Pruning Young Fig Trees for the Proper Form - Super Important

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  • Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
  • Getting your young fig trees established can be very simple when following the steps listed in this video. Essentially we're aiming to establish scaffolds. Between 2-5 scaffolds that are long (20 inches of longer) and are growing on the right angle (30-50 degrees) for maximum sunlight penetration.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 31

  • @frankliao1663
    @frankliao1663 3 роки тому +4

    Excellent video again Ross. I liked how you showed what you wanted to see in the older tree and working backwards to show what you would do with a younger tree. I think that bit is invaluable especially for someone like me who only has younger trees. Thanks!

  • @gapey
    @gapey 3 роки тому +3

    Thanks for preparing me to do my first fig pruning in the next month or two.

  • @RossRaddi
    @RossRaddi  3 роки тому +5

    So my 5th grade math was originally correct. We're aiming for an angle of 30-50 degrees for our scaffolds. Make sure they're the right length to really expand that canopy! The playlist can be found in the description.

  • @jsimp4050
    @jsimp4050 3 роки тому

    This is exactly what I needed to see for my new, young VDB!

  • @TRMUT
    @TRMUT 10 місяців тому

    Truly fascinating. Happy I found your channel.

  • @JohnDoe_88
    @JohnDoe_88 3 роки тому

    You're the go to fig tree norther grower, appreciate all the info

  • @hermannm23
    @hermannm23 3 роки тому +5

    “Fignometry” boooom

  • @margaretmarshall3645
    @margaretmarshall3645 2 роки тому

    I agree that a tree form is a good idea. I inherited a bushy in-ground fig (I think either Blackjack or Brown Turkey) when I bought my house in California, and with the multiple branches from the ground I can’t easily control the ants. With one trunk on my more recent plantings, there are things I can try. For this year, I plan to see if organza bags will keep the ants out. (Strangely, I have not had much trouble with birds on this fig thus far, but they’ll no doubt discover it some day and the organza bags can do double duty.)

  • @nickangelovski4358
    @nickangelovski4358 Рік тому

    Your Chanel is full rowdy Ross 😁

  • @Cookdog2344
    @Cookdog2344 3 роки тому

    great video! exactly what i needed!

  • @JohnDoe_88
    @JohnDoe_88 3 роки тому +1

    It's too hard for me to keep them from dying back in Michigan. I let them form new growth from the base when I pinch mid-season they have enough time to fruit. Chicago and Olympian are my best preformers to fruit in Michigan. I thin the young shoots from the base in the spring only allowing several of the most vigorous shoots to grow out with proper spacing to allow good light penetration

  • @Fattiapples
    @Fattiapples 3 роки тому +1

    So when you take off the tip or bud at the end of branch , the branch will then scaffold out? I accidentally cut off the tip of a branch (because I don’t know what I’m doing hence watching your video haha) and realize I want the branch to continue growing upwards and not scaffold yet. So is there a difference between cutting off just the tip/apical bud vs cutting off a few nodes worth off a branch? If I cut off a few nodes worth, the branch won’t continue growing straight upward but will scaffold and branch out? Dang

  • @Lewberry
    @Lewberry 3 роки тому +1

    I'm struggling with my scaffolds laying out, almost horizontal. Nice, because there's going to be tons of interior light, bad because it sprawls out like crazy. Any advice, on this? Tying/training?
    Thanks Ross!

  • @craigschuler4392
    @craigschuler4392 Рік тому

    My young fig tree is presently only a single stem that stands about 4 feet tall. How to I get it to grow scaffolds? Do I need to cut the long trunk down to about 2 feet tall?

  • @Lex-gs5un
    @Lex-gs5un Рік тому

    Hi Ross, thank you for your video! I have a fig tree that’s a bush form, it’s very young still and only about a foot high, is it possible to cut off all but one of the base branches to form into 1 trunk? I’m not interested in a bush form, I would prefer one trunk, tree form- however I didn’t hear you mention if that was possible to do in your video. This is my first fig tree and I don’t want to accidentally kill it!

  • @nexxogen
    @nexxogen 3 роки тому +1

    Patlican is pronounced like Patlichan. Means "eggplant" in Turkish.

  • @AyZeD
    @AyZeD 2 роки тому

    I wanted to prune my tree in winter but it grew ALOT over summer, so I'm not quite sure how to go about it now (it'swinter where I am now, so it'spruning time!), all I know is I wanna take off branches that are growing towards the fence and the house. I'll decide the rest when I'm there I guess. There's also a big chunk missing on the trunk near the base where I think an animal chewed it, will that affect growth/fruit in the future?

  • @lianagilbert61
    @lianagilbert61 2 роки тому

    get the trunk established, just what i need to know. my in-ground brown turkey is huge and i want it to be a tree form. has about 20 trunks. just planted maybe a year ago. all stems are straight out from the ground. do i just choose the most perpendicular one and cut out all the rest? then cut it to about three feet and wait for branching? tia from waco, texas.

  • @LittlePieceOfHeaven.65
    @LittlePieceOfHeaven.65 Місяць тому

    Would help if you answer your followers questions!

  • @LaskMaestro
    @LaskMaestro 3 роки тому

    I've been listening to your suggestions. I am not hearing what you do with your potted figs in winter. I am in 7A... Montgomery County, PA. Likely near you?

  • @babichevi7950
    @babichevi7950 3 роки тому

    Hey, Ross, I’m confused about some specific aspects about pruning. One is regarding Smith, which you’ve mentioned doesn’t like pruning very much. If that’s the case, then what do you do? End up with a big tree that you have to wrap every year?
    These trees in the pots, you are pruning these differently than the ones in the ground, the cut and cover ones, yes?

  • @robertbrawley5048
    @robertbrawley5048 2 роки тому

    This video and last years video on winter pruning of fig trees in ground, show the same instruction in other kinds of tree fruit production
    So since you are going in that direction I'm going to anticipate that next winter season video will in instruct not to prune the tips of the two V scaffolds for very young tree.
    To get the scaffold length I want and then develop the vertical shoots from which the fruit is grown

  • @starjasmine1260
    @starjasmine1260 3 роки тому

    How do I protect my 3 fig trees (2 are in the ground & 1 in a container) from squirrels, birds and ants?

    • @happity
      @happity 2 роки тому

      Ants are harmless, birds 🐦 only look for ripe fruit, but you can put little bags over the figs. If squirrels are going after your trees, then you'll have to put up some kind of cage or barrier up.

  • @joesalvati9495
    @joesalvati9495 Рік тому

    Closing

  • @skylerjoaquin8666
    @skylerjoaquin8666 3 роки тому

    Ross. I want to rejuvenate prune a tree but it's rainy rainy here in Oregon coast. Should I use some sealer to stop the cut from getting too much moisture?

    • @RossRaddi
      @RossRaddi  3 роки тому

      No. Just wait until early spring to make the cut.

    • @RossRaddi
      @RossRaddi  3 роки тому +1

      No. Just wait until early spring to make the cut.

    • @skylerjoaquin8666
      @skylerjoaquin8666 3 роки тому +1

      @@RossRaddi appreciate the reply. Love the content. Totally making some stuff happen here on my land. I been rooting my cuttings in a humidity dome and coco coir. It's working great. Hard to secure your genetics, everyone outbids me. I'm commercial fisherman. I'll trade canned albacore for cuttings if interested

    • @StuffandThings_
      @StuffandThings_ 3 роки тому

      @@skylerjoaquin8666 I believe Padsfan, the dude who distributes Craven's Craving, gives the property owner some fish in return - sounds like a legitimately viable option! California has all sorts of fig collections and immigrants who brought fig trees, so you may be able to pull off something similar with a bit of a road trip.