Im leaving my 3 fall planted figs alone also....working on our Pig/Chicken manure compost pile......going with 2 gardens the size of your gardens....got the bird netting....using pallets as 3 ft sides /wood frame on top and 30% shade cloth when needed...I hope they will be mostly composted by end of march then we plant ? u folks are inspiration!
Sounds like you have a solid plan. I would be comfortable with chicken manure at 6 months in the garden. It really depends on the pig manure. We compost that for 4-6 months and then use it in the woodchips around the fruit trees where it continues to compost down. I'm sure it's probably fine, but I've read it's best to have that compost a bit longer if you're using it around edibles.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm good advice at waiting for it to compost better...i can easily put some plantings in self watering buckets waiting on a fall garden....Im goin to put some garlic for sure in containers
Glad to hear that Eddie. It's something I think we all second guess ourselves on. Even after hundreds of trees I still do it from time time. The Mission Fig in this video was a good example. I went around that tree multiple times trying to figure out the best way to prune it only to change my mind after I started making cuts!
Ask and you shall receive Eric. We wrapped our fertilizing yesterday and documented what we're doing this round. Have that in the UA-cam hopper for next Saturday, but if you need specifics before then, just message us and we can share.
I love my Corona pruners and use them all of the time. I just need to prune our moringa trees, everything else is done for the season and thank you for sharing.
Those pruners are a real workhorse. I know there are probably better options out there, but with regular sharpening these just keep on chugging! Glad to hear you're getting that pruning done. We actually have our potted moringa still left to prune. It usually doesn't break dormancy for another month or two, so we definitely have some time.
Hey guys! We're kicking around the idea of getting cuttings out to folks in the future. It was great to have Natasha share hers with us and we need to keep that going!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I know what you mean. I wish i had more but i have lost a lot on the Homestead lately(my Fault). Right now i only have moringa seeds to give out . Hopefully mid summer will have green tree collards .Next season I expect i will be able to make several Mulberry Trees Cuttings and root those. With that all said i am rooting a couple Barbados cherries right now,If those take gonna give those out!
@@gardenofthegeeks8277 you'll have to let us know how the Tree Collards do. We may give those a shot once we get the soil going in the new beds and I've heard they can be a bit temperamental.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Yeah they are have to restart them about every 3 years . BUt that is easy. They like part shade decent water and really really need to be stacked up or grape vine like situation if you can get them split into 3 or mothers?
When pruning trees the type of tree and its location determine pruning style. In whatever style, do not relieve more than 1/3 of the foliage until it has time to recover.
Indeed, you are an excellent teacher. Thank you for sharing your thought process about how to cut. I have a few brown turkey fig trees and it was really helpful to see the differences between trees and to know how to cut for height, scaffolding, etc...Well done. Please keep the videos coming.
Hey Corina. I'm glad you enjoyed this one and found it useful. We posted a follow up with this year's pruning season on 8 of our 9 fig trees that you may also find useful. I'll link it for you here; ua-cam.com/video/CKuTdrUGFAs/v-deo.html
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Trying ....its been cold and snowing but it will get better .....cant wait for the spring .......I really enjoy watching You guys work on the new farm ........Thank's a lot for sharing your videos
great vid of fig tree pruning, kinda' quick but well presented. Look forward to more. Also I want some cuttings.... My fig is well established and now in a wine barrel type planter ( this winter) and it is 3 years old, no figs at all.
Hey there Tom. First off, thank you for the tip that was very generous of you. Next, I want to link to a couple more videos we've done on fig tree pruning that may interest you and give some additional detail; ua-cam.com/video/iI5x2Ui4J88/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/CKuTdrUGFAs/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/byTzFU_GpZM/v-deo.html As for cuttings, we're not set up to offer those to folks (too many irons in the fire already), but we may do so in the future. If you want to stay up to date on what we have available you can join our customer email list through our website. Most of it is for folks who are local, but that will expand as we have more irons to keep in that fire of ours! Thanks again for that tip!!
Good informative video as always guys. Also good not to see Duane "fertilizing them" this time. :-p I bought a second O'Henry peach the other day. Not bare rooted unfortunately, but you have had me wanting to get some more fruit trees for ages and I finally caved when returning a product to the store.
Yeah, didn't get that fertilizing on the camera this time! Understand completely with that peach tree. We seem to "acquire" them unexpectedly as well. One advantage we have here with the irrigation is we have to actually have an unaccounted for spot to put them in, so that tempers our spontaneous purchasing habits a bit!
Planting this year I have three baby fig trees and super excited watching them grow. One i have is an Ishia and it is seeming to have three woody parts from the ground now, it is about one foot high. Should i wait until coming spring to do any pruning? I would like to have it low for harvest but wide is good. When would i need to take off the other trunks?
Congrats on those new tree babies! As for pruning, we hold off on that until the tree is dormant in the Winter. They have a tendency to run sap very heavy during the growing season, so this just lessens the chance that you'll have an infection in the cut.
Will you allow the 3 figs you didn't prune to produce fruit this year? My fig tree had two figs on it when I planted it last fall. Thanks a bunch for your informative videos!
Great question Laura and probably not. The only way we would let them fruit would be if they really go gangbusters with growth and we don't see the fruit set and ripen. Otherwise that first year in the ground is all about establishing the tree.
Have to agree with you there Michael. I think most folks are just nervous to prune at all thinking they're either hurting the tree or taking the chance it won't recover.
Funny you should ask Chet. One of the new owners stopped by last Sunday with some of our mail that was delivered over there. He's a regular viewer and was excited to share tree updates with us. I think we may have a chance to head over there this spring if we can work out a time!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I have a fig tree probably 5 years old, in India the climate here is hot and semi arid. I havent had the fig as i wanted they just fell off from the tree on it own and are very tiny and dry from inside. and remedy.....
@@mohammedsharif9037 it sounds like it may be a lack of water. Fig trees need regular, deep irrigation for the tree to maintain the fruit. If they get stressed during the fruit set and ripening they will concentrate on survival as opposed to ripening fruit.
Hey there Daniela. Glad you enjoyed the video. We don't currently sell cuttings, but we have had a lot of folks reach out requesting it, so we may do so in the future.
I have 3 young figs..in the ground 1 year, that have growth at the top of the main trunk, and at the bottom. It's hard to figure out which way to prune them, other than to keep the newer lower growth off the ground. Leafed out. There's bare trunk in between and I'm not sure if I should top them or what, because they're not bush shaped like yours. Any ideas?
Hmm, that's hard to say without seeing what you're dealing with. It might be easier if you send us a pic of your tree. Our email is in the About tab here on UA-cam or you can message us on FB or Instagram.
Excellent video the first tree 🌲 is one I would love ❤️ to grow tiger 🐯 fig panache what I seen of them is pure magic 🪄 bright red inside and tasty 😋 like strawberry 🍓 we’re I live no garden 🪴 centre has heard of them later 🌹🤟📄🌲🌲
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm yes iv looked around some places I found some for sale 4 cuttings around 35.$ Australian dollars its autumn 🍂 down here at the moment but I can get a warnings blanket to help kick them the colour makes them stand out like Santa 🎅 Rudolph 🐯thankyou for reply I’m going to grow 1000.000.000 tiger 🐯 figs and cover earth 🌍 😇😂😇
@@davidbutton8497 that sounds like a great plan. Always great to hear from Aussies. We have several long time viewers down there. Would love to see these figs cover the earth!
Do you know of any fruit trees that should not be planted near figs. (I here we shouldn’t plant peaches and cherry trees together Because they can cross pollinate and ruin the fruit) Great informational videos. Thanks! Good content.
Great question and I'm not familiar with any limitations on what you can plant near figs. At least for us here, we don't have the wasp that is necessary to pollinate our figs, so a cross pollination issue wouldn't be a problem. They do tend to be aggressive growers under the right conditions, so they would probably outcompete most other trees for fertility!
I have a fig tree in Los Angeles area I am planning to prune it this winter Need your help on how to do it If you don’t mind I will send the picture of the tree once no leaf in it and you can draw the line to cut Thank you,Paul
Hey there Paul. Our email address is on the About Tab here on UA-cam, so feel free to shoot pics over this Winter and I'll do my best to give you some ideas.
Hey there! I'll link to a video we did here as to why we paint them and what we use that will help answer that for you; ua-cam.com/video/WVh_IqHbXs0/v-deo.html
Watched the vid. Don’t think I need it here on the Canadian border. I did have some snails kill one of my baby trees in the Philippines. They love that green baby bark of fig trees. Thanks!
May I ask why you plant figs so far apart? If you want to pick the figs by hand you can only grow them to seven maybe 8 foot tall. (That’s about as high as someone can reach) so how wide can a tree like that get? It seems like 10 foot spacing would be plenty what do you think?
Great question. While some varieties take a bit more coaxing to grow wide rather than tall you would be amazed just how wide these trees will eventually become when pruned like you're seeing us do here. I'm going to link a video we did on our old farm of 2, 4 year old Brown Turkey fig trees planted 12' apart. As you'll see, they had already grown into one another! ua-cam.com/video/6cIrkJFf6rE/v-deo.html It's one of the reasons we've gone to 16' spacing to account for that lateral growth we've seen with most of our fruit trees, fig trees being no exception. Of course, if space is limited, you can be even more aggressive with your pruning cuts as long as the tree is aggressive enough in it's growth habit.
Can you talk about preserving the breba crop which would affect how you prune certain varieties? (preserving old wood). Thanks.We are in a short season.
Hey Soshana. Once our trees are a bit more established and we're pruning for more production we can cover that. The key with breba is keeping new growth from the prior year, so we would be much less aggressive than we are on these new trees that we're training for future production.
Thanks. If I were u and maybe u did....explain why u we're aggressively pruning. I understand what u did now a bit better but maybe add what you would do in successive years?SHOSHANA with an h
Thank you! It is actually the Arizona's Best Tree Trunk paint from Home Depot. www.homedepot.com/p/Arizona-s-Best-1-Qt-Tree-Trunk-Paint-AZP30011/100141255
Very useful video 👍 What du you think about making airlayings instead of pruning. To grow new fig trees by airlayings is much faster, than growing cuttings. 👍Thank you for sharing your experience. Best wishes Eddi
Hey Eddi. We have done air layering on fig trees in the past with very good success. We actually donate most of our cuttings from the pruning we do to a local nursery for propagation.
Hey there Sheila. Generally speaking we try to refrain from making any pruning cuts during the Summer months. The trees are pushing sap very hard this time of year and an open wound, especially if you get higher humidity, can be a problem. If you can hang in there until the dormant season it would be ideal.
Hey there Leo. I'll link a video here where we discuss that in detail and also share the paint we prefer to use. ua-cam.com/video/WVh_IqHbXs0/v-deo.html
A saw will do the trick on larger branches, but you really need a pair of pruners and loppers for the small/medium sized branches. You can usually find pruners for under $30 at most hardware stores. Same for the loppers.
Yes, the "suckers" on these trees are actually viable cuttings and can be propagated in several ways. The "fig pop" method is probably the preferred method for them, but you can also just stick them in soil and have some success. I'll link to a video we did a while back on how to do that; ua-cam.com/video/C-yw2jv0SLk/v-deo.html
It seems to depend on the time of year. Cuttings work best in the Fall - Spring and air layering is usually during the later part of the growing season.
@@kylanve Fig trees will try to fruit almost immediately once they're in the ground. It's one of the trees we have a hard time thinning to keep them from fruiting that first year, because they are so prolific.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thats interesting, they work better in different times of the year. I never thought about that. And I never knew figs were such vigorous producers! Thanks for all the info!
Hey Kylan. Yes, you would prune dwarf trees a bit different as they generally grow MUCH slower than in-ground trees. Key there is not taking off too much material that it will have a hard time recovering from. Citrus trees are very flexible when it comes to pruning. The reality is, most will do fine with no pruning at all. However, we still follow the same principles with removing dead and dying branches. We also clean up the bottom, so we can see any of our slithering critters should they decide to take up shelter under one!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Thank you guys!! I have stayed away from fruit trees my whole life here because I never saw them do well in our climate! Im going to start now though after watching your videos!! Thanks again!
hey man i have some fig cuttings in 1 gallon pots about 2 ft tall now when would i prune them? and should i wait till i plant into ground first? or before? And how much should i take off?
Great questions Salvador. If they are destined to be in the ground, I would wait until they have been in the ground for at least a year (or 1 growing season) before the first round of pruning. If they are going to remain in pots it will drastically change the way you prune them and the focus there is limited to keeping them contained comfortably in the pot and taking care of damaged, dead or crossing branches. What varieties of figs are you growing out?
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thanks for your reply! Helps alot. I'm growing about 550 black mission figs and 200 kadota and 100 tiger. How big should I make holes for each tree in ground? I'm planting next week tuesday. One more thing how far apart do you think I should put them? I'm looking to grow them bushy
@@salvadorgonzales1566 wow, that's quite the farm you'll have when you're done! We don't make the holes much larger or deeper than the root ball, but you can go slightly larger if you're concerned with the soil. Just keep in mind the roots spread very quickly with figs, so they won't be in that hole for long! As for spacing, the BM and Kadota are going to grow very quickly and spread easily so you'll probably want at least 12' between them (offsetting each row if that's possible). We had 13' spacing between our 2 brown turkey figs on the old farm and they pushed right into each other at 4 years old. The tiger figs grow more vertical in our experience, so you shouldn't need as much space for those. I would say you'll still want a good 10' or so on those.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I appreciate your time to give me your advice! You helped me out. So where I'm at it's hard clay soil will the figs still thrive? And what kind of soil do you guys have there in arizona on your property?
@@salvadorgonzales1566 we have very much the same soil. It's mainly hard clay mixed with caliche (limestone hardened rock), so as long as you have nice warm summers and cool winters you should be just fine.
Elliot, we know exactly how you feel! It's why we put these pruning videos out there to show the effect pruning has on your trees. Truth is, we still get nervous ourselves from time to time!
Great question Kristina. Generally we only paint them when they're young and it's primarily to keep the trunks from getting sunburn during our harsh summer weather. We have lost trees before to sunburn and have since applied it to all of our trees until the canopy is able to shade the trunk during the summer. We also apply it from time to time in order to deter pests from damaging the trunk. For this we use the 3-in-1 plant guard from IV Ogranics. We have a discount program with IV Organics, so if you plan on using their product let me know and I'll get you that code.
Ah yes, that is Arizona's Best white tree trunk paint. You can find it in the gardening section at Home Depot. We use it to keep the trunk from getting sunburned. It's only necessary until the canopy can shade the trunk naturally.
Great question Stephan and it really depends. If you're here in AZ or a similar climate and the tree grows aggressively you should still be fine to prune. The only real issue is the chance for infection in the open cuts that will release more sap during the growing season. It's a pretty slim chance, but it could happen. If you're not here in AZ and the tree is still dormant you're good to go!
We prefer to use organic products and have found the 3-in-1 plant guard from IV organics to be a solid bet. You can also find non-organic trunk paint at Home Depot or Lowes. If you decide to go the IV Organics route, be sure to use our discount code (EONFARM) at checkout for 10% off.
Great question Amy and it really depends. The key factor there is how aggressive the tree growth is, so it's more a combination of variety and environment. For us we can easily prune back 50% or more on certain varieties and they just come back stronger.
Great information! You are so good at pruning a fig tree!
Glad you enjoyed this one!
Wow, that’s the best fig pruning video I’ve seen. Super helpful; thanks! You are an excellent teacher.
Hey Margaret! Glad you enjoyed this one and found it useful. Thank you for the kind words of encouragement!
Im leaving my 3 fall planted figs alone also....working on our Pig/Chicken manure compost pile......going with 2 gardens the size of your gardens....got the bird netting....using pallets as 3 ft sides /wood frame on top and 30% shade cloth when needed...I hope they will be mostly composted by end of march then we plant ? u folks are inspiration!
Sounds like you have a solid plan. I would be comfortable with chicken manure at 6 months in the garden. It really depends on the pig manure. We compost that for 4-6 months and then use it in the woodchips around the fruit trees where it continues to compost down. I'm sure it's probably fine, but I've read it's best to have that compost a bit longer if you're using it around edibles.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm good advice at waiting for it to compost better...i can easily put some plantings in self watering buckets waiting on a fall garden....Im goin to put some garlic for sure in containers
@@desertdanblacksmith1394 garlic is always good!
Thank you Duan for trying to explain pruning. Its helping
Glad to hear that Eddie. It's something I think we all second guess ourselves on. Even after hundreds of trees I still do it from time time. The Mission Fig in this video was a good example. I went around that tree multiple times trying to figure out the best way to prune it only to change my mind after I started making cuts!
Step by step, and well explained! Thank you!
Glad you found this one useful Enrique!
Can you do a video of your first fertilization of the year and document how much you use and of what products? Thanks guys!!!
Ask and you shall receive Eric. We wrapped our fertilizing yesterday and documented what we're doing this round. Have that in the UA-cam hopper for next Saturday, but if you need specifics before then, just message us and we can share.
I love my Corona pruners and use them all of the time. I just need to prune our moringa trees, everything else is done for the season and thank you for sharing.
Those pruners are a real workhorse. I know there are probably better options out there, but with regular sharpening these just keep on chugging! Glad to hear you're getting that pruning done. We actually have our potted moringa still left to prune. It usually doesn't break dormancy for another month or two, so we definitely have some time.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I just need to get a leather pruner holster for them but they definitely are the best for the money.
Sorry, forgot to ask this also in my last post. Can you do a nice demo on how you keep your cutting tools nice and sharp? Thanks!
Great request Eric and I need to film that. It would be a short how-to, so I don't really have a good excuse!
Man Would kill for some of cutting from the figs and the Mulberry! Looking good I am excited to see what happens with everything come late Spring!
Hey guys! We're kicking around the idea of getting cuttings out to folks in the future. It was great to have Natasha share hers with us and we need to keep that going!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I know what you mean. I wish i had more but i have lost a lot on the Homestead lately(my Fault). Right now i only have moringa seeds to give out . Hopefully mid summer will have green tree collards .Next season I expect i will be able to make several Mulberry Trees Cuttings and root those. With that all said i am rooting a couple Barbados cherries right now,If those take gonna give those out!
@@gardenofthegeeks8277 you'll have to let us know how the Tree Collards do. We may give those a shot once we get the soil going in the new beds and I've heard they can be a bit temperamental.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Yeah they are have to restart them about every 3 years . BUt that is easy. They like part shade decent water and really really need to be stacked up or grape vine like situation if you can get them split into 3 or mothers?
Thanks
Glad you enjoyed this one!
Fun video. Thank you for sharing
Glad you enjoyed this one Wesley. These trees are a bit bigger these days, but starting producing well for us last season.
When pruning trees the type of tree and its location determine pruning style. In whatever style, do not relieve more than 1/3 of the foliage until it has time to recover.
Great notes Michael, you're spot on.
Indeed, you are an excellent teacher. Thank you for sharing your thought process about how to cut. I have a few brown turkey fig trees and it was really helpful to see the differences between trees and to know how to cut for height, scaffolding, etc...Well done. Please keep the videos coming.
Hey Corina. I'm glad you enjoyed this one and found it useful. We posted a follow up with this year's pruning season on 8 of our 9 fig trees that you may also find useful. I'll link it for you here;
ua-cam.com/video/CKuTdrUGFAs/v-deo.html
One of the best videos ive seen.
Glad you found this one useful and thanks for the comment!
Tough love.
You know it Allan. Seems to be the theme for us here!
awesome!
Glad you enjoyed this one!
Awesome ....send me the cuttings ....hahahaahahaa Greetings from Long Branch , NJ
That may be on the table in the future! How are things in NJ? You guys staying warm?
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Trying ....its been cold and snowing but it will get better .....cant wait for the spring .......I really enjoy watching You guys work on the new farm ........Thank's a lot for sharing your videos
great vid of fig tree pruning, kinda' quick but well presented. Look forward to more. Also I want some cuttings.... My fig is well established and now in a wine barrel type planter ( this winter) and it is 3 years old, no figs at all.
Hey there Tom. First off, thank you for the tip that was very generous of you. Next, I want to link to a couple more videos we've done on fig tree pruning that may interest you and give some additional detail;
ua-cam.com/video/iI5x2Ui4J88/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/CKuTdrUGFAs/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/byTzFU_GpZM/v-deo.html
As for cuttings, we're not set up to offer those to folks (too many irons in the fire already), but we may do so in the future. If you want to stay up to date on what we have available you can join our customer email list through our website. Most of it is for folks who are local, but that will expand as we have more irons to keep in that fire of ours!
Thanks again for that tip!!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Sure thing. I'm glad you found this one useful!
thank you. just subscribed (after watching this video). raising some young missions out in Yuma and your videos will be invaluable to us.
Hey there Cruentus! Glad you found this one useful and I imagine your Mission figs will do really good in Yuma's climate.
Another cold windstorm here in Southern Nevada .
We've been getting the same all week. Had another heavy wind storm come through last night as well. Must be pushing that cold front East I assume??
Good informative video as always guys.
Also good not to see Duane "fertilizing them" this time. :-p
I bought a second O'Henry peach the other day. Not bare rooted unfortunately, but you have had me wanting to get some more fruit trees for ages and I finally caved when returning a product to the store.
Yeah, didn't get that fertilizing on the camera this time! Understand completely with that peach tree. We seem to "acquire" them unexpectedly as well. One advantage we have here with the irrigation is we have to actually have an unaccounted for spot to put them in, so that tempers our spontaneous purchasing habits a bit!
My Plum tree takes even longer than my fig tree. Plum doesn't break dormancy until mid March.
That sounds about right. We're usually waiting on plums and plum hybrids as one of the last trees to break dormancy as well.
Planting this year I have three baby fig trees and super excited watching them grow. One i have is an Ishia and it is seeming to have three woody parts from the ground now, it is about one foot high. Should i wait until coming spring to do any pruning? I would like to have it low for harvest but wide is good. When would i need to take off the other trunks?
Congrats on those new tree babies! As for pruning, we hold off on that until the tree is dormant in the Winter. They have a tendency to run sap very heavy during the growing season, so this just lessens the chance that you'll have an infection in the cut.
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Glad you found this one useful Frank!
Will you allow the 3 figs you didn't prune to produce fruit this year? My fig tree had two figs on it when I planted it last fall. Thanks a bunch for your informative videos!
Great question Laura and probably not. The only way we would let them fruit would be if they really go gangbusters with growth and we don't see the fruit set and ripen. Otherwise that first year in the ground is all about establishing the tree.
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Glad you enjoyed this one!
overall looks good...most is just common sense
Have to agree with you there Michael. I think most folks are just nervous to prune at all thinking they're either hurting the tree or taking the chance it won't recover.
Nice to see the old farm is being represented! What are the new owners doing with it?
Funny you should ask Chet. One of the new owners stopped by last Sunday with some of our mail that was delivered over there. He's a regular viewer and was excited to share tree updates with us. I think we may have a chance to head over there this spring if we can work out a time!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I have a fig tree probably 5 years old, in India the climate here is hot and semi arid. I havent had the fig as i wanted they just fell off from the tree on it own and are very tiny and dry from inside. and remedy.....
@@mohammedsharif9037 it sounds like it may be a lack of water. Fig trees need regular, deep irrigation for the tree to maintain the fruit. If they get stressed during the fruit set and ripening they will concentrate on survival as opposed to ripening fruit.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thanxxx
Beautiful video, clear and simple rich information. Are you selling cuttings?
Please let me know if so. Thank you and happy growing.
Hey there Daniela. Glad you enjoyed the video. We don't currently sell cuttings, but we have had a lot of folks reach out requesting it, so we may do so in the future.
I have 3 young figs..in the ground 1 year, that have growth at the top of the main trunk, and at the bottom. It's hard to figure out which way to prune them, other than to keep the newer lower growth off the ground. Leafed out. There's bare trunk in between and I'm not sure if I should top them or what, because they're not bush shaped like yours. Any ideas?
Hmm, that's hard to say without seeing what you're dealing with. It might be easier if you send us a pic of your tree. Our email is in the About tab here on UA-cam or you can message us on FB or Instagram.
Excellent video the first tree 🌲 is one I would love ❤️ to grow tiger 🐯 fig panache what I seen of them is pure magic 🪄 bright red inside and tasty 😋 like strawberry 🍓 we’re I live no garden 🪴 centre has heard of them later 🌹🤟📄🌲🌲
Hey David! That Panache is an amazing tree that has beautiful, tasty fruit. It's very unique and worth the time to track down if you can.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm yes iv looked around some places I found some for sale 4 cuttings around 35.$ Australian dollars its autumn 🍂 down here at the moment but I can get a warnings blanket to help kick them the colour makes them stand out like Santa 🎅 Rudolph 🐯thankyou for reply I’m going to grow 1000.000.000 tiger 🐯 figs and cover earth 🌍 😇😂😇
@@davidbutton8497 that sounds like a great plan. Always great to hear from Aussies. We have several long time viewers down there. Would love to see these figs cover the earth!
Do you know of any fruit trees that should not be planted near figs. (I here we shouldn’t plant peaches and cherry trees together Because they can cross pollinate and ruin the fruit)
Great informational videos. Thanks! Good content.
Great question and I'm not familiar with any limitations on what you can plant near figs. At least for us here, we don't have the wasp that is necessary to pollinate our figs, so a cross pollination issue wouldn't be a problem. They do tend to be aggressive growers under the right conditions, so they would probably outcompete most other trees for fertility!
I have a fig tree in Los Angeles area
I am planning to prune it this winter
Need your help on how to do it
If you don’t mind I will send the picture of the tree once no leaf in it and you can draw the line to cut
Thank you,Paul
Hey there Paul. Our email address is on the About Tab here on UA-cam, so feel free to shoot pics over this Winter and I'll do my best to give you some ideas.
What are the cylinders with the rock around them are they Lola’s if so why so far away from the trees
Those are our bubbler irrigation heads. We cover them with valve boxes to protect them from damage.
Why do you paint your fig trees? (Insects?). And, paint with what?
Hey there! I'll link to a video we did here as to why we paint them and what we use that will help answer that for you;
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Watched the vid. Don’t think I need it here on the Canadian border. I did have some snails kill one of my baby trees in the Philippines. They love that green baby bark of fig trees. Thanks!
May I ask why you plant figs so far apart?
If you want to pick the figs by hand you can only grow them to seven maybe 8 foot tall. (That’s about as high as someone can reach) so how wide can a tree like that get?
It seems like 10 foot spacing would be plenty what do you think?
Great question. While some varieties take a bit more coaxing to grow wide rather than tall you would be amazed just how wide these trees will eventually become when pruned like you're seeing us do here. I'm going to link a video we did on our old farm of 2, 4 year old Brown Turkey fig trees planted 12' apart. As you'll see, they had already grown into one another!
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It's one of the reasons we've gone to 16' spacing to account for that lateral growth we've seen with most of our fruit trees, fig trees being no exception. Of course, if space is limited, you can be even more aggressive with your pruning cuts as long as the tree is aggressive enough in it's growth habit.
Can you talk about preserving the breba crop which would affect how you prune certain varieties? (preserving old wood). Thanks.We are in a short season.
Hey Soshana. Once our trees are a bit more established and we're pruning for more production we can cover that. The key with breba is keeping new growth from the prior year, so we would be much less aggressive than we are on these new trees that we're training for future production.
Thanks. If I were u and maybe u did....explain why u we're aggressively pruning. I understand what u did now a bit better but maybe add what you would do in successive years?SHOSHANA with an h
Great video on pruning. What paint do you use. Thank you.
Thank you! It is actually the Arizona's Best Tree Trunk paint from Home Depot.
www.homedepot.com/p/Arizona-s-Best-1-Qt-Tree-Trunk-Paint-AZP30011/100141255
Very useful video 👍
What du you think about making airlayings instead of pruning. To grow new fig trees by airlayings is much faster, than growing cuttings. 👍Thank you for sharing your experience.
Best wishes
Eddi
Hey Eddi. We have done air layering on fig trees in the past with very good success. We actually donate most of our cuttings from the pruning we do to a local nursery for propagation.
can I trim overgrown multi trunk laying on the ground, now in June , we are in San jose California.
Hey there Sheila. Generally speaking we try to refrain from making any pruning cuts during the Summer months. The trees are pushing sap very hard this time of year and an open wound, especially if you get higher humidity, can be a problem. If you can hang in there until the dormant season it would be ideal.
could you tell me what's that white paint on the trunk of the trees and what's the purpose?
Hey there Leo. I'll link a video here where we discuss that in detail and also share the paint we prefer to use.
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,Is that white paint??? that was brushed on the lower trunk of the fig tree?
I never trim without a helmet
I assume you're talking about a mesh facemask?
Planting tree’s, wanting bushes. 😏
That's the beauty of fig trees. You can have either...or both!
What can i use if i dont have shearers or those special tools?
A saw will do the trick on larger branches, but you really need a pair of pruners and loppers for the small/medium sized branches. You can usually find pruners for under $30 at most hardware stores. Same for the loppers.
...great tutorial...thank you - question - suckers, can they be propogated/rooted after removal - and if yes, what method please? Thanks again!🤠
Yes, the "suckers" on these trees are actually viable cuttings and can be propagated in several ways. The "fig pop" method is probably the preferred method for them, but you can also just stick them in soil and have some success. I'll link to a video we did a while back on how to do that;
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Which seems to give better results? Cutting or air layering?
Also, how long does it take those fig trees to fruit?
It seems to depend on the time of year. Cuttings work best in the Fall - Spring and air layering is usually during the later part of the growing season.
@@kylanve Fig trees will try to fruit almost immediately once they're in the ground. It's one of the trees we have a hard time thinning to keep them from fruiting that first year, because they are so prolific.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thats interesting, they work better in different times of the year. I never thought about that.
And I never knew figs were such vigorous producers!
Thanks for all the info!
Question. Do you prune dwarf trees any differently since they wont grow as big? And how do you prune lemon trees?
Hey Kylan. Yes, you would prune dwarf trees a bit different as they generally grow MUCH slower than in-ground trees. Key there is not taking off too much material that it will have a hard time recovering from. Citrus trees are very flexible when it comes to pruning. The reality is, most will do fine with no pruning at all. However, we still follow the same principles with removing dead and dying branches. We also clean up the bottom, so we can see any of our slithering critters should they decide to take up shelter under one!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Thank you guys!! I have stayed away from fruit trees my whole life here because I never saw them do well in our climate! Im going to start now though after watching your videos!! Thanks again!
@@kylanve seeing is believing and you've seen what you're able to do first hand. With a little care and the right trees you'll have fruit in no time!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I cant wait! Ill have to bring you one! After all, I wouldnt have started if it weren't for you guys!!
@@kylanve deal!
hey man i have some fig cuttings in 1 gallon pots about 2 ft tall now when would i prune them? and should i wait till i plant into ground first? or before? And how much should i take off?
Great questions Salvador. If they are destined to be in the ground, I would wait until they have been in the ground for at least a year (or 1 growing season) before the first round of pruning. If they are going to remain in pots it will drastically change the way you prune them and the focus there is limited to keeping them contained comfortably in the pot and taking care of damaged, dead or crossing branches. What varieties of figs are you growing out?
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thanks for your reply! Helps alot. I'm growing about 550 black mission figs and 200 kadota and 100 tiger. How big should I make holes for each tree in ground? I'm planting next week tuesday. One more thing how far apart do you think I should put them? I'm looking to grow them bushy
@@salvadorgonzales1566 wow, that's quite the farm you'll have when you're done! We don't make the holes much larger or deeper than the root ball, but you can go slightly larger if you're concerned with the soil. Just keep in mind the roots spread very quickly with figs, so they won't be in that hole for long! As for spacing, the BM and Kadota are going to grow very quickly and spread easily so you'll probably want at least 12' between them (offsetting each row if that's possible). We had 13' spacing between our 2 brown turkey figs on the old farm and they pushed right into each other at 4 years old. The tiger figs grow more vertical in our experience, so you shouldn't need as much space for those. I would say you'll still want a good 10' or so on those.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I appreciate your time to give me your advice! You helped me out. So where I'm at it's hard clay soil will the figs still thrive? And what kind of soil do you guys have there in arizona on your property?
@@salvadorgonzales1566 we have very much the same soil. It's mainly hard clay mixed with caliche (limestone hardened rock), so as long as you have nice warm summers and cool winters you should be just fine.
Oh my god😱 id be afraid they die.
Elliot, we know exactly how you feel! It's why we put these pruning videos out there to show the effect pruning has on your trees. Truth is, we still get nervous ourselves from time to time!
How and why do you paint the trunks?
Great question Kristina. Generally we only paint them when they're young and it's primarily to keep the trunks from getting sunburn during our harsh summer weather. We have lost trees before to sunburn and have since applied it to all of our trees until the canopy is able to shade the trunk during the summer. We also apply it from time to time in order to deter pests from damaging the trunk. For this we use the 3-in-1 plant guard from IV Ogranics. We have a discount program with IV Organics, so if you plan on using their product let me know and I'll get you that code.
Hello . Why do you paint the Trunk? Which Kind of paint? Thank you
Ah yes, that is Arizona's Best white tree trunk paint. You can find it in the gardening section at Home Depot. We use it to keep the trunk from getting sunburned. It's only necessary until the canopy can shade the trunk naturally.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thank you very much
Is end of march too late to prune a tree fig?
Great question Stephan and it really depends. If you're here in AZ or a similar climate and the tree grows aggressively you should still be fine to prune. The only real issue is the chance for infection in the open cuts that will release more sap during the growing season. It's a pretty slim chance, but it could happen. If you're not here in AZ and the tree is still dormant you're good to go!
What kind of paint do you use?
We prefer to use organic products and have found the 3-in-1 plant guard from IV organics to be a solid bet. You can also find non-organic trunk paint at Home Depot or Lowes. If you decide to go the IV Organics route, be sure to use our discount code (EONFARM) at checkout for 10% off.
2x speed
And here I thought I already talk fast. 😂
You should have been a barber!
As long as they like 'em high and tight...or in this case, low and open centered!
Can you prune more aggressively on more mature trees?
Great question Amy and it really depends. The key factor there is how aggressive the tree growth is, so it's more a combination of variety and environment. For us we can easily prune back 50% or more on certain varieties and they just come back stronger.