Sounds like I need to water more based of your reply to other comments. Just ordered a bloom booster fertilizer today. The problem is the tree is growing in my established apple orchard which I don’t need to water in the summers. So maybe it needs a bit more special treatment than the apples.
Very exciting, Chris! Your DK tree is loaded! My 2 Brown Turkey breba haven't started to ripen yet, I believe they typically ripen in August here in the UK. I forgot to water one of my potted DK trees and it's dropped all its leaves 😬. No fruit on it yet as it's still a young tree, I'm hoping it might next year 🤞. I'm also hoping I can get some LDA main crop in the greenhouse this year 🤞
@@PeterEntwistle - Thanks Peter! Please check out the comments from hopeitgrows. A grower from South UK. Sounds like the DK are just starting to ripen for him. I appreciate your comments and hope you get ripe figs soon.
@@oregonfigs3314 Oh yeah, I know Conor (hopeitgrows) he's a great guy. I'm in the northwest of England, so it tends to be a bit cooler than in the south. It will be interesting to see how DK does in the future up here. I suspect they will ripen a week or 2 later here.
I also have a 8 yr old brown turkey fig that’s still 3 ft tall. 🤷🏼♀️. I’m an avid gardener. And my figs keep stumping me. They must need more attention than my frost peaches, apples, pears.
@@brittanys304 - I grow Frost peaches as well and they are so easy to grow compared to trying to get figs established. Figs thrive in sunlight and need HEAT.
Just got our first breba off our tree a couple days ago! We are about 20 miles from Salem, not sure what variety we have though. Our neighbors gave us the tree, but didn't have a tag to ID it. Very yummy though! Bright green skin, pink flesh inside. Looks kind of like your DK, but ours has gotten ridiculously bushy this year, despite my aggressive pruning in March. Do you pinch off the tops on yours to help the fruit ripen before our cold and rainy weather rolls in?
@@joshuahoyer1279 - We are getting Brebas now. They all ripen easily. The main crops start in about a month. I use pinching to control growth. I also take small main crop off to give the energy to the figs I think will ripen.
@@oregonfigs3314 Awesome, thank you! That's pretty much what I did here. Basically anything less than marble size doesn't seem to have enough time to size up and ripen.
@@brittanys304 Are you right on the coast or a bit inland? I lived in Florence and it was fairly cool in the summer. I have spoken to someone growing in the Newport area that has a difficult time ripening figs in ground. I left the Willamette Valley on 7/20/24 and it was going to be a high of 97F. When we got to Florence it was a high of 70F. A 27 degree swing traveling only 64 miles. We have a huge advantage in the Willamette Valley because it is so much warmer when both early main and Breba crops ripen. Are the Breba figs (on the prior years wood) falling or the main crop? The main crop fall because we do not have the fig wasp.
@@oregonfigs3314 yes I’m close to the beach. And yes the Breba always falls off. I’m seeing some tiny figs starting to grow right now. bloom boost fertilizer and then add some wood chips to the base to hold in the moisture. Today’s the first time we’ve seen rain in over a month!
Also, I saw your vid on your grafted persimmon. I grafted my 2 year in ground American persimmons in mid May and they all failed, so I re grafted them late June and most took. So I think for here in the marry time PNW, maybe later grafting on the persimmons is better w the heat and sap flow.
@@yochanontheseeker1942 - I am spoiling my trees that I planted in the last two years. Deep watering every 7-10 days. You are not likely to overwater young in ground trees in the first couple of years in my climate. My trees are cranking this year.
@@yochanontheseeker1942 - I have never grafted persimmons. My tree is a Nikita’s Gift that my son gave me for Father’s Day a few years ago. Having good luck grafting pawpaws this year.
I had a Prok that died on me. You are probably thinking of Eric near Salem - his channel is Loftinart He just gifted me a Saijo that I’m excited to plant!@@yochanontheseeker1942
Nice looking trees. They are loaded!
@@gapey - I think this heat is really making my trees very happy in 2024! 😁
Great tour of brebas. Interesting, my DK is beginning to ripen here in South UK, despite a much cooler summer (temps rarely above 20C/70F-ish).
Really interesting to get a ripening perspective from South UK! Thanks for your input.
Sounds like I need to water more based of your reply to other comments. Just ordered a bloom booster fertilizer today. The problem is the tree is growing in my established apple orchard which I don’t need to water in the summers. So maybe it needs a bit more special treatment than the apples.
Very exciting, Chris! Your DK tree is loaded! My 2 Brown Turkey breba haven't started to ripen yet, I believe they typically ripen in August here in the UK. I forgot to water one of my potted DK trees and it's dropped all its leaves 😬. No fruit on it yet as it's still a young tree, I'm hoping it might next year 🤞. I'm also hoping I can get some LDA main crop in the greenhouse this year 🤞
@@PeterEntwistle - Thanks Peter! Please check out the comments from hopeitgrows. A grower from South UK. Sounds like the DK are just starting to ripen for him.
I appreciate your comments and hope you get ripe figs soon.
@@oregonfigs3314 Oh yeah, I know Conor (hopeitgrows) he's a great guy. I'm in the northwest of England, so it tends to be a bit cooler than in the south. It will be interesting to see how DK does in the future up here. I suspect they will ripen a week or 2 later here.
@@PeterEntwistle - He is a cool guy.
I also have a 8 yr old brown turkey fig that’s still 3 ft tall. 🤷🏼♀️. I’m an avid gardener. And my figs keep stumping me. They must need more attention than my frost peaches, apples, pears.
@@brittanys304 - I grow Frost peaches as well and they are so easy to grow compared to trying to get figs established. Figs thrive in sunlight and need HEAT.
Just got our first breba off our tree a couple days ago! We are about 20 miles from Salem, not sure what variety we have though. Our neighbors gave us the tree, but didn't have a tag to ID it. Very yummy though! Bright green skin, pink flesh inside. Looks kind of like your DK, but ours has gotten ridiculously bushy this year, despite my aggressive pruning in March. Do you pinch off the tops on yours to help the fruit ripen before our cold and rainy weather rolls in?
@@joshuahoyer1279 - We are getting Brebas now. They all ripen easily. The main crops start in about a month. I use pinching to control growth. I also take small main crop off to give the energy to the figs I think will ripen.
@@oregonfigs3314 Awesome, thank you! That's pretty much what I did here. Basically anything less than marble size doesn't seem to have enough time to size up and ripen.
Fig season!!!
@@figtreegrower3152 - We wait and wait and wait… 😁
nice! do you sell them or allow for a U-pick?
@@abdumka We pretty much use them all in jam and dried figs. We gift some to friends and family.
Do you have any desert king figs? I’m still trying to get my 7 yr old tree to give me fruit without falling off. Zone 8b on Oregon coast 😊
@@brittanys304 Are you right on the coast or a bit inland? I lived in Florence and it was fairly cool in the summer. I have spoken to someone growing in the Newport area that has a difficult time ripening figs in ground. I left the Willamette Valley on 7/20/24 and it was going to be a high of 97F. When we got to Florence it was a high of 70F. A 27 degree swing traveling only 64 miles. We have a huge advantage in the Willamette Valley because it is so much warmer when both early main and Breba crops ripen.
Are the Breba figs (on the prior years wood) falling or the main crop? The main crop fall because we do not have the fig wasp.
@@oregonfigs3314 yes I’m close to the beach. And yes the Breba always falls off. I’m seeing some tiny figs starting to grow right now. bloom boost fertilizer and then add some wood chips to the base to hold in the moisture. Today’s the first time we’ve seen rain in over a month!
@@brittanys304 - Brebas dropping on seven year old trees is unusual. My first thought would be lack of water and/or lack of heat.
How often you watering them?
Also, I saw your vid on your grafted persimmon. I grafted my 2 year in ground American persimmons in mid May and they all failed, so I re grafted them late June and most took. So I think for here in the marry time PNW, maybe later grafting on the persimmons is better w the heat and sap flow.
@@yochanontheseeker1942 - I am spoiling my trees that I planted in the last two years. Deep watering every 7-10 days.
You are not likely to overwater young in ground trees in the first couple of years in my climate. My trees are cranking this year.
@@yochanontheseeker1942 - I have never grafted persimmons. My tree is a Nikita’s Gift that my son gave me for Father’s Day a few years ago. Having good luck grafting pawpaws this year.
@@oregonfigs3314 Oh, I thought you also had a Prok grafted persimmon that failed. I guess another channel in Oregon I follow.
I had a Prok that died on me. You are probably thinking of Eric near Salem - his channel is Loftinart
He just gifted me a Saijo that I’m excited to plant!@@yochanontheseeker1942