Really liking the new equipment! Thanks for doing the caromb as well because I was starting to look into that. Currently have no fruiting trees, having just started my journey in February this year. Zone 7b in Philly area, with Hardy Chicago, little miss Figgy (fast growing trees), VDB, Panache, Syrian dark, Black Madeira , and Brown turkey to round it out. Can't wait to see what I get next season. Although I have no greenhouse that they can all fit in I'm trying to plan out where to winterize them. Or better yet the ultimate way out of many that people shut down can you give us some examples.
Wow that sucks that all those figs were lost! Sorry to hear that brother, the figs you brought up looked good i Kathleens black looks like a winner to purchase, thanks for the video.
I don't envy you having to deal with that opossum. We had our first hard freeze here in Zillah (Yakima valley Washington) saturday morning (Oct. 14). Even though my in-ground figs all died back to the ground this past winter, my Hardy Chicago figs have produced enough figs to keep me satisfied and of course, the finches found a few of them, too. One of my pests are the voles. They don't do any damage this time of year, but during the winter, they love to eat the bark on my fig trees, but luckily, they seem to like the desert king trees and the damage was manageable. I spotted a fat vole going to a clump of alfalfa and I happened to have a hose in my hand, so I whacked it with the hose and gave it to the neighbor's cat. I get them and moles confused, but it's definitely a vole. They are cute, compared to a mouse, but still a pest. I'm enthused with your view on Kathleen Black, so I will be looking forward to trying some figs from it next year. I'm going to keep it as a container grown fig at least until I can propagate another one to plant in the ground. Good luck, Ben, with capturing and getting rid of your fig robber. I've had the same problem with being excited to try a new variety, only to have it eaten by birds a couple days before I would have picked it. I guess that most every creature on earth likes figs as much as we do. My dog loves figs and she helped me eat some hardy chicago figs today. She loves the verte figs, too, but with our freeze already, none of them will mature. Even my Hollier figs, which are usually an early producer, didn't mature any ripe figs this year.......and they've become one of my favorites for taste, and they're not nearly attractive to the birds like my dark colored figs are. Oh, and I'm still getting enough paw paws to eat and have given away a lot of them.
Yes, Ben critters are bad, I grow a lot pepper mint plants ( in pots ) around them, also, they hate foil paper. Foil paper wrap around trunk and on the soil as mulch. i also spray a mixture of (pepper mint oil mixed with water and soap) to deter them, but they are bold the spray will not drive them . The foil paper will. Try it. Of course, if you can catch them , all the better.
I am also in zone 7B but I'm near Charlotte North Carolina. My figs died down to the ground over the winter last year because it was so cold here. Actually I did have one tree that did not die down to the ground and we got two figs from it this summer! So I have three fig trees now unknown varieties and they're all producing lots of figs but there's no way they will mature because our frost date could be any day now. I'm hoping that since the trees are more mature now and if we don't have such a cold winter that will be able to get some briva and maybe more main crop next year. Will an established tree put out fruit earlier?
Put some juicy ripe figs in a pressure plate trap ;) Mr. Possum will crawl inside to eat the figs and- SNAP! trapped inside. Then you can drive him way off into the countryside where he ought to be, and dump him out.
I would recommend a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to catch that rascal! You can always live capture and relocate. American possums are so ugly! Australian possums are quite cute!
Really liking the new equipment! Thanks for doing the caromb as well because I was starting to look into that. Currently have no fruiting trees, having just started my journey in February this year. Zone 7b in Philly area, with Hardy Chicago, little miss Figgy (fast growing trees), VDB, Panache, Syrian dark, Black Madeira , and Brown turkey to round it out. Can't wait to see what I get next season. Although I have no greenhouse that they can all fit in I'm trying to plan out where to winterize them. Or better yet the ultimate way out of many that people shut down can you give us some examples.
Wow that sucks that all those figs were lost! Sorry to hear that brother, the figs you brought up looked good i Kathleens black looks like a winner to purchase, thanks for the video.
I don't envy you having to deal with that opossum. We had our first hard freeze here in Zillah (Yakima valley Washington) saturday morning (Oct. 14). Even though my in-ground figs all died back to the ground this past winter, my Hardy Chicago figs have produced enough figs to keep me satisfied and of course, the finches found a few of them, too. One of my pests are the voles. They don't do any damage this time of year, but during the winter, they love to eat the bark on my fig trees, but luckily, they seem to like the desert king trees and the damage was manageable. I spotted a fat vole going to a clump of alfalfa and I happened to have a hose in my hand, so I whacked it with the hose and gave it to the neighbor's cat. I get them and moles confused, but it's definitely a vole. They are cute, compared to a mouse, but still a pest. I'm enthused with your view on Kathleen Black, so I will be looking forward to trying some figs from it next year. I'm going to keep it as a container grown fig at least until I can propagate another one to plant in the ground. Good luck, Ben, with capturing and getting rid of your fig robber. I've had the same problem with being excited to try a new variety, only to have it eaten by birds a couple days before I would have picked it. I guess that most every creature on earth likes figs as much as we do. My dog loves figs and she helped me eat some hardy chicago figs today. She loves the verte figs, too, but with our freeze already, none of them will mature. Even my Hollier figs, which are usually an early producer, didn't mature any ripe figs this year.......and they've become one of my favorites for taste, and they're not nearly attractive to the birds like my dark colored figs are. Oh, and I'm still getting enough paw paws to eat and have given away a lot of them.
Do you give away cuttings of the wuhan fig for free? If so I am interested
Yes, Ben critters are bad, I grow a lot pepper mint plants ( in pots ) around them, also, they hate foil paper. Foil paper wrap around trunk and on the soil as mulch. i also spray a mixture of (pepper mint oil mixed with water and soap) to deter them, but they are bold the spray will not drive them . The foil paper will. Try it. Of course, if you can catch them , all the better.
I am also in zone 7B but I'm near Charlotte North Carolina. My figs died down to the ground over the winter last year because it was so cold here. Actually I did have one tree that did not die down to the ground and we got two figs from it this summer! So I have three fig trees now unknown varieties and they're all producing lots of figs but there's no way they will mature because our frost date could be any day now. I'm hoping that since the trees are more mature now and if we don't have such a cold winter that will be able to get some briva and maybe more main crop next year. Will an established tree put out fruit earlier?
Put some juicy ripe figs in a pressure plate trap ;) Mr. Possum will crawl inside to eat the figs and- SNAP! trapped inside. Then you can drive him way off into the countryside where he ought to be, and dump him out.
"Look at that piece of shit"😂
what a nice knife you got there, bro
Thanks for the scat pr0n ben
My session was over a month a go I'm sitting here munching on a punnet of seedless grapes.
I would recommend a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to catch that rascal! You can always live capture and relocate. American possums are so ugly! Australian possums are quite cute!
exactly the same with my Wuhan
Get a Great Pyrenees dog.