We live on the East Coast of Fl. on Amelia Island zone 9B. I have 12 fig trees. My "Beer's" Fig in one year produced over 100 beautiful very sweet figs.. So far it is one of the best. The White Madeira fig is a large fig, very sweet as well.
Great job!! Your brown turkey looks so much like a type of Celeste…. You are so lucky living in FL! I’m in Illinois and Sooo hard growing my fig trees. 😅
Thank you! We face several issues with growing figs here in FL as well. Our soil is mostly sand, poor in nutrients and full of root knot nematodes. Fig leaf rust is another big one. When it comes to fruit quality, we ofter have issues due to high humidity and rainy season, happening around the same time when fruit is ripening. I’m adding LSU varieties to help with fruit quality. You can try adding some cold hardy varieties to your collection. Good luck on your fig growing adventure. It’s a lot of fun, in spite of being difficult.
I have three brown turkey, four celeste. four dwarf mulberry, and two pineapple guava in central Louisiana. Most were planted this year. So far I see a few tiny figs I noticed around June 15. Maybe we won`t get another zero degree Arctic freeze. Winter is getting colder.
You’ve got a great collection of trees. It’s a tough climate for agriculture. Winters are also getting noticeably colder for us, here in FL. Good lick with your garden!
@@TampaTropicalGardens I planted the mulberry trees to hopefully help distract the birds. I`m trying to root some mulberry cuttings from a limb I broke mowing. They`re growing rapidly and are already nearly 6 feet tall and they were 7 inches in March. They were shipped from Florida as a 4 pack with leaves and I put them under a light until I was sure we`d get no more frosts on March 10 and put them in the ground between the fig trees and the forest. The figs are growing fast too but these mulberry trees are something! If I hadn`t topped them to make a bush they`d be 8 feet.
Are those called white mulberry, by chance? I had one growing a few years back. The growth was so rapid that I couldn’t keep up with trimming it. Eventually I had to remove it, because it was getting to large for the area where I planted it. There is a video about that mulberry tree removal, here on the channel. It was a sad day, because the tree was very nice and healthy, but I picked a wrong spot for it.
@@TampaTropicalGardens They`re Dwarf Everbearing. Videos show them loaded with fruits and they can be forced to fruit after the first bloom by removing all leaves. Some sites say they grow 6 to 8 feet...others over 25. Supposedly a black mulberry. They came from a Florida nursery so I assume they`re the right variety and not a mixup but you never know. Not sure when to expect fruiting from them the first time.
@@TampaTropicalGardens I believe the seller is Wellspring Gardens in Florida. I got four small trees for about 25 dollars...Morus Nigra Dwarf Everbearing Mulberry.
Hi David! I will keep updating on what varieties do well here. Nematodes are a concern here. I avoid them by keeping figs in pots. All of my in ground figs are planted inside the 5 gal buckets without bottoms and with sterile soil inside the buckets. Nematodes operate only in the upper layers of native soil. This method allows me to guide the root system downward, avoiding contact with nematodes. So far this method worked well for me.
any issue with root rot considering the high water table in Florida? I just planted figs on the left coast of Florida and noticed that the table is only about 30 inches deep. Very Best Regards, Tom Scott Author ● Speaker ● World's Leading Expert on the Corrupt U.S. Legal System _Our American Injustice System_ _Stack the Legal Odds in Your Favor_
No issues with root rot here. The biggest problem is with root knot nematodes. If you’re planting figs in the ground, make sure you isolate roots from native soil. I do that by removing the bottom from a large pot or 5 gal bucket, digging a hole and placing it there. Then filling that bottomless bucket, or container with a store bough potting mix and planting fig in it. Make sure no native soil gets mixed in. Nematodes operate in the top layer of soil. Once you isolate your fig like that, it will be ok. Or you can always keep your figs in the pots. Good luck! 👍
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We live on the East Coast of Fl. on Amelia Island zone 9B. I have 12 fig trees. My "Beer's" Fig in one year produced over 100 beautiful very sweet figs.. So far it is one of the best. The White Madeira fig is a large fig, very sweet as well.
Thanks for sharing this info. I look forward to my fig trees growing big, healthy and productive.
Great job!! Your brown turkey looks so much like a type of Celeste…. You are so lucky living in FL! I’m in Illinois and Sooo hard growing my fig trees. 😅
Thank you! We face several issues with growing figs here in FL as well. Our soil is mostly sand, poor in nutrients and full of root knot nematodes. Fig leaf rust is another big one. When it comes to fruit quality, we ofter have issues due to high humidity and rainy season, happening around the same time when fruit is ripening. I’m adding LSU varieties to help with fruit quality. You can try adding some cold hardy varieties to your collection. Good luck on your fig growing adventure. It’s a lot of fun, in spite of being difficult.
Awesome, great job, and you have some nice varieties!!!
Thank you! I’m still discovering what grows best here in Florida. Will keep you posted.
I have three brown turkey, four celeste. four dwarf mulberry, and two pineapple guava in central Louisiana. Most were planted this year. So far I see a few tiny figs I noticed around June 15. Maybe we won`t get another zero degree Arctic freeze. Winter is getting colder.
You’ve got a great collection of trees. It’s a tough climate for agriculture. Winters are also getting noticeably colder for us, here in FL. Good lick with your garden!
@@TampaTropicalGardens I planted the mulberry trees to hopefully help distract the birds. I`m trying to root some mulberry cuttings from a limb I broke mowing. They`re growing rapidly and are already nearly 6 feet tall and they were 7 inches in March. They were shipped from Florida as a 4 pack with leaves and I put them under a light until I was sure we`d get no more frosts on March 10 and put them in the ground between the fig trees and the forest. The figs are growing fast too but these mulberry trees are something! If I hadn`t topped them to make a bush they`d be 8 feet.
Are those called white mulberry, by chance? I had one growing a few years back. The growth was so rapid that I couldn’t keep up with trimming it. Eventually I had to remove it, because it was getting to large for the area where I planted it. There is a video about that mulberry tree removal, here on the channel. It was a sad day, because the tree was very nice and healthy, but I picked a wrong spot for it.
@@TampaTropicalGardens They`re Dwarf Everbearing. Videos show them loaded with fruits and they can be forced to fruit after the first bloom by removing all leaves. Some sites say they grow 6 to 8 feet...others over 25. Supposedly a black mulberry. They came from a Florida nursery so I assume they`re the right variety and not a mixup but you never know. Not sure when to expect fruiting from them the first time.
@@TampaTropicalGardens I believe the seller is Wellspring Gardens in Florida. I got four small trees for about 25 dollars...Morus Nigra Dwarf Everbearing Mulberry.
Looking forward to your updates on what grows well. Are you concerned with nematodes in Tampa?
Hi David! I will keep updating on what varieties do well here. Nematodes are a concern here. I avoid them by keeping figs in pots. All of my in ground figs are planted inside the 5 gal buckets without bottoms and with sterile soil inside the buckets. Nematodes operate only in the upper layers of native soil. This method allows me to guide the root system downward, avoiding contact with nematodes. So far this method worked well for me.
any issue with root rot considering the high water table in Florida? I just planted figs on the left coast of Florida and noticed that the table is only about 30 inches deep.
Very Best Regards,
Tom Scott
Author ● Speaker ● World's Leading Expert on the Corrupt U.S. Legal System
_Our American Injustice System_
_Stack the Legal Odds in Your Favor_
No issues with root rot here. The biggest problem is with root knot nematodes. If you’re planting figs in the ground, make sure you isolate roots from native soil. I do that by removing the bottom from a large pot or 5 gal bucket, digging a hole and placing it there. Then filling that bottomless bucket, or container with a store bough potting mix and planting fig in it. Make sure no native soil gets mixed in. Nematodes operate in the top layer of soil. Once you isolate your fig like that, it will be ok. Or you can always keep your figs in the pots. Good luck! 👍
I hope my figs grow health and large like yours . I am growing TFH0402 Corazon de La Bahia from cutting so far so good after one year in Tampa fl .
Awesome! I have some success of growing figs from cuttings as well this year.
I'll be happy to get a few fig cuttings ;)
Does Mission Fig grows well in zone 10a
Hi 👋 Thanks for your question. I’m technically on the border with Zone 10a, here in FL, and it grows really well for me here.
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