherland around 6 years ago
"iv visited your church on many occasions and think its great what your trying to do and wish you the very best in your campaign x" betty hallop, waterloo around 6 years ago
"may i wish you all the very best and il see you at the fun day.." Author davis, southport around 6 years ago
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