Too Big To Prune? Nope! Here Are Some Pruning Tips as We Prune a BIG Fig Tree
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- You can prune a big tree. Make good cuts and think about how tall you want your final tree. Some trees, like figs, will respond quite well and will not be killed by major pruning.
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david leaves a tiny stump..... neighbor:ARGHHH MY TREE! .. david: Its perfect!
David: I’m allergic to latex.
Me thinking: is that way he has 10 kids 😂
Bro.... That's a good one 😂
It's one hell of an excuse.
You are BAD!😆( just kidding )
Hilarious!
lol
I had to prune two figs like the one you did, saved a lot of cuttings and now have 30 fig trees that I will eventually sell.
Great work. Good return.
Excellent!
So you can root whole branches?
@@thatbme35 I never rooted anything larger than three-quarters of an inch in diameter and 3 feet long.
Yep, that was about 2000 possible rooted new fig trees. I`d be sticking them everywhere but I`m half crazy. I don`t know how I`ll ever eat all of the fruit growing in my yard. But the way the birds and squirrels keep inspecting my trees is making me paranoid. My first brown turkey fig tree is only 2 years old and it`s already huge and loaded with figs and so is a cutting from it I planted in March. I have another in a pot and planted 4 Celeste and 4 mulberry trees this year too.
What neighbor doesn't know is David is harvesting biomass for HIS garden :)
I'd do the same.🤣
and transplants👍😅
The neighbor is actually my grandma! She told me about this video.
I can't wait to see an update on Daughter the Goods rooted fig trees.
Great tips. I also will cut a foot or two distally first to remove the branch. Then cut where I want the final point, so the best cut is made with only a tiny bit of weight hanging on the tree. Two cuts is more laborious, but I don't mind doing that for my trees.
Most entertaining pruning video i've seen. My poor fig tree doesnt know what is coming.
David- Sticks tree in hole with NO cares given. Tree grows.
Me- Goes all extra to plant tree with ALL the special recomendations. Tree still dies.
I'm so glad there were some fig trees propogated from those cuttings! I was getting worried for a minute that all those future fig trees would go to waste. Great job trimming that puppy into something more manageable!
Love the propagation.
Don't forget to give us an update on these ❤
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Planted my 1st fig tree this year, and 4 ape trees after I took you up on the recommendation to buy the book Grow a Tiny Fruit Tree. The fig was 6 inches tall when I planted it this spring and now its 6 feet tall with digs growing. Amazing tree. Wish I had that book 21 years ago when I bought my property.
Apple tree
Excellent.
I have a mediterranean climate, here in Melb, Aus. If you cut a fig tree like that here, within one growing season it would be right back at that height lol. Once established, I don't think I have ever seen a tree grow so fast.
On the loppers, I found one that has click locks for the extension, so much better, lock them in and they don't move.
Same here in Louisiana. Fig trees grow a few inches per day in early to mid summer.
Give away the cuttings to your viewers David that would be great 👍
Wow, so glad I saw this. I have a huge fig that needs to be pruned. I will also try my hand at starting so to sell.
David: Cuts the entire tree down*
Neighbore: You aren't supposed to do that!
David: I do that anyway 😂😂
Hey I just can't help it dude I just got to say it I just love you so man I can't wake up every morning I got to watch your videos before I do anything it's like you just make my day God bless you do thank you so much
Thank you, Fred - God bless you too.
I was so stunned that you were not going to take cuttings from all that bounty and then your daughter did. Phew! Haha.😉😊
Train up a fig tree in the way that it should be smaller, that when it is older it would not depart from it.
Hezekiah 5, right?
😁
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
@@Huntnlady7 You got it! I was about to cite that scripture too…😆
😉 true story
That's a pecan or a walnut "weed" in the middle of the fig.
That's nuts.
The actual GASP I JUST emitted!🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️❤️🌿🌿🌿🌿
Elderberry growing near. They grow everywhere on my property.
San Diego Growing Zone 10b checking in 🌱👩🌾
Pruning Pants!!👖😆
NO FEAR!! 💪👍
(That was one SERIOUS Fig tree!!!) 🤪🌳!
Was it a Pecan tree?? 🤔🤷♀️
Good job
Hilarious first action shot! Better than Benny Hill. Bravo!
I’ve had a pair of extended loppers but they were different from the ones you described. Probably one of the best tools I’ve ever come across for pruning/thinning taller trees. (Barnel b88t) is the model. Kind of expensive but I was absolutely amazed by their performance.
Hickok loppers, Made in 'Murka, love em
Heck yeah! I love mine as well.
I whole heartedly agree about the loppers. Multi purpose tools often don't serve any purpose at all.
Tree of heaven
David's pruning again. Hold me I'm scared!!! ^_-
You are kind of funny, I like that. I'm growing Figs as well but still 1 year old, still small, been pruning them to keep them small.
Thanks! I was recently wondering why I'm not supposed to prune my apple trees NOW. Now I know!
Figs are amazing. Mine died completely to the ground a couple of times when it was younger during hard freezes.
Montreal gets -30c in winter. The olds italians figurd out how to grow figs here anyway
I have a 30' tall by 30' wide fig tree. It needs pruning...ha! I need to take a picture and send it to you and have you tell me how far to cut it back. Good Lord, I will be apologizing to the tree the whole time! "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! David said to do this!"
Are they climbable?
Many helpful words I appreciate it as I have 2 mature fig trees on a new to me property. I had no idea what to do with them now I do, thanks
It went well for me, it was a lot I have 🤞 it went well for the tree’s future, my wife reminded me that the root system could become a septic tank encroachment issue I’ll let them rest a couple of years b4 doing anything (if I know me)
Now to propagate 1000 fig trees from the cuttings!
Not gonna lie, I was expecting an intergalactic robot dance scene.
My 9 year old says you looked like a mad scientist cutting down that tree 😆
OMG !!!! You killed Lil Figgy..... lol. All those lil fig trees you just made. Love the information.
My neighbor always asks me how to prune his trees. I have to show him this video. 👍
It may have been a black walnut but I think it's an elderberry tree.ps I don't think you went far enough I'd have taken that fig tree down to a stump. Yes I all so am a butcher of tree's. 😂🤣😃🌳🌳🌳🌳🖖♥️
That's a pecan tree. No, you don't want it there. You're right. "If I could transplant it." LOL! One that big isn't coming out without a fight to the death.
Those nuts take over. Been killing them all summer
@@ElevenBird Reminds me of the pirate who had a giant steering wheel on his belt buckle.
@@rehoboth_farm 😂🤣😂 love it!
Time for the pirate flag on the farm!!
DTG, I had that same saw and it closed on my knuckles, be careful. I ended up having hand surgery since it was rusty and pushed the mango sap into my finger. I love the ZEN ART OF TRIMMING. Lots of trim vids on my channel, hehe. Great vid!
Yikes
Army of helper children 👍
I was wondering if you were going to try to root any of that fig. Got my answer at the end. I should have known better.
Great video David going to trim my large tree today thanks
I just pruned the ones in the front yard and dammit I felt like I was in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,fighting them even one twitch bounced and caught me in the back of the neck.😂😂
That Edible looks like my black walnuts
You are right about the extending pruners!
LOL "help I was jumped" 😂
Love the music 🎶
Always great to have minions.
I have great little helpers.
I hope you are making cuttings!
That "weed" looks like a black walnut.
Here in the North fig trees get killed down to the ground by winter cold and grow back from the root, so hard pruning won't kill the tree, but that will result in forming fast growing sprouts that will get too tall very quickly.
It's fig glut / harvest time here in the SW of Western Australia. The tree in the house garden is actually very prettily shaped and would be a nice bonzai for the jolly green giant. For a mere human, who battles the parrots and magpies (and ants) for the fruit, this will be the year that baby gets a haircut that I will strictly keep saying 'don't worry, it'll grown back' ... We don't need all the fruit and the birds just propogate the darn things! And the wood will burn nicely ...
I have loppers which have a button to extend. They are good, sturdy and lightweight. You can get branches just out of reach of regular loppers and you don't have to worry about the handles sliding out on you. Love 'em.
Thanks! Exactly what I needed to know.
Oh my... My fig is WAY bigger I hope you have lots of great knowledge in here cause I'm scared 👻
I thought you were going to say "fig cuttings will be available for sale on my daughters etsy store." Do you have any idea what variety of fig was grown in the South years ago? My Great- grandmother from Meridian, Mississippi had a huge fig tree and I grew up on her fig preserves until one nasty winter freeze killed her tree.
Usually Brown Turkey or Celeste.
I think it's a walnut? Hey DTG. Please tell . I have a 8 ft one that the jay planted under a 70 ft limbed up pine tree and I'm trying to decide its fate. Can we prune a pecan or walnut low too? I've never seen that. Thanks for the family oriented content with the slightly twisted humor along with a little faith thrown in! Our yard is a drought stressed food jungle here in central cal. Saving dish,bath, and laundry water now 💧.
I am experimenting with pecans still. I've seen a guy cut them low. Practical Primate has a video.
My husband cuts a certain Pecan tree back into a bush every year.
He says it's his favorite.
(I think he likes it's stamina.)
It grows about 8 feet a year.
And it's in full shade, so zero Pecans. He's been cutting it back once a year for more than 10 years.
So yes - you definitely can cut a Pecan into any size bush you want it to be.
A small shredder/mulcher would have been handy!
Can easily propagate fig trees from cuttings.
Yes - a shredder would be great.
You are kinda sportin a Mike D look. It's cool, keep it.
Looked like a Walnut tree (the volunteer tree) 😊
May and sept
Love the Beastie Boys!
The "weed" tree looks like a Pecan.
Lots of babies!
Pecan seedling tree growing in the middle of the fig tree?
Does this trees root not effect your foundation since it is so close to the house? W ejust got a home inspection done which showed our massive Fig trees roots growing up into the crawl space.
When should I prune my Container Fig Plants in Long Island New York?
That looks like a Pecan weed to me!
My hubs cut them back just like you did.
He thought he killed them too...
Until a few months later, now we have several Pecan bushes in the yard.
(I tried to tell him, but that man just won't listen... )
I always start laughing about a minute in. Thanks, man.
Donna Gaudette asked:
I am surprised that you didn’t cut away the two stems that were laying on the ground. Is there a reason.
Somehow it didn't post to the main comment section, I found her question in a response to another question, thought I would post it here!
DTG; have you heard of power tools? They are our friends!
Was that a black walnut growing up through the center?
Is fig tree wood good for anything? (Besides compost, possibly.)
Apparently larger sections are decent for small projects.
If nothing else they could be used as supports for small plants like tomatoes or larger for making a trellis for grapes.
Another Dimension another dimension
Huge fig tree wow and you do look like a beastie boy ps.. was that elderberry growing in the middle?
Yes - elderberry!
@@davidthegood
I thought it was a Pecan!
Soooo, will the elderberry die from a severe lopping?
@@gardengatesopen The instructions that came with my elderberries said to cut them to within 6 inches of the ground close to or after first frost.
@@rkng1 OK then!
Good to know!
I've not grown an Elderberry
-Yet!
So now I will know.
Thank You ❤
@@gardengatesopen actually I bought bareroot stock as there's no elderberry growing around here. The instructions said to trim off the top 4 inches and discard prior to planting. That seemed wasteful. I stuck the little nub in the dirt and it grew about 12 inches and has put up some new growth to the sides.
You look good in the bee suit David.
Fig trees are very forgiving, and are very prolific plants.
Extreme cold weather can kill the fig trees ,extreme hot weather kills the figs,
By the way, the fig fruit is a flower not a fruit!!!
Thank you. Figs are very strange, aren't they? I love them.
I TRIED to kill an apple tree that was here from before we moved in--it was way overgrown, and the apples were terrible, and it was in the way. I chopped EVERYTHING off. It's now growing back and has little apples on it. I figure I'll give it another chance this year and if they're still terrible, I'm breaking out the chainsaw and it's all going in the compost.
You could always graft a better type on it. That rootstock is strong!
How old was that thing?
Hey missus, I think Michael Myers' brother is in your front yard?
Interesting that you don’t worry about pruning in the middle of summer. My dad killed a beautiful 30 foot fig my great grandfather planted because he pruned it in 110 degree heat.
That is pretty darn hot.
Oh you surprised me! I new it! Babies
Lmao that pecan seedling is great find but in a horrible spot. Sucker gonna be 150 feet in 80 years lol
have a fig tree in south florida. they are tasty!
awesome, thank you
David - I love your style. Chop. Drop. And let nature do the work until and if you feel like doing something later….
I have a wild fig that came up. How long before I know if it will bear fruit?
If it bears fruit, I’ll prune it and propagate. That’s why I’m asking.
I'm not sure how long they take from seed to bear fruit.
Fear.
Yup. Lots of that going around, not just in pruning circles.
Is fig wood good for anything useful?
Fig tree cuttings propagate super easily!!
I want to see the "You dirty lopper!" version.
If im not wrong, im pretty sure that tree growing between the fig was a jaboticaba of some sort.
Teach it to be small.😂 💖
🌱👍
Good golly I had anxiety thinking you were not going to propagate any!! 😆😂
Don’t forget to share those cuttings!!!
Did anyone figure out what the volunteer edible was that he cut down? The suspense is killing me!
Knowing how figs are you could probably stick those huge prunings in the ground and they would root...lol. There's something fun and satisfying about remedial pruning like this...it might just be the fact that you get to use a saw. :P
I'd be making a few cuttings myself, :)
Looks like you brought some elves to help out.
Season the pre-cut pieces of the big stumps. Best wood for smoking fish, bacon or chicken. Thank me later!
I never tried fig before - thank you
Are you gonna leave those fresh cuttings through the winter in that pot, outside or greenhouse er wut!? I kept mine in an outside storage room and only 2 made it out of 6. I'm not pruning this year. The plan is to air layer. Your way made me think I should try that with hormones and all. You got Steve in that pot? Hahaha I'll try both this time and see what happens!
I have a fig tree 3x that size in the yard of the house we just got - so many fils we can’t reach dripping juice all over it’s a disaster
Can one of those big branches be rooted? Possibly?
Sometimes. The younger ones seem to root more easily.