Figs: Dispelling their Most Common Myth | Light vs. Dark Figs
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Figs are among the best-tasting fruits you can grow right in your backyard. Trust me, I've tasted and grown them all, but don't just take my word for it. They've been loved by cultures for 1000s of years and they've been used in countless culinary ways, but when you eat a perfectly ripened fig right off the tree, there's nothing quite like it. The fig is nature's pastry. They're like eating a scoop of jam right off the tree wrapped in the perfect accompaniment, its skin.
So what do they taste like? If you strip down a fig to its basic sense, all figs have varying degrees of dried fruit, melon, berry, and sugar flavors.
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I am always amazed that 9 out of 10 people have never tasted a FRESH FIG! Everytime I ask if they ever had one they all say, "No, but I had a Fig Newton before"!😂😂. I give them a Fresh FIG (Chicago Hardy) and they go "OH MY GOD!! That is soooo good!"
Yeah, in very general terms, I have always thought of figs being either purple (rather than black or dark) and green (rather than white or light). It wasn't until getting into figs that I "discovered" that there are numerous cultivars in every shade in between without looking at the flavors inside the fruit. There are even striped figs and they too are not all the same. It is an interesting topic indeed.
Dude, that variety is sick. I just had my first taste of Shasta Cranberry which was like next level tasty in SoCal. Sweet and not at all tangy as described. You just don't know how something will taste until you try in your specific area and experience. My dude sold me the tree only cause I knew the variety. Let's be real tho, Ross got that dom spirit to make the most of his fig experiments which are super valuable to all of us.
Ross, another great video......I loved the analogy between figs and us. You are truly a great person, you wear your heart on your sleeve. Keep doing what your doing.😇
Going to my first fig fest on my bday. Super excited! Great vid as always
Amazing video man!
Thank you for the info it helped me a lot being newbie at figs
Yummy figs! There are 2 types of apples:
Red apples 🍎 &
green Apples 🍏
think we classify to keep things simple. If apples can’t get past red & green then figs have no chance yet
Always good info!
Have you made any videos about how to keep Scales off the fig trees? I have a Chicago Hardy on my back porch in a pot and ever since I brought it home (just over a year ago), I've been battling Scales and Sugar Ants (and they seem to have some sort of relationship with each other).
Do you find that figs with a yellow or green skin are less likely to be eaten by birds or squirrels? That's something I've read but I wasn't sure if it was true. I do grow white strawberries at home and they seem to get less attention from birds and squirrels and I wasn't sure if this held true for figs as well
The birds loved my col de dame blanc last year. Didn't matter that they were green, the birds knew it was a good fig
I find that the birds here in southern california eat the darker figs and as of now tend to leave the green and yellow figs alone.
Ross, I loved the close up you did of the cut figs. You got me intrigued now about those Honey Figs!. Now I got to go check out the blog & figure out the names of the Honey figs (and how to spell them! ) so I can look for them when you put those cuttings up for sale! Great video.
Hey Ross, my buddy who got me into figs last year is having an issue with an inground plant he is growing that is several years old. Each year it gets figlets but they never ripen, always staying hard green and then drop off at the end of the season. Next year despite fertilizing he gets the same result. Should he dig up the plant entirely and grow a whole new variety?
In case Ross doesn't answer: some figs need to be pollinated by the fig wasp, and if they aren't, they just drop instead of ripening. These varieties are known as caprifigs.
You can only get the fig wasp if you happen to live in an area where they already are -- mostly certain areas in California in the States. Or if you live in a country where they're native, which would be in the mediterrannean/Middle East.
If your boss doesn't have the fig wasp, it sounds like he will never get ripe figs. In that case, best to dig it up and plant a common variety that doesn't need pollination; a.k.a. "common" figs. Good news is, there are plenty of common figs in the world and it shouldn't be hard to find some that will thrive in your area.
There Ross, I hope I got it right. Please correct me if I didn't.
@@drea4195 THANK YOU!!! YOU ARE AWESOME!!!! I will tell him to get rid of that fig plant and go buy a new one..... FROM ROSS, of course!!!!
I have a Nixon Fig, it's a yellow skin, honey inside, larger figs. Been in the ground under 1 year, tree is 5ft tall with 8-10 branches already. Hasn't made too many figs yet, but tree is big and healthy. Phx zone 9b.
I’m located in the south of the United Kingdom where I have been growing a small fig tree for some 15 years. This year it’s suddenly become a jungle and has spread allover the back of my garden. It’s fruit is enormous weighing down the branches. It’s hard to know where to start 😬 Climate change has effected the entire garden and I have palm trees 🌴 once a foot tall and now 20 foot plus. It’s not common in the UK more akin to the south of France. I’m going to have to get a gardener to help me redesign the entire garden and consider growing alternative plants and fruits. If I had a farm life would be very interesting but I live in a cottage near the beach and have a relatively small garden that cannot cope with the size of the fig which extends over 20 feet in width mostly from this years growth and more figs than I can possibly cope with. I need help as does most of northern France where it’s considered bad luck not to have a fig tree. Any suggestions? I’m fighting cancer and have limited energy I might add.
When is the best time to harvest your fruit and how best to store them?
Ross, thanks for your informative shows, I have japanese beetle grubs in my fig pots. Should I be concerned? Treat soil? Are they destructive?
Figs looks delicious
I’ve never eaten a homegrown fig. I bought some Brown Turkey & Black Mission figs from Trader Joe’s. They were okay, but I wouldn’t buy them again. I didn’t really care for either, no strong flavor one way or the other. They both looked fully ripened when I purchased them.
Store bought will never compare to a fig ripened on your own tree
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This is the first year I actually have some fig cuttings that are doing pretty good. I have them in 15 gallon pots and so far so good. Plan on putting them in the ground next summer. Maybe in another year I’ll be able to find out if I like fresh figs. So far I’ve never had a fig that has wowed my taste buds. The ones I have growing in 15 gallon pots are 2 Black Madeira, 3 White Madeira, and 1 Col de Dame Blanc.
Has anyone seen a small white insect roaming around their fig pots? If so, is it bad for the tree/roots?
Will you be at staten island fig fest?
It was a fig ment of imagination ☝️💜💫