Beware of this fig type if you want to eat figs
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
- In this video I explain the different types of figs, this is important if you want the figs growing on your fig tree to be edible.
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My uncle is a master in fig growing. Behind our house in Lebanon we have a fig tree and he grafted 4 different thpes of figs on a single tree. It’s amuzing to watch the same tree giving different types of figs at different times of the year.
Of all the things that I miss from Lebanon, I miss our figs the most.
Is a wasp needed for all the different types grown ?
@@angelamonk716 can any other insect 🐝🦋 do the job?
@@mariaarevalo6874 nope
I was born and raised in Zahle/ REYAK / BAALBAC/ SARHEEN AREA
Every fig grower should watch this video.
Totally agree! This was an awesome video packed with Content and knowledge. This gentleman is a beast of a fig connoisseur.❤
My grandmother had three fig trees and would eat them. I disliked them as a little kid, now I understand how wonderful it was as you never see that anymore. This was in Florida.
you have such a beautiful and radiant smile, Brenda. call your grandma and ask for those figs, I'm sure she will be delighted that you're taking interest in it.
A YT channel devoted entirely to figs. This is something I need and didn't know you existed until right now. This will be both fun and educational. Thanks!
When I was a kid we had a fig. It was huge and made such a large crop that you could never pick them all. The birds and squirrels were all fat and happy.
Ditto! My dad had three trees in northern California and now I am in Delaware… uggg! I miss those figs
Very informative video. Not sure I would've titled it *Beware of this type of fig ...,* though. I thought there was a poisonous variety or something!
yup, that's what I thought too. I think the title is wrong. I was thinking, oh my god, is there a type that is poisonous? I better watch it
Clip bait.
Guess the title gets more people to watch the video😉
he knows figs, not words.
Also, there are no known poisonous figs.
I live in the San Joaquin Valley in California, near Fresno, and we grow lots of figs here, both commercially and back yard. I think that all figs are terrific!!
I live on the coast, in SLO. The "Mission Fig" (I don't know if that's a real name, but it's what they appear to be called here, grow like weeds. You can literally cut off a branch, stick it in a pot, and it will root easily, and grow another tree. Down town, near our Spanish Mission, built in 1772, there is an original fig growing along the creek. The canopy is probably 40' in diameter, and the trunk is probably 3'-4' in diameter. Many of the local figs growing at people's homes, are from cuttings that used to be sold off this tree, by the Catholic priests.
@@austinado16 California weather is the same like in Mediterania. You don't need to worry about how to grow figs, they grow crazy over there. Enjoy the best fruit.
Thank you. We just moved into a house that has two fig trees in the backyard. I know nothing beyond Fig Newtons. :D After watching this video the first time I went out and picked my very first ripe fig. Now I am watching again as a beginner. I appreciate the information.
I watched a documentary and it said that fig trees are about the most valuable tree in the world for tropical wildlife.
Also, ‘Fig’ was said to refer to a tree that makes fruit with no flowers (the tiny wasp going into a place on the tree to pollinate it.)
I got a Fig Tree 2 years ago and have it planted in a 20inch pot on my drive way here in Maryland and it is producing fruit and surviving the winters. I feed it regularly with water from my African Cichlid tank.
Golly Thank you! I thought 1; fruit dropping because I live in a VERY hot desert area. 2: because it's been in a large pot for a few years. You just changed my life!! Smiles.
"Celestial fig"
In 89/90, I met a Chinese family recently moved to the US. I helped load some boxes on the truck. They gave me something the daughter called "Celestial fig" I've never seen another like it. Small golden fig, tastes like honey.
There is a variety called the "Janice" that is like that.
There is a variety that is called Celeste. Small, very sweet “sugar”.
That use to grow wild in Portugal.
Great one…!
I live in the Pacific Northwest, and I have a small yard. My fig tree is actually a bush called Little Miss Figgy. She has a nice breda crop and an amazing full season crop. The figs are black and delish. My fig will never be enormous (she lived in a pot until a windstorm tossed her across the yard and snapped her taproot) but she suits me to a T.
Thanks for the video. I am always looking for more info on this marvelous fruit.
Little Miss figgy is a common variety and can be grown almost anywhere
Thank you! I never realised that growing figs was so complicated!
That is true, but it depends where do you live and grow fig trees. If you live in a warm climate as mediterrania, california you don't need to learn or worry at all. Just plant it and enjoy the fruits in summer. I live in cold weather zone 6A in Indiana and growing figs is a challenge, a lot of work especially in winter time. Anyway I have enjoyed growing and dealing with them.
In the process of making fig preserves and strawberry figs today. So delicious and perfect in the winter.
Thanks! No FIG ticious information here, only excellent information!
I'm glad you liked it
Eggcellent except for the bad 'Example' in spelling. 😂🍷🍷
I want to buy
Wow Rich, I loved and enjoyed watching this video, your knowledge and educational materials are well put together. So proud of your what started to be a challenge to grow figs in Canada to the fig expert you are today...Can't wait to come by and try some of your crops 😁😁
The fig fruit is actually a composite fruit, like a raspberry or blackberry, comprising many flowers, later fruitlets, all joined together. But with the fig, it's turned inside out, so the flowers/fruitlets are inside! So the fig wasp gets inside the hole in the base of the fruit to pollinate it.
Thanks for the info, I often wonder about figs and it’s flowers! God is Awesome, he created all kinds.👏🏽👏🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🎉
So cool! Thanks for sharing that!
Not all fig trees take a wasp A LOT OF fig trees are self-pollinating but people love to tell the Fig wasp story because it sounds cool
@@DJMerck Gtk, but pollination is still better, at least for the seeds.
There's only like three main fig types that need wasps to pollinate and they aren't native to the US.
I fell asleep watching this and had to watch it again once I woke up. Thank you for this information!
:D
My grandfather had a fig tree. Very interesting video. Thanks.
Every year a squirrel and myself have a race as to who is going to get to my figs first. If I pick them too soon they're not sweet enough and if I wait to long Mr squirrel gets them.
Kill the squirrel bro, fig problem be solved. Don’t we use pesticide to kills small insects, flying creatures? Squirrel is basically larger than that but still belongs in that category
@@malikahmad8170 Problem is, I really like squirrels. I just don't like when they eat my figs.
You need to use organza bags. Lol at the beginning of this video ua-cam.com/video/rzzyYtzupeg/v-deo.html
@@RKfigs Didn't see anything about "organza bags" in the video but I did google them. It looks like they might work for potted trees but my trees are 35 feet high. I use a fruit picking pole to get to my figs. No way I can tie a bag around them. I might be able to surround a tree with a tree net or one of those nets you put over ponds to protect the koi. Although Mr squirrel might get through one anyway. Looks like I might have to share my figs.
@@malikahmad8170 you are cruel, why kill an animal just so you can save your fruits ? There are better ways to protect the tree.
Great info .thank you , explains why some of my cutting varieties have not bore figs.
Thanks for such an interesting and informative video. Perfect timing too since I'm actually looking to buy a fig tree on the upper east coast.
This is fascinating info., thank you!
We have two rather prolific fig trees/bushes in our yard. This is an old farmhouse and we never had any idea what type of figs they are.
I'm guessing after this video that they are some type of "common" fig. Some years they are sweeter and more abundant than others, but they don't seem to like too much rain. A hot, dry summer seems to produce the best crop, so most years they do pretty well.
Man all your video posts are amazing and filled with knowledge.
Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed it
Thank you gentleman, you just thought me a lesson i have been looking for quite sometime.
In southwest of Iran there are a type that pollinate them similar to date trees and it dries on the tree.
I'm pretty sure that my neighbor's fig tree (which spills over the fence into our yard so I have been collecting some of the fruit :p) is a male fig. It looks basically exactly like the male fig you showed. Thanks for the education! I also live in Southern California and I was so happy to try my first fresh fig as they finally ripened on the tree ^^
That's a wonderful video. Thank you so much for sharing.
Glad I caught this - had no idea about male and female figs!!
You are very informative. Thank you for sharing👍
Thank you for the details, it's a great info.
Loved it, learned a lot despite growing figs for years
Clear information presented well, with a splash of amusing put in. Thank you 😊
Thank you for sharing your knowledge it was very eye opening
I did not know figs were so complicated, thank you for info.
Regards from South Africa.
Yes wasps get there first than birds in my garden.
I inherited several fig saplings from a nursery owner who passed away and I have attempted to raise them, they are about 4-6 years old but small still in pots. We live in a cold climate and they go inside or in a garage in the winter. They are common figs and I’ve seen a couple grow, but it’s obvious I have no idea what I’m doing so I’m glad I found your channel!
This video was informative, but the video on Capri figs was wonderful. Finally, there are fig growing questions that were explained succinctly. Thanks for this well presented info.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Wow, great video. I actually learned a lot and eating fresh figs is a dream. Thanks.
Baskinta is a very nice village, your video brought back some memories, thks.
I kept this video in my favorite as a reference, I watch your video when I buy a fig
Thanks, very interesting. I knew about the fig wasp but not the different variety reactions to the wasp.
Wow, thank you so much for this video!!
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Very interesting and awesome information to know .
Thanks for sharing this great info.
Great video! Thank you.
Didn't know that about the fig wesp. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
That was very interesting. Thank you. I'll have to watch it again
Very useful information.
Very glad I subscribed to your channel!
I recently bought some chicken poop for the old fig tree my Mother planted and when our present rains stop I plan to mix some with Epsom salt and bone meal along with fresh potting soil to try to rejuvenate it. Thanks for putting out info!
Thanks for watching😊
Thankyou that was amazing and very straight forward
Wow! Happy to have found youyr channel packed with so much important fig growing info!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks!!
P.S. Now wish my husband would let me have an orchard/grow trees, that not only HE wants....
Thanks for your comments 👍
Interesting ! Planning to plant figtrees and now I know what to look for. Living in Poertugal
If you live in Portugal you should be able to plant whatever fig you like because the fig wasp should exist in many regions. Portugal is also known to have spectacular figs. I have a few Portuguese figs and they are all fantastic.
Very good information, Thank you Rkfigs.
Thanks for the information. I LOVE FIGS!! 💘
Me too!! Thanks for watching
thanks, a lot... I m fpund of fig... but idea about it... but today, I have learned a lot aabout fig variety in details from ur video..
Good information I am a fig tree collector.
my earliest memories of picking fruit off tree/shrub were figs. i must have been around 3 to 4 years old. i remember they were good and/or seedy.
I liked this video. Now i know a little about fig trees before this I didnt know this information.
Great info! haven't read or heard this anywhere. I'm from Australia, so we have plenty of fig wasps, I have 11 varieties growing in my garden & have learnt something new today. Thank you, just subbed 👍🇦🇺
I didn’t know we had 11 varieties in Oz, where did you source them? Thanks 🙏
Where are you in Oz? I grew figs well in Tamworth district, NSW. My best varieties were Black Genoa & Blue Provence. I tried Brown Turkey & White Adriatic, but they did not produce so well. I might mention, I planted the trees 2.5 m apart, & managed them like a hedge, with hard pruning in winter, shoot thinning in late Oct., & trimming the strong shoots at the top in early- mid Dec. The trees need good watering & manuring/composting/fertilising to produce well. They do not ripen after picking, & ripen suddenly, within about 4 days of becoming "squishy" ripe (when they actually taste best). However, I'd pick them for sale a day or two before that. Enjoy!
Didn't know, went on a Google journey and it seems even in the cold of Melbourne we have native fig wasps due to fig natives around the bay.
@@itsdizzylizzy From nurseries,, private sellers, & have received/purchased cuttings from many ppl who had migrated here decades ago & brought with them their own cuttings,etc
The Food Forrest grow over 40 varieties.
Cheers
@@rodkingston7933 I'm in Central West NSW
My regime for figs, they have to have excellent drainage wherever planted, I don't apply any fertiliser when planting in the first year. In Spring, I apply small amount of Seasol & place thin layer of mulch. Out of all the many fruit trees I have, my figs get the least amount of fertilisers, compost/mulch & pruning, I deep soak 1/2 times only during the whole of Summer. They get protected from the birds & we get to enjoy the most luscious figs
The more they are left alone , the trees thrive.
I got my seeds from a grower in Greece. About four varieties from the packaging. Did get them mixed up at some point. Hope you can do a vid for positive identification of the varieties. I got quite the education on the symbiotic relationship between fig and wasp. Thank you for the lesson. Now I know I need some technical knowledge to raise a crop from the seedlings which are growing quite vigorously.
All of those seeds may not produce edible figs for you. Fig seeds are not true to type and won't produce the same fruit they came from Watch this video for the full explanation ua-cam.com/video/NXoqHMhiWSU/v-deo.html
Very informative! I had no idea about all this! Thank you very much! I had no idea that there were fig wasps! Have seen figs growing in Florida…
yes they are depends of the area mostly where in Florida?
Wow! Very interesting info. Thanks. Love love figs!!!🤓
I'm glad you enjoyed it
Really great video
Great information, thank you!
thanks for your information. Very usefull. And add my learning abougt fig fruit. 👍👍
Within the fist 5 minutes you explained exactly what is happening & why with my fig trees; thank you!! Makes sense why I was intuitively drawn to purchase 12 more fig trees. One of them must be a male because I'm finally getting fruit! New subscribe looking forward to learning everything I can about figs from you. God bless you!
I'm happy i was able to help. Thank you and God bless you too! 😁
Amazing. Our figs are green on tree but wait till purple/black color and sweet and delicious. I’m looking recipes other than jam.
Great 👍🏽 information regarding the fig wasp!
Thanks for watching!
Excellent. Very informative and clear
Glad it was helpful!
This vedio is owsome, thanks a million for this very interesting info.
Thank you superb teachings 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 simply the Best....👍🏻
Spanish black figs black Genoa and Adriatic figs along with Brown Turkey are the most delicious figs 😋
Here in UK we don't even get fresh figs only processed ones in bags with loads ov added sugar I❤Figs... great work ty💌
Hi, in Hull centre in William Wilberforce house gardens is a fig that fruits and ripens every year, also in Hedon there is a large fig tree which fruits and ripens I think that one is Brown turkey.
Excellent information ✨
First time i eat this kind of fruit when i was in geneva then here in korea taste really good
Thanks for posting this video, very educational. I have the common Brown Turkey on our homestead. I have subscribed.
Thanks for watching !!
I just found your channel...awesome. Cheers from your newest subscriber in Ottawa.
Thanks for watching I'm glad you found me.
i think u just solved my problem i bouth 2 10 inches fig tress 4 years ago ,they were 12 to 18 months old already ,got it off amazon ,at this point the trees are beautiful and big but no figs yet 🤷♀️,im gro5them in a big pot .(black turkey fig tree)
I grew up in southeast Texas where almost everyone had a fig tree in their yard . Now I live in southern california , and you can bet , I've got one !!!
That's great to hear!
@@RKfigs yeah , an improved brown turkey . Had a bumper crop this year .
so good video !
I have a small fig collection here in Denver CO zone 6a. My second year. Still learning.
Bought fig cuttings from figbid. Planting inground the early and mid season varieties.
Late varieties in containers. Enjoying it so much.
Great video! I’m growing a fig tree that I bought from Lowe’s hardware store’s garden department. I don’t know what type it is. yet. 🤷🏽♀️
Thank you for sharing valuable information. 😊
You're welcome
Oh my goodness, I love figs!
Thank You for sharing
Beautiful figs
Very informative, I was pretty sure I checked before buying but as far as I can tell my Colonel Littman's Black Cross does not require the wasps.
That variety does not require the wasp. It's a very good variety👍
Fruit of the Gods. Amazing tree.
Veeerry interestiiinngg !!!
Good job!
I have a Celeste fig tree in southern New Mexico. I get figs all summer but more in July and August.
Useful info. Thank you so much.
You are welcome!
Yeah really ! ... very useful , really so informative .
Very interesting!
I have a fig tree and I live very close to New York City! It is kept warm and protected by the side of my house. No work required. Has died down and regrown with no help 4 times in 30 years. I recommend chicken and figs in cream sauce - I make it every September 😋
Can you give us the recipe so we can make it? Thank you.
oh thank you.. this is great .. I didn't know this ..
Wow how incredibly interesting
great video, thanks.
Very interesting thank you
Thank you so much for the clarification and I need your advice because I want to grow figs in Columbus Ohio and I don’t know what type of figs i need.
There are a few very good varieties, Hardy Chicago or MBVS, Italian Honey, LSU Champagne, LSU Hollier, Violette De Bordeaux, Verns Brown Turkey.
Interesting. I'm growing an organic, heirloom Violette de Bordeaux indoors, hydroponically. I got a breba crop at the end of the first year (bought it as a bareroot twig), a good, delicious, crop the 2nd year, and now I'm anxiously waiting to see some figs pop out this 3rd year. Got lots of huge leaves so far...much bigger than previous years. BUT...I didn't prune it, any of those years and this last winter, it didn't even drop its leaves. So pruning is on my schedule for this winter. Basically I lucked out when I bought it since I didn't know anything about growing fig trees.
By any chance could you give me some tips on how to grow trees hydroponically? Always wanted to make a setup, just never had the drive to do it since I thought hydroponic trees couldn't exist haha
@@GhostOfTheAngels Well first of all, let me say I am NO expert, especially on growing trees hydroponically...nor figs. I just winged it, after exchanging some comments with Dr.Kratky, who suggested I'd want to set up a reservoir tank with a float, filtration, etc. Which I did not do, mainly because I am just not that mechanically inclined. I had much success with my other Kratky method plants, except for the bug problem that resulted in 1/2 a huge leaf gone every few hours. Turns out the "bug" was a big black & white furry one named Stan...my cat who apparently LOVES his greens, LOL. So, I'll tell you what I did but you try it at your own risk as this is NOT the method suggested. I got a big plastic planter pot, put a self-watering gizmo in the bottom, filled the pot with several bags of Hydroton clay pebbles, plopped the bareroot fig stick (that I had just bought) in the middle, put an airline in, with a bubbler, down to the bottom of the planter, and filled it to the top with water. Said water was pH balanced to 7, warm, and then Silica Blast was added and mixed, then FloraGro hydroponic nutrients and pH was balanced to 6. That first year it got a few leaves and then dropped them, along with a breba crop. Clueless, I did not prune it but let it rest until spring, whereupon I sprinkled some Happy Frog 5-5-5 fertilizer on the top and watered it in. That second year, I got a nice crop of delicious figs but it didn't go dormant in the winter; again I did not prune it (like I said, clueless). This is the 3rd year and 2/3 of the branches are leafed out and still going. There are so many huge leaves that the branches are hanging lower. No figs yet but I just fertilized with the 5-5-5. This winter I plan to prune it, hopefully properly. I've heard that figs are not delicate and are hard to kill, which is probably what has contributed to my success, LOL. If you check out Dr. Kratky's channel you can see how to make the nutrient tank/float system. Good luck! :-D
@@DrValerie800 I'm going to check that out when I had the time but in the meanwhile I simply have Jose's with what's left of a bunch of hydroponic philodendrons 3 years ago ... any suggestions on what to put in the water as fertilizer because this is it I mean they're not looking too good and I just want to put something in the water that is simple that will feed them and help them grow and flourish .
@@gardensofthegods I've never grown those hydroponically but I'd guess that FloraGro would likely work (General Hydroponics). Look up what pH they like too and balance your water to the proper pH. If they have suffered too much of the wrong chemicals, you might have to give them some microbiome root stuff and maybe something like zinc. And like I've mentioned before, I'm no expert, I'm just a hobbyist doing the best I can. And since I don't really know what I'm doing, I just research to get a clue and then go ask the plant what it needs (by dowsing). That has been working well for me.
Got one too….still too small but growing on steroids!
There's an old grain silo nearby with all but about 20 feet missing. The entire inside is taken by one huge fig tree which grows another 4 or 5 feet out of the top.