Were you able to verify the varieties were correct? I am very wary of ordering from sites like Etsy and eBay due to the extremely high percentage of fakes sold. The amount of fakes in the cutting world is extreme, so I try to only buy from known sellers.
Greetings from Puerto Rico, very nice video. I always like to watch them. I see you sell some very good cuttings and was wondering if you would sell to me. Please note that there isn't any problems shipping cuttings to us. Respectfully yours, Wilberto
It's your fault that my fig trees are uncontrollable lol. I appreciate your videos. I live in Canada Ontario zone 6. Thanks to all your videos that have following for a while, now I have unbelievable variety of figs that I even planted some of them in the ground and they survive in the winter which I couldn't believe. Thank you again keep you the great work
Thank you for this video! And because of you, I asked one of my neighbors for fig cuttings for propagation. I've been following for a few months and all the videos are so informative and interesting. Keep 'em coming.
Thanks for another great video. I always like to put an arrow for growth direction on my cuttings. Although it's not as important with figs because you can look at them to figure out growth direction. I like to keep in the habit; it's good practice. I think you should have told people that the nodes should be above the old leaf location. That way people don't plant them in upside down.
If it helps you, I say do it. Never change the things that make you successful. Make sure the buds face UP. However, sometimes, the cuttings don’t have buds! It isn’t always easy to notice.
I have bought a rooted Smith and a Col de Dame Blanc cutting from you before. That CdDB cutting is the beastliest of my three. Thank you for the excellent cutting!!! Even got a few figs off of it the first year.
@@TheMillennialGardener That was me and my sons first CdDB! You are helping me make memories with him. It is going into a 25gal pot on drip this year (along with 11 other figs). I look forward to the coming years! They are in between my two garden patches… a hedgerow of espalier figs. I will shoot you a pic this Summer. If you are interested in stopping by the next year (or the year after)… you can consider yourself invited. Chesapeake, VA
it is now end of October cold days just ahead, is now the time to cut fig cutting? the last frost here in mid west Tennessee is may. nobody address the time of the year for cutting. great show!
extra like for your dog and their toy, and the fact that theyll get another one if the current one gets destroyed (also good tutorial, am about to take some cuttings!)
Great info. Where do I put the plantings when I take them from the tree? Do I leave them uncovered? Can i put them in my mini greenhouse uncovered for the winter? I appreciate your help.
When the tree is dormant. This year since they are taking forever to go dormant I took them already. I have watched videos where it's ok to do that also. Some sap will come out. That is why it's recommended to do it when it's dormant.
Great information video 😊 I'd forgotten I'd taken cuttinh in the Spring here in the UK, then wrapped them in damp paper towel and placed in an open plastic bag and forgot about them until now (mid summer!) Whoops. Three long cuttings still look viable out of the ones I'd placed away in a dark area, sheltered outside. It might be the wrong time of year to start, but I like a challenge and hopefully a few months left of warm sunny weather (UK... If we're lucky! Ha). Just liked this video and it jumped to 2k likes! 😁
Where do you sell your cuttings? Thanks to you and some other UA-camrs, I am getting to know that there are other varieties in America I can get besides the common Brown Turkey fig that is available at most of the stores.. I am in Florida and I am hoping I can get some varieties that can grow here in this weather. Thank you for your videos all the time.
Oh, there are thousands of figs in the US alone. I will have mine ready within the next week or so, as long as the bad freezes last night and tonight don’t cause damage. Stay tuned.
If your fig has rooted and is ready for up-potting before your last chance of frost, there is a good chance it will fruit the same year. About 2/3 of my trees fruit same year. However, you will need: 1. LOTS of warmth. If you live in a northern climate, the season may not be long enough. 2. You need to fertilize aggressively. I strongly suggest following my seasonal fig fertilizing guide: ua-cam.com/play/PL1gY7BoYBGIFNbJEUdApbh_E57uNBLG2j.html If your season isn't long enough to get them to fruit, or you start your cuttings too late, they will easily fruit 2nd year.
Try rooting that cutting right now, I've found that if you take a cutting and root it as soon as the buds break in spring they just take off. It's like the cuttings are supercharged and root like crazy.
Sometimes they do. It went right into a pot with some mix. It does seem that cuttings taken from trees deeper into dormancy seem to take longer to root.
speaking of cuttings, I got some i 258 cuttings. I immersed them with IBA and NAA solution before propagation. After a month of my waiting, four of those cuttings sprouted roots.
Trust me. It will be one of the best $20 purchases you ever make. You will not believe how good it is for the money. I have the one I use linked in my Amazon Storefront, but don’t feel obligated!
@@TheMillennialGardener unfortunately due to the way Amazon appears to work, your link doesn't work this side of the pond. I can view your items but they're unavailable to me. Shame as I of course would support you 👍
Great video thank you! Do you wrap your cuttings and put them in the refrigerator? I see people do that from time to time but not sure when that’s appropriate.
Great video. Thank you. I am in a different but similar growing zone. I have a fig tree that needs some attention. I would really like to get cuttings, root them, and give them away. I'll be sure to look up your rooting video. How about the right time to take graft cuttings or when exactly to do it, when, and why?! I really want to accomplish my grafting goals this year but I just don't know where to even start. Thanks for your efforts and time you put into your videos to help us. Blessings on a bountiful 2022!
I do not graft figs, and I'll tell you why. Figs are very cold sensitive for being deciduous trees, and they have a tendency to die back to the roots if they're caught off-guard with a sudden plunge in temperatures. If you graft your fig trees and they die back to the ground, you will lose everything but the rootstock. I *strongly* recommend you plant all your trees on their own roots, because if the tree ever dies to the ground, gets attached by an animal, or you have to cut it down for whatever reason, the correct variety grows back from its roots.
Thank you for the videos . I have a question ! In mi now temperature started getting down , keaves fell . Can I take a cutting in this time as the fig tree started dormancy period ? Abd can I trim the tree now Thanks
Thank you for a great video. I'm getting ready to prune one of the branches of my tree and at its thickest by the base, it's at least 1.5 inches across. The cuttings in your video are thinner than the majority of the subject branch. Will I be able to get cuttings from the entire lignated (sp?), almost 5 foot length or will rooting the thickest part be problematic?
Thanks so much for your timely help. A neighbor has asked for cuttings of my potted figs and I've been waiting for them to look completely dormant, and wondering how to go about it. Please do tell me after I take the cutting with my fine toothed saw, what do I do with the cutting? Wrap in damp paper towel in baggie? Thanks so much! Your fertilizing tutorial has helped tremendously and I had delightful figs on first year plants last year. Oh, question 2: Can I take multiple cuttings from one branch? Thanks! Really appreciate you! Please tell Dale I say hi! :)
It is best to place them in a rooting medium ASAP. The fresher they are, the better. If you must store them, you should put them in 1 gallon freezer bags and store them in the vegetable crisper in your fridge. Yes, you can take as many cuttings as you want from a tree as long as they are sized appropriately as shown in this video. This tutorial can help you with rooting: ua-cam.com/video/_g7JlxQ8TDQ/v-deo.html
Thanks for the info. Does the BUDDY budding tape work the same way as LABORATORY parafilm for wrapping budwood. Will the shoots grow through it? Thank you
Being very inexperienced I have not pruned my fig tree (in a container). I live in Massachusetts and brought it inside beginning of October i believe. The tree went dormant. Since then There is a good amount of new growth and about 8 nearly full size figs. Is it ok to prune now? When should I? Thanks!
Just up the coast in Hatteras, NC on the Outer Banks! I have 8’ tall by 10’ wide tree that needs some serious pruning and trimming. I am going to have so many cuttings I won’t even know what to do with, haha. Can I propagate large cuttings with a diameter of 2-4inches?What is the longest cutting you can propagate?
How does the Japanese pruning saw differ from a regular saw? How is it better? I'm anticipating my husband's question when he sees me looking at these. 🧐
I do not remove anything, normally. However, I also rarely take cuttings leafing out. I wrapped that top in Parafilm to preserve it. We are getting smacked with several hard freezes, so all that new growth is toast, now.
@@TheMillennialGardener Lolol talk about freeze, it’s 23 degrees and going into single digits in Bryn Mawr today and it’s been really cold last couple of weeks. Thanks again for the video, I’m getting ready to try a couple cuttings from my in-ground tree and hopefully start a tree in a container that you recommend on your site.
I have 6 young trees in pots that are about 1.5 yrs old that are in my garage in a cart and i just realized they are all infested with ants. It must have been from when i had the pots sitting on the grass in my backyard for a few weeks during the fall. Any tips on how to best get rid of these ants? Thanks and great video.
Yes. This will get rid of them in 24 hours: ua-cam.com/video/e_hciChpXLs/v-deo.html You will want to use a bait-style product to kill the colony that has burrowed into your roots.
@@TheMillennialGardener so I got some of this stuff. Do I just sprinkle it into each pot and let it be? The instructions seem specific to mounds of ants. I don’t see any mounding in these pots. I believe they’re 3 gallons. But when I shake the pots a bit, they all start moving around. I’m just afraid they’re gonna destroy all of the roots I worked so hard for.
Truly, I do not know. It depends on the weather and my workload in January. It is incredibly time consuming to do so, like a 100 hour commitment to do it all. If I am able to do so, I will announce it.
Interesting point with the saw. Have you done similar with blueberry hardwood cuttings during the winter? I’ve heard hardwood yields better success. Also, do you rub the leaf buds off that go underground?
You took those cuttings before the new growth gets frozen/killed by the next frost. Wise decision. Still a long way to spring. Hope you dont get hit by a late frost like in April 2021. Good Luck from Austria.
Great info! I wish I could have given myself this info before buying my first fig tree. I got a rooted cutting from Etsy and it was horrible. Thinner than a pencil and new green wood and it didn’t survive transit. I’ve been watching your videos and found some cuttings on figbid and have successful rooted them! Will you be posting cuttings for sale soon? I’m still looking for a few from your recent top trees list.
Figbid is probably the best place online to get cuttings and rooted cuttings consistently. The overwhelming majority of sellers are legitimate, and the owner is *merciless* with scammers and bad sellers, so they are very few and far between (unlike eBay and Etsy, where scammers are the norm). If a seller on Figbid is well-reviewed, you can almost guarantee you'll get a good product. I just started to populate my page last night, so I am going to make the announcement tomorrow.
@@TheMillennialGardener I definitely agree! It was a much better experience and a much higher quality plant/cutting than my first purchase. I'll keep an eye out for your listings!
If you watch it back he is pulling an infomercial move by not using the shears correctly. It's not obscenely blatant, but he cuts using the middle/front half of the shears. Anyone that has even used a pair of scissors knows you use the back half closer to the handle for a much more clean cut. He does stuff like this in alot of his videos honestly. I still enjoy watching them, but it always gives me a little chuckle.
I generally try to if the node space accommodates. Sometimes, the node spacing at the top cannot accommodate this. This is common with “tip” cuttings. Cuttings further down make it easier.
What do you think of very thin cuttings? Are they viable? I just unpacked some and they are thinner than a pencil. Don’t know if I should waste my time on these.
Thin cuttings are outstanding for grafting. If you don’t graft and you want to root, wrap them in Parafilm, or they likely will dry out before rooting. If you wrap them in Parafilm, they should hold up. Thin cuttings often root faster than thick cuttings.
What time of year is best to take cuttings? Should the tree/wood be dormant....let's say anywhere between December-February.....or is that ABSOLUTELY the wrong time. If the wood leaks out that white, latex sap is that too early? I see his cuttings look "green" but not sappy. Also, I seem to think starting cuttings in the late fall would be better but can we begin rooting in mid-late winter...???.....(I'm giving that a shot. We'll see if it works).
You should get a plastic shoe box( 6qt sterilite) for each one of your fig trees(or just the main ones). Label them and that way when you cut the tree you can have them organized easier. I use a big pair of loppers when I prune. And clean with alcohol spray between each tree.
Oddly enough I guess I've had less trouble actually rooting figs as I do getting them to grow once they do leaf out. I move them to a pretty sunny window (temp average 75-80) and LIGHTLY fertilize with liquid fertilizer and water roughly twice a week but the growth seems almost be stalled or at least very slow for whatever reason.
What size pot do you place them in? If you place them in a large pot, they will grow a lot of roots before growing UP, presenting the appearance that they have stalled. If you keep them in a smaller container, they’ll put on top growth faster once they become rootbound. The other option is you aren’t feeding them enough, or they aren’t getting enough hours of sunlight (10-12 hrs is optimal) or heat.
@@eric4946 Walmart "Expert" water soluble at about 1/4 normal strength because, as I say, I use it most times that I water them. They are coming along so maybe they just seem a lot slower than they should.
@@gitatit4046 for continuous fertilization you want about 100 PPM nitrogen. For something with a ~20 nitrogen number that’s 1/2 tsp per gallon. You would use that continuously . Or every other time then double that , so on and so forth.
I'm not sure what you mean. Center of what? Did you prune your fig trees prior to storage, and where you made the cut, you're seeing a hole in the center of the freshly pruned wood?
@@TheMillennialGardenerI did not prune them they were rooted from cuttings and they are about 24” tall. I uppotted before i stored them in my garage and I water once a month with filtered water.
Yes, that is a good option for Ohio because it is quick to ripen. Any Mt. Etna type (Chicago Hardy, Marseilles Black VS, Sao Miguel Roxo, etc.) will do well in Ohio thanks to their short hang time.
I have not announced the cutting sale yet. I just got back from a vacation today. I will have info within the next week. We just got bombed by several hard freezes, so I need to check that everything is fine beforehand.
People swear by the Felco’s, but I’m reluctant to use any tool that “crushes” the wood to make the cut if I want to save the wood. That’s my personal opinion, but not necessarily a hard fact. I usually err on the side of caution.
Im surprised how deep you root cuttings. I place them with the 2nd lowest node 1/2 under the soil. I was under the impression that you would rot on the lower parts.
Generally, you never want to bury them more than halfway. Most go about 40% deep. I like burying 2 nodes, personally. Sometimes, the node spacing is so close that many get buried, though. This is especially common with tip cuttings.
Who uses shears like that? Anyone that has even used scissors on paper knows that it cuts much better further back towards the handle.. Comes across like an infomercial that has people fumble around misusing normal products to try and sell some piece of junk. I realize you deserve to be paid for your videos and that the commission on those saws would help out, but jeez bro! Still love you though man 😆 great video otherwise!
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I found rooted cuttings of two LSU figs for a good price, on Etsy, & ordered them. Two-three years till bearing fruit.
Were you able to verify the varieties were correct? I am very wary of ordering from sites like Etsy and eBay due to the extremely high percentage of fakes sold. The amount of fakes in the cutting world is extreme, so I try to only buy from known sellers.
@@TheMillennialGardener Oops! Live & learn! Thanks for the advice!
@@mousiebrown1747 off the beaten path nursery is a good source.
@@eric4946 Thank you!
Greetings from Puerto Rico, very nice video. I always like to watch them. I see you sell some very good cuttings and was wondering if you would sell to me. Please note that there isn't any problems shipping cuttings to us.
Respectfully yours,
Wilberto
It's your fault that my fig trees are uncontrollable lol. I appreciate your videos. I live in Canada Ontario zone 6. Thanks to all your videos that have following for a while, now I have unbelievable variety of figs that I even planted some of them in the ground and they survive in the winter which I couldn't believe. Thank you again keep you the great work
Glad to help spread the addiction 😄 Glad you're onboard and enjoying figs!
Thank you for this video! And because of you, I asked one of my neighbors for fig cuttings for propagation.
I've been following for a few months and all the videos are so informative and interesting. Keep 'em coming.
Thanks for another great video. I always like to put an arrow for growth direction on my cuttings. Although it's not as important with figs because you can look at them to figure out growth direction. I like to keep in the habit; it's good practice. I think you should have told people that the nodes should be above the old leaf location. That way people don't plant them in upside down.
If it helps you, I say do it. Never change the things that make you successful. Make sure the buds face UP. However, sometimes, the cuttings don’t have buds! It isn’t always easy to notice.
@@TheMillennialGardener That's why I like to add the directional arrow when I first cut and mark them. That way everyone knows which way is up.
Thank you so much for sharing the knowledge!
your skills about grafting and others are very extraordinary
I don’t do much grafting, but I hope to get into it later! 😊
I have bought a rooted Smith and a Col de Dame Blanc cutting from you before.
That CdDB cutting is the beastliest of my three.
Thank you for the excellent cutting!!! Even got a few figs off of it the first year.
I’m so happy to hear that. It makes me feel good to know my trees are out there feeding others 😊
@@TheMillennialGardener
That was me and my sons first CdDB! You are helping me make memories with him.
It is going into a 25gal pot on drip this year (along with 11 other figs). I look forward to the coming years! They are in between my two garden patches… a hedgerow of espalier figs.
I will shoot you a pic this Summer. If you are interested in stopping by the next year (or the year after)… you can consider yourself invited.
Chesapeake, VA
it is now end of October cold days just ahead, is now the time to cut fig cutting? the last frost here in mid west Tennessee is may. nobody address the time of the year for cutting. great show!
Very nice tutorial!
That saw is awesome…
Your garden looks really organized and clean!
Thank you! The saw is amazing! It was a lucky purchase.
extra like for your dog and their toy, and the fact that theyll get another one if the current one gets destroyed
(also good tutorial, am about to take some cuttings!)
Great info. Where do I put the plantings when I take them from the tree? Do I leave them uncovered? Can i put them in my mini greenhouse uncovered for the winter? I appreciate your help.
Very very helpful ❤❤❤
Another great video! Thank you.
You’re welcome! Thank you for watching.
What month is the best time to propagate fig trees, I am in North Texas. Thank you😊
You can Google your zone. Google is awesome.
When the tree is dormant. This year since they are taking forever to go dormant I took them already. I have watched videos where it's ok to do that also. Some sap will come out. That is why it's recommended to do it when it's dormant.
Great information video 😊
I'd forgotten I'd taken cuttinh in the Spring here in the UK, then wrapped them in damp paper towel and placed in an open plastic bag and forgot about them until now (mid summer!) Whoops.
Three long cuttings still look viable out of the ones I'd placed away in a dark area, sheltered outside.
It might be the wrong time of year to start, but I like a challenge and hopefully a few months left of warm sunny weather (UK... If we're lucky! Ha).
Just liked this video and it jumped to 2k likes! 😁
Thank you for making this helpful video😊👍
You’re welcome! Thanks so much for watching! ❤️
1:12 your shirt design is quite interesting… especially the location of those ‘fruits’ 😅
Great video thank you 👍❤
Where do you sell your cuttings? Thanks to you and some other UA-camrs, I am getting to know that there are other varieties in America I can get besides the common Brown Turkey fig that is available at most of the stores.. I am in Florida and I am hoping I can get some varieties that can grow here in this weather. Thank you for your videos all the time.
Oh, there are thousands of figs in the US alone. I will have mine ready within the next week or so, as long as the bad freezes last night and tonight don’t cause damage. Stay tuned.
I’m interested as well
Please let us know when and where will you be listing anything. Thank you
Going to attempt to do this today. Will The cutting fig tree grow up in one year and will it fruit the same year. Love your Videos
If your fig has rooted and is ready for up-potting before your last chance of frost, there is a good chance it will fruit the same year. About 2/3 of my trees fruit same year. However, you will need:
1. LOTS of warmth. If you live in a northern climate, the season may not be long enough.
2. You need to fertilize aggressively. I strongly suggest following my seasonal fig fertilizing guide: ua-cam.com/play/PL1gY7BoYBGIFNbJEUdApbh_E57uNBLG2j.html
If your season isn't long enough to get them to fruit, or you start your cuttings too late, they will easily fruit 2nd year.
Try rooting that cutting right now, I've found that if you take a cutting and root it as soon as the buds break in spring they just take off. It's like the cuttings are supercharged and root like crazy.
Sometimes they do. It went right into a pot with some mix. It does seem that cuttings taken from trees deeper into dormancy seem to take longer to root.
speaking of cuttings, I got some i 258 cuttings. I immersed them with IBA and NAA solution before propagation. After a month of my waiting, four of those cuttings sprouted roots.
Very nice! Congrats! That is such an incredible fig.
Have any of these that you can share?
You've convinced me to buy a Japanese pruning saw 👌👍
Trust me. It will be one of the best $20 purchases you ever make. You will not believe how good it is for the money. I have the one I use linked in my Amazon Storefront, but don’t feel obligated!
@@TheMillennialGardener unfortunately due to the way Amazon appears to work, your link doesn't work this side of the pond. I can view your items but they're unavailable to me. Shame as I of course would support you 👍
Great video, Thanks for the amazing information
You’re welcome! Thank you for watching!
Great video thank you!
Do you wrap your cuttings and put them in the refrigerator? I see people do that from time to time but not sure when that’s appropriate.
You can do that to store them for months until you are ready to propagate them
@@Craz3dApprentice what do you wrap them with, newspaper or plastic wrap?
@@thelongislandguy plastic wrap in a bag
@@Craz3dApprentice thank you!
Great video. Thank you. I am in a different but similar growing zone. I have a fig tree that needs some attention. I would really like to get cuttings, root them, and give them away. I'll be sure to look up your rooting video. How about the right time to take graft cuttings or when exactly to do it, when, and why?! I really want to accomplish my grafting goals this year but I just don't know where to even start. Thanks for your efforts and time you put into your videos to help us. Blessings on a bountiful 2022!
I do not graft figs, and I'll tell you why. Figs are very cold sensitive for being deciduous trees, and they have a tendency to die back to the roots if they're caught off-guard with a sudden plunge in temperatures. If you graft your fig trees and they die back to the ground, you will lose everything but the rootstock. I *strongly* recommend you plant all your trees on their own roots, because if the tree ever dies to the ground, gets attached by an animal, or you have to cut it down for whatever reason, the correct variety grows back from its roots.
@@TheMillennialGardener Ohhh...great info. Thanks so much for your help. Blessings
Thank you for the videos .
I have a question ! In mi now temperature started getting down , keaves fell . Can I take a cutting in this time as the fig tree started dormancy period ? Abd can I trim the tree now
Thanks
Thank you for a great video. I'm getting ready to prune one of the branches of my tree and at its thickest by the base, it's at least 1.5 inches across. The cuttings in your video are thinner than the majority of the subject branch. Will I be able to get cuttings from the entire lignated (sp?), almost 5 foot length or will rooting the thickest part be problematic?
3:55 that just blew my mind
Thanks so much for your timely help. A neighbor has asked for cuttings of my potted figs and I've been waiting for them to look completely dormant, and wondering how to go about it. Please do tell me after I take the cutting with my fine toothed saw, what do I do with the cutting? Wrap in damp paper towel in baggie? Thanks so much! Your fertilizing tutorial has helped tremendously and I had delightful figs on first year plants last year. Oh, question 2: Can I take multiple cuttings from one branch? Thanks! Really appreciate you! Please tell Dale I say hi! :)
It is best to place them in a rooting medium ASAP. The fresher they are, the better. If you must store them, you should put them in 1 gallon freezer bags and store them in the vegetable crisper in your fridge.
Yes, you can take as many cuttings as you want from a tree as long as they are sized appropriately as shown in this video. This tutorial can help you with rooting: ua-cam.com/video/_g7JlxQ8TDQ/v-deo.html
@@TheMillennialGardener thanks! You rock!
Thanks for the info. Does the BUDDY budding tape work the same way as LABORATORY parafilm for wrapping budwood. Will the shoots grow through it? Thank you
Being very inexperienced I have not pruned my fig tree (in a container). I live in Massachusetts and brought it inside beginning of October i believe. The tree went dormant. Since then There is a good amount of new growth and about 8 nearly full size figs. Is it ok to prune now? When should I?
Thanks!
Rich from Houston here , Im still looking to purchase a Italian 258 from you. Where do I go to find that?
Instructions are coming tomorrow at 5PM EST. Stay tuned!
Just up the coast in Hatteras, NC on the Outer Banks! I have 8’ tall by 10’ wide tree that needs some serious pruning and trimming. I am going to have so many cuttings I won’t even know what to do with, haha. Can I propagate large cuttings with a diameter of 2-4inches?What is the longest cutting you can propagate?
Millennial, Adam here from Tucson. Please don't forget to let us know when cutting will be available thanks.
Within 2 weeks. We have a few deep freezes moving in this week.
@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks man.
How does the Japanese pruning saw differ from a regular saw? How is it better? I'm anticipating my husband's question when he sees me looking at these. 🧐
Thank you, when you bury the cutting do you leave the little leaf beginning to emerge or remove it ?
I do not remove anything, normally. However, I also rarely take cuttings leafing out. I wrapped that top in Parafilm to preserve it. We are getting smacked with several hard freezes, so all that new growth is toast, now.
@@TheMillennialGardener Lolol talk about freeze, it’s 23 degrees and going into single digits in Bryn Mawr today and it’s been really cold last couple of weeks. Thanks again for the video, I’m getting ready to try a couple cuttings from my in-ground tree and hopefully start a tree in a container that you recommend on your site.
When is the best time to take cuttings?. I am in Virginia.
I have 6 young trees in pots that are about 1.5 yrs old that are in my garage in a cart and i just realized they are all infested with ants. It must have been from when i had the pots sitting on the grass in my backyard for a few weeks during the fall. Any tips on how to best get rid of these ants? Thanks and great video.
Yes. This will get rid of them in 24 hours: ua-cam.com/video/e_hciChpXLs/v-deo.html
You will want to use a bait-style product to kill the colony that has burrowed into your roots.
@@TheMillennialGardener so I got some of this stuff. Do I just sprinkle it into each pot and let it be? The instructions seem specific to mounds of ants. I don’t see any mounding in these pots. I believe they’re 3 gallons. But when I shake the pots a bit, they all start moving around. I’m just afraid they’re gonna destroy all of the roots I worked so hard for.
You should spin them with the Blunt edge actually use them as circular cutters
Will you be selling cuttings this year?
Truly, I do not know. It depends on the weather and my workload in January. It is incredibly time consuming to do so, like a 100 hour commitment to do it all. If I am able to do so, I will announce it.
Interesting point with the saw. Have you done similar with blueberry hardwood cuttings during the winter? I’ve heard hardwood yields better success.
Also, do you rub the leaf buds off that go underground?
I have not taken cuttings from anything but figs. I do not remove any buds.
@@TheMillennialGardener do you put rooting hormone on bottom of cutting that's interesting I don't bother taking off buds going belpw soil next time
I'm impatient, can I take cuttings in the summer? I'm in California Sierra mountains where july-sept Temps are 93-105F and dry
You took those cuttings before the new growth gets frozen/killed by the next frost. Wise decision. Still a long way to spring. Hope you dont get hit by a late frost like in April 2021. Good Luck from Austria.
We have 7 hard freezes in the 10 day forecast, including 27°F just last night. If my figs can’t survive 27°F, they don’t deserve to grow 😂
@@TheMillennialGardener I mean the green leafs :) due to the warm weather you had the last weeks.
Great info! I wish I could have given myself this info before buying my first fig tree. I got a rooted cutting from Etsy and it was horrible. Thinner than a pencil and new green wood and it didn’t survive transit. I’ve been watching your videos and found some cuttings on figbid and have successful rooted them! Will you be posting cuttings for sale soon? I’m still looking for a few from your recent top trees list.
Figbid is probably the best place online to get cuttings and rooted cuttings consistently. The overwhelming majority of sellers are legitimate, and the owner is *merciless* with scammers and bad sellers, so they are very few and far between (unlike eBay and Etsy, where scammers are the norm). If a seller on Figbid is well-reviewed, you can almost guarantee you'll get a good product. I just started to populate my page last night, so I am going to make the announcement tomorrow.
@@TheMillennialGardener I definitely agree! It was a much better experience and a much higher quality plant/cutting than my first purchase. I'll keep an eye out for your listings!
You need a better shear, for example a “Felco 8“ from Suisse. This is a damn sharp tool and perfect for pruning ;)
If you watch it back he is pulling an infomercial move by not using the shears correctly. It's not obscenely blatant, but he cuts using the middle/front half of the shears. Anyone that has even used a pair of scissors knows you use the back half closer to the handle for a much more clean cut. He does stuff like this in alot of his videos honestly. I still enjoy watching them, but it always gives me a little chuckle.
when labeling them, write on the top area do that it's still showing once you push into rooting medium
I generally try to if the node space accommodates. Sometimes, the node spacing at the top cannot accommodate this. This is common with “tip” cuttings. Cuttings further down make it easier.
What do you think of very thin cuttings? Are they viable? I just unpacked some and they are thinner than a pencil. Don’t know if I should waste my time on these.
Thin cuttings are outstanding for grafting. If you don’t graft and you want to root, wrap them in Parafilm, or they likely will dry out before rooting. If you wrap them in Parafilm, they should hold up. Thin cuttings often root faster than thick cuttings.
What time of year is best to take cuttings? Should the tree/wood be dormant....let's say anywhere between December-February.....or is that ABSOLUTELY the wrong time. If the wood leaks out that white, latex sap is that too early? I see his cuttings look "green" but not sappy. Also, I seem to think starting cuttings in the late fall would be better but can we begin rooting in mid-late winter...???.....(I'm giving that a shot. We'll see if it works).
You should get a plastic shoe box( 6qt sterilite) for each one of your fig trees(or just the main ones). Label them and that way when you cut the tree you can have them organized easier. I use a big pair of loppers when I prune. And clean with alcohol spray between each tree.
I cut my cuttings to order, not in advance. But if I stored them, that would be a good spot to keep them.
Oddly enough I guess I've had less trouble actually rooting figs as I do getting them to grow once they do leaf out. I move them to a pretty sunny window (temp average 75-80) and LIGHTLY fertilize with liquid fertilizer and water roughly twice a week but the growth seems almost be stalled or at least very slow for whatever reason.
What size pot do you place them in? If you place them in a large pot, they will grow a lot of roots before growing UP, presenting the appearance that they have stalled. If you keep them in a smaller container, they’ll put on top growth faster once they become rootbound.
The other option is you aren’t feeding them enough, or they aren’t getting enough hours of sunlight (10-12 hrs is optimal) or heat.
What type of fertilizer are you using ?
@@eric4946 Walmart "Expert" water soluble at about 1/4 normal strength because, as I say, I use it most times that I water them. They are coming along so maybe they just seem a lot slower than they should.
@@gitatit4046 for continuous fertilization you want about 100 PPM nitrogen. For something with a ~20 nitrogen number that’s 1/2 tsp per gallon. You would use that continuously . Or every other time then double that , so on and so forth.
@@eric4946 OK. Well this is 24-8-16 and 1/4 tsp per gallon is about what they've been getting. So I might have to adjust a bit. Thanks.
which MONTH is the best time to take a cutting.. ive read comments below and ive watched this twice.. think i missed the month , time of month
I also use Japanese saws
They are AMAZING. What a great tool for pruning!
What do you charge for 2 Olympia cuttings?
What does it mean when you are wintering over your fig trees in the garage and that center sort of soft part hollows out? Is my tree dying?
I'm not sure what you mean. Center of what? Did you prune your fig trees prior to storage, and where you made the cut, you're seeing a hole in the center of the freshly pruned wood?
@@TheMillennialGardenerI did not prune them they were rooted from cuttings and they are about 24” tall. I uppotted before i stored them in my garage and I water once a month with filtered water.
Will a Chicago Hardy cutting purchased from Louisiana thrive in Ohio?
Yes, that is a good option for Ohio because it is quick to ripen. Any Mt. Etna type (Chicago Hardy, Marseilles Black VS, Sao Miguel Roxo, etc.) will do well in Ohio thanks to their short hang time.
How can I go about buying some of your root cuttings?
I will have an announcement within a week, as long as nothing gets damaged in this week’s big freeze. Stay tuned.
@@TheMillennialGardener 🙏🏻thank you!! Hope all goes well. Are weather has been a little crazy here in San Antonio (up & down with the temps).
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Thanks for watching!
When you putting up cuttings on figbid?
Probably within 2 weeks. We have a bad few nights coming up this week.
Hey there. Still selling cuttings? I can’t seem to get to your shop, other than apparel. Website?
I have not announced the cutting sale yet. I just got back from a vacation today. I will have info within the next week. We just got bombed by several hard freezes, so I need to check that everything is fine beforehand.
Why is it that my fig tree cutting got leaves but no root .???THANKS
Use a Felco and prune perfect
People swear by the Felco’s, but I’m reluctant to use any tool that “crushes” the wood to make the cut if I want to save the wood. That’s my personal opinion, but not necessarily a hard fact. I usually err on the side of caution.
Too bad I can't support you through Amazon purchase as I'm from Canada and it's almost 3 times the price for the Japanese saw :(
I have never been this early
Thanks for watching 😂
how do I order from you?
I will have an official video shortly. We have some bad freezes coming in the next few nights.
Im surprised how deep you root cuttings. I place them with the 2nd lowest node 1/2 under the soil.
I was under the impression that you would rot on the lower parts.
Generally, you never want to bury them more than halfway. Most go about 40% deep. I like burying 2 nodes, personally. Sometimes, the node spacing is so close that many get buried, though. This is especially common with tip cuttings.
@@TheMillennialGardener interesting .
Have you taken fig cuttings this winter? If not, when will you take them? Thanks.
No. We'll see if they survive the cold coming over the next few days. It depends on the damage.
Why did you choose the label "I-258"?
I think it's the type of fig, maybe Italian 258??? Not sure. I think he mentioned that to someone else.
I did not know that the shears can damage the cutting.
My fig tree is missing side shoots
3:56 buy Fiska tool… problem solved 🙄 and much safer too.
Anything for Dale. 😂😂😂😂
You're not using your pruning shears, right.
I mark my name on the cutting side that will be above the soil, not in it....
This is usually what you want to do, if the node spacing allows. Sometimes, the node spacing up too may not allow it. This is common on tip cuttings.
Nice shirt. Would be even nicer if you took it off for the next video.
Do you even lift bro
Not even once.
Who uses shears like that? Anyone that has even used scissors on paper knows that it cuts much better further back towards the handle.. Comes across like an infomercial that has people fumble around misusing normal products to try and sell some piece of junk. I realize you deserve to be paid for your videos and that the commission on those saws would help out, but jeez bro! Still love you though man 😆 great video otherwise!