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Do you find greater value in planting figs in the Fall vs the Spring? If so, could you explain why?

Thanks for the info! That gnatrol looks to be the same or very similar to mosquito bits if you’re looking for an option available at the box store!

Do you use bottom heat? What temp is your garage?

Apples grafted on Pacific crabapple might be a good option for you in the real wet areas. For figs maybe mix a bag of sand with native soil and make a mound to plant in, any organic matter is going to breakdown and sink over time. My figs have trays under them that hold water and do just fine I use a mineral mix of soil, I have seen figs grown hydroponically so I don't think water is the issue. I think the issue is they don't like rotting organic matter that becomes anaerobic and can produce hydrogen sulfide. The roots need oxygen so I would plant the trees bareroot so the rotting potting soil is not in the hole.

Eric: Lou Monti always says plant figs on your highest ground. Your situation seems to prove his point. Do you have a solution for this dilemma?

as wet as it is there i would plant on top of the ground and mounted it up

Here in the Willamette Valley, I learned this year half the entire 3 acre field I was planning to use for figs is partially submerged in winter. Time to find some drainage solutions! Good luck to you!

I am also in the Willamette Valley and have noticed the exact same thing. Thank you for sharing your results. This might help others not plant in areas that are similar. UA-cam is a great vehicle for education! So many things about growing figs in ground locally are a challenge as few have reported extensively about this.

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Plant some other fruits that tolerate wetness in that area. Figs don’t like wet feet

Nice vid, just getting into figs and this gave me lots of great ideas. Great name by the way.

What kinda heat mat & tote are you using or recommend ? I’m planing to root 60 cuttings this weekend. Thank you

The DK is very interesting in Pacific Northwest.

What have you had success with in combating voles? I know in containers you use pottery shards at the bottom.

Cant wait till mine start fruiting. I think mine are still too young (3rd year). Two of mine have tiny fruits on them but they never developed yet they are still on the plants. Last year I hand pollinated and got absolutely nothing. This year I didn't (I gave up on them) and got the tiny undeveloped fruit. Go figure... I have yet to taste one of these and I'm dying to do so. Paw Paws also fascinate me but I have no room to grow trees unfortunately.

Which number hormone powder do you use, please?

Hi neighbor! Just watched this… and I’m prepping my fig cuttings now. Thanks for posting this.

Hows it doing this year?

Beautiful fig . Look like pigo Preto fig 😮 new friend from Viet Nam

Have you tryed putting mulch on them to help with the cold?

So I can’t wait till you put together a list of figs for the north west

Yes I have a few paw paw trees here in Washington I started them from seed year 2

Very nice 👌🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏

Does it taste like a violet des bordeaux?

I keep getting comments on my Verdolino tasting videos about how much sweeter Fico Secco is compared to Verdolino. Thank you so much for sharing Fico Secco with me. My tree has a beautiful view of the lake. I know Mario would be happy that you shared it with me. RIP Mario 😢

Eric, What are your thoughts or opinion on the White Madeira as a variety to grow in your area (Salem here)? Yeh, Ney and the like. I hear it is a great tasting fig and would like to get one provided I am not barking up the wrong tree. Thanks again and wishing you the best

First of all...Great Video!!! Super valuable information!!! Thank you. Thanks alot! I am here in the PNW ..Salem area and wanted to ask you the following: After your experiencing the recent cold spells here and the resulting damage to De Tres Esplets, Negra de Agde and Hative d’Argenteuil ....what are your current thoughts regarding whether all three are definitely/unquestionably worth having /keeping for our area? Do you have any growing disappointment with any of them that gives you some reservation about their suitability here and may not be worth the effort involved and if so which one(s)? I have recently purchased Negra de Agde and plan to buy DTE and possibly HDA. I am a first year newbie with fig trees...and I would really appreciate your response. Thanks again.

You might try giving Potassium (K+) and silica (Si) They can help plants tolerate cold weather by improving their stress tolerance and strengthening their cell structure Use of stress-mitigating substances could be an effective approach to improve a plant’s tolerance to freezing. Potassium (K+) can enhance the plant’s ability to cope with stress. High concentrations of K+ lower the freezing point of the plant’s cell solutions. Furthermore, adapted cytosol K+ concentration is essential for enzyme activities that are involved in frost resistance. Silicon (Si) is also an important micronutrient that can protect plants from freeze damage by modification of the cell wall and prevention of membrane damage.

Try Rockaway Green. The guy that found this one is from Long Island,NY. You will like it. As for White Madeira #1 imo is not an Adriatic. I happen to like jh adriatic. I have many of the Adriatic figs and I really need to get it down to a couple 😊

Fellow Oregonian here. Are you planning on selling cuttings or rooted liners for this variety at all? Thanks ✌️

Thanks for the great video,what will you consider your best tasting figs and must have varieties,

Do you think if putting a basket around them filled with straw or wood chips would get them through the winter and a chance to lignify

What was your lowest temperature this winter?

have you considered strategically planting anything to reduce the wind and frost strain?

My RL(Bass) died to the ground, too, and I'm really sad. I love that tree. The stump feels solid like it's still alive. It's July so I m ready to give up, too, but yours just strouting encourages me to hope

What were the lowest temperatures you experienced during last winter?

Eric, the great Lou Monti says, "If given a choice always plant your fig trees on your highest ground." It seems that your experience has proven this to be true. Great video as always!

I put Verdolino in ground last year and it proceeded to go downhill at a rapid rate. I fertilized with Jack’s triple 20 at 1/2 strength and it came back nicely. No issues overwintering and it is loaded this year. I think this will be a great variety for the PNW. Thanks to both you and Mario!

The tree that's a beast around 9:30 - what type is that? Don't think you mentioned it or I didn't catch it.

Can you graft now?

Nice.

Is Green Michurinska not an Adriatic? Would you consider Stella an Adriatic or similar?

I really do not know much about the Adriatic figs. Thanks for helping me learn about this group. I had a Texas Strawberry Unk on 10/21/22. That is super late for me. We were extremely lucky to have a great October in 2022. This is not typical for the Willamette Valley!

I have Green Ischia and Mercedes Gem. The Green Ischia died back to the ground but, has recovered nicely and is about 12 inches tall and growing fast. It will be interesting to see if they are so much alike that I will cull one. The Valle Negra that you gifted me is doing great. It gave me Figs last summer and looks to be doing ok this year as well! Thank you for doing the work you do, so the rest of us don't have to.

What style of grafting did you do your persimmons with?

I need to learn this. My trees grow vigorously in Louisiana and I`d like to add some Celeste branches to my much larger Brown Turkey to see what happens. I need to get some LSU Purple and Olympian trees but I`m running out of room because my emergency solar panels will need open space not only for frequent storms but greatly reduced costs of summer air conditioning, cooking and winter heating. Or I`d have 8 more trees right now.

I live in Port Coquitlam BC and im just trying out fig trees, and my tiny 1 year old fig tree I bought from the garden store this winter, I up potted it in the spring and im about to harvest its first braba in about a day or 2 im really letting it get nice and its on my balcony where it does not get the best sun since I have massive trees in my backyard. Is early because I had it indoors early in spring and did not take it out untill early June, its even just starting to form double bumps which was surprising since its still really young, I have many other varieties im trying out but so far this one has been doing the best, my celeste and LSU purple had a ton of winter damage from late which set them far back, also ive heard you can plant fig trees close together and still have good success if you prune them, ive heard a fig grower Ross Raddie who has a chanel and he planted his fig trees only 2 feet apart which he i thought was crazy but hes having success.

Good job! I'm hoping to take up grafting figs, too. Mine will all be potted as i'm in 7b and most years in ground figs die back to the ground.

Hi, so this is a mystery. I h 0:05 ave a supposed cold tolerant fig I bought from Lowe's. The first year, no figs, all the stems died during winter, I thought it was dead, but the next year, it grew like crazy from a stump, and we had multiple fig crops, 5 to 7 at a time, off of new stems. They tasted wonderful.l!! So this year, I kept my fig tree in a green house, about a small 3 gallon clay pot , and it grew vigorously in the winter after solstice , but It seems more leggy, but grew more new branches, and has produced about 20 figs this year to date, none ripe, slow to rippen.. I'm in Missouri, and it's hot and dry, so I water the plant every day, and it's full sun, 90°F+, full sun but doesn't get full afternoon sun, shaded by then. But now I'm considering shade, at least for the pot/roots due to your video. Many fruits, but seem slow to ripen. Very long stems, with a large number of leaves and fruit at the ends of each long stem. I'll try to find out what the genus of it is. Thanks! Dave

sounds like your shady portion of the day is typically in the morning and then sunny in theafternoon? Do you have any growing that get sun early and shade late afternoon? I have some breba fig trees that get late afternoon shade and have had a rough time with them and am wondering if that's why.