I am Portuguese and yes it likes warmth but never plant close to a wall because in time the strong roots will destroy it, also it will seek water like it is going out of fashion, so if there is a well near by it will also break trough the well wall. It is rutheless in its search for water and no concrete pavement or wall will stand in its way, even house foundations have been ruined by fig trees. In Portugal we get 3 rounds of figs a year, here I am lucky if I get one decent round. This year my tree is doing well and my figs are big as a fist, juicy and sweet. Good luck in your fig venture.
At the time of making this video had you been growing fis for long and if so how long? Im thinking of growing a fig, but this info seems to contradict much of the info i had come across. Now i don't know what to think.
You want to make your tree thrive and grow larger in the first few years to get a large harvest. I would try a heated, lighted greenhouse to control the conditions. The new LED full spectrum lights use very little energy, create as much warmth as their wattage, and so a simple greenhouse might be the answer in the UK. We grew strawberries and tomatoes in winter years ago in Louisiana in a flower bed against a south facing brick wall with a clear plastic cover that could be rolled down over the plants if temps dropped below freezing.
@@MarksHouseandGardenUK This may be bad info for your growing zone. I`m not sure how cold your winters are. I`m going by Louisiana fig trees. Check out the info on the Planet Fig site.
Hi. It did work. Unfortunately that was two years ago and I have moved home so I can't update you. Sorry. Mark (incidentally I have concluded that it is almost impossible to get a late crop in the UK)
By the reckoning of this commentary one shouldn't pinch out figs until near the time its leaves begin to fall. This will mean the new tiny figlets are the right small (pea) size to overwinter & provide a bumper harvest the following year - pinching out in mid summer is gonna produce figlets too big (thumb size) that will just not develop as viable fruit next year ???
Hi Lisa. Are you in the UK? If it is potted i would be tempted to leave it outside so that it can go through a cold spell before spring. What have you done previoulsy? Mark
How strange. Are the roots restricted? (They like that apparently) . Are you following basic principles? Regular food and water during growing season. Perhaps you check your soil type too?
Great video, has pinching out made any difference to the ripening of this year's fruit? My fig is stuck in a vicious circle of large maincrop flushes that never ripen and no embryonic figs either.
Hi there. I had the same problem. Pinching them out didn't make any difference to the growth and they failed to ripen. I'm giving it some thought. Maybe i will keep one in a pot and move it to a glasshouse for the last part of the year. Or perhaps prune half the branches late summer to encourage juvenile buds.
Hi Milda goes wild 👋🏻 I had/have the same issue in the south west of the U.K. and am going to try the advice offered in a YT clip called How to Prune a figs in a cool climate for first (breba) crop fig production ... hoping it will work ... makes sence and I actually saw this happen the first time I met the fig tree, where the tiny figs already on the tree that had over wintered ended up being the first to ripen.. I'm very optimistic of getting synchronised with how it figs out 🤔😁🫶🏻 Tried last year to tip the branches to encourage the figs from this year to ripen, which they did but then I hade no embryo figs for the next year 😑 coz I just tipped them all 😁 There must be a way ✊🏻✊🏻Good luck
@@thegreenwoodelf8014 since then I actually tried removing all fruit due to overwinter and had quite a few to mature at first harvest but birds got to them first! 😅
@@MildaGoesWild would love to hear how it goes with your trials... my big fig is just waking up...embryo fruit from last year are blowing up nicely (mid April) and new, this year shoots, are emerging from winter pruning cuts. Hoping to eat the ones from the embryo fruit of yester year and to initiate embryo fruit on the shoots of this year, prune ex- embryo fruited branches come winter, repeat, repeat, repeat 🤔🤔 that's the plan ✊🏻🤞🏻😁.. let there be Sun ☀️
I am Portuguese and yes it likes warmth but never plant close to a wall because in time the strong roots will destroy it, also it will seek water like it is going out of fashion, so if there is a well near by it will also break trough the well wall. It is rutheless in its search for water and no concrete pavement or wall will stand in its way, even house foundations have been ruined by fig trees. In Portugal we get 3 rounds of figs a year, here I am lucky if I get one decent round. This year my tree is doing well and my figs are big as a fist, juicy and sweet. Good luck in your fig venture.
Update please. Would also like to see how the other fig tree you plant is doing. Figs update video please?
At the time of making this video had you been growing fis for long and if so how long? Im thinking of growing a fig, but this info seems to contradict much of the info i had come across. Now i don't know what to think.
I had the fig quite a while. The contents of the video are based on quite a bit of research. I have heard different opinions about figs since.
You want to make your tree thrive and grow larger in the first few years to get a large harvest. I would try a heated, lighted greenhouse to control the conditions. The new LED full spectrum lights use very little energy, create as much warmth as their wattage, and so a simple greenhouse might be the answer in the UK. We grew strawberries and tomatoes in winter years ago in Louisiana in a flower bed against a south facing brick wall with a clear plastic cover that could be rolled down over the plants if temps dropped below freezing.
Ok. Thanks for this. Mark
@@MarksHouseandGardenUK This may be bad info for your growing zone. I`m not sure how cold your winters are. I`m going by Louisiana fig trees. Check out the info on the Planet Fig site.
So where is the update please? Did the pinching work?
Hi. It did work. Unfortunately that was two years ago and I have moved home so I can't update you. Sorry. Mark (incidentally I have concluded that it is almost impossible to get a late crop in the UK)
By the reckoning of this commentary one shouldn't pinch out figs until near the time its leaves begin to fall. This will mean the new tiny figlets are the right small (pea) size to overwinter & provide a bumper harvest the following year - pinching out in mid summer is gonna produce figlets too big (thumb size) that will just not develop as viable fruit next year ???
Hi Mike. Thank you for this. I'm out at the moment. Let me revisit the video and have a think. I'll come back to you. Thanks again. Mark
Not helpful. Have you had any ripe fruit yet? Do you know which of those various sized figs are your next year's breba crop?
Thanks for sharing your learnt knowledge.
at this rate you will soon begin to supply figs to sainsbury's supermarket !
Haha yes thank you. 😊
Thanks for sharing. Should I bring my napolitana inside for the winter then?
Hi Lisa. Are you in the UK? If it is potted i would be tempted to leave it outside so that it can go through a cold spell before spring. What have you done previoulsy? Mark
Really love , how you have simplified the basics to simpletons like me .
Thanks for a brilliant video
Well thank you. I use explanation I can understand myself. So if you're a simpleton that makes two of us. Thank you for watching and commenting. Mark
Thanks. I found a fig tree in my new allotment. This helps me how to look after it. Million thanks.
Wonderful thank you 😊
Thanks for your tips
You are welcome. I hope you found it helpful. Mark
Very useful and clear video.
Thank you very much 😊
Too bad no followup of this video this spring and early summer
Hi. Yes, sorry about the lack of follow up. I moved house and no longer own the fig plant. Mark
I've had a fig tree in a container against a south west facing wall for 2 years and it's hardly produced new growth let alone any figs 😢
How strange. Are the roots restricted? (They like that apparently) . Are you following basic principles? Regular food and water during growing season. Perhaps you check your soil type too?
Thank you
your info is 😂🤣😂you are going to kill your fig
This video is 3 years old. The fig is doing absolutely amazingly well. But thanks for contributing your views.
Great video, has pinching out made any difference to the ripening of this year's fruit? My fig is stuck in a vicious circle of large maincrop flushes that never ripen and no embryonic figs either.
Hi there. I had the same problem. Pinching them out didn't make any difference to the growth and they failed to ripen. I'm giving it some thought. Maybe i will keep one in a pot and move it to a glasshouse for the last part of the year. Or perhaps prune half the branches late summer to encourage juvenile buds.
Incidentally I've moved home this week so i no longer have that fig. New videos from my lovely new garden are coming very soon.
Hi Milda goes wild 👋🏻 I had/have the same issue in the south west of the U.K. and am going to try the advice offered in a YT clip called How to Prune a figs in a cool climate for first (breba) crop fig production
... hoping it will work ... makes sence and I actually saw this happen the first time I met the fig tree, where the tiny figs already on the tree that had over wintered ended up being the first to ripen.. I'm very optimistic of getting synchronised with how it figs out 🤔😁🫶🏻
Tried last year to tip the branches to encourage the figs from this year to ripen, which they did but then I hade no embryo figs for the next year 😑 coz I just tipped them all 😁
There must be a way ✊🏻✊🏻Good luck
@@thegreenwoodelf8014 since then I actually tried removing all fruit due to overwinter and had quite a few to mature at first harvest but birds got to them first! 😅
@@MildaGoesWild would love to hear how it goes with your trials... my big fig is just waking up...embryo fruit from last year are blowing up nicely (mid April) and new, this year shoots, are emerging from winter pruning cuts. Hoping to eat the ones from the embryo fruit of yester year and to initiate embryo fruit on the shoots of this year, prune ex- embryo fruited branches come winter, repeat, repeat, repeat 🤔🤔 that's the plan ✊🏻🤞🏻😁.. let there be Sun ☀️
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Thanks. Do you have any figs? Have you had any luck getting ripe fruit?