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Just dropped one of my 2’ Chicago Hardy figs Into outdoor DWC and wanted to find a successful PPM. ( I had already set all my systems to around 1100ppm this season but I didn’t want to risk losing the newest addition) Everything else is Aeroponics but I’m out of water pumps so I just blast extra air stones! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you very much for this information. I just took some cuttings off my black genoa and brown turkey fig trees a few minutes ago. I was thinking about doing a kratky system for a bit of fun to see what happens. Havent had much luck with clones unfortunately. Bought some white adriatic cuttings online and managed to kill them all haha.
My cuttings lived, and went into a flood and drain set up. These plants exploded in growth over spring. A few months later and the hydro fig is bigger than the parent tree, which was only small when i took the cuttings. No sign of fruit yet. The parent plants are a couple of years old and haven't fruited yet either, which worries me. Time will tell
hey Bob Grows wanna check up on you and your channel is doing awesome and your garden is going great I remember you had the DWC buckets with tomatoes and you bit into one I bet it was a good one, and you have a fig tree awsome. Hope your safe all is well here
I am building a Dutch tote hydroponic system in my greenhouse in MA. I have multiple varieties of fig seedlings and cuttings I am going to start growing this year in the system. I also use masterblend and feel the ppm range you use will be very suitable. I am not sure what you target for ph, but I will use 6.0 as I do with my other plants. I love figs and have a desert king fig growing inground for over 2 years as I shelter it in the winter. I am hopeful to have results anywhere near what you have done. Thanks for sharing your videos.
Woundring if tree required watering once a week could grow hydroponicly or lets say aeroponicly in tower garden they usaly require 15 minutes of watering every 45 woundring how to set it up for Catha edulis when in soil it only needs watering once A week
Some Varieties will die of root rot in a hydroponic system. Other varieties will grow like mad. For hydroponic figs, I find that the advantages over soil based is the fruit is more juicy and the Brix may be a bit lower than soil based as the sugars are more concentrated.. But I prefer very juicy figs. I use (washed) coco chips and coco coir in 82C temperatures.
I am wanting to transfer my chocolate and coffee trees to a dutch-bucket style setup in 5-gallon buckets. I considered hydroton but was not sure if it would support the plant well enough. Other options are pea gravel, or a mixture of pumice, vermiculite, and perlite. The International Cocoa Quarantine Centre uses sand, gravel, and vermiculite that they flush with nutrients 6 times a day. So I am still trying to decide what would work best. Mine would recirculate the nutrients. Thoughts?
I think the problem lies in buying non-heirloom or commercialized variety tomato. Hydroponic or not you would be hard-pressed to find exotic or rare tomatoes in a supermarket. Same goes with figs, pretty hard to find figs anywhere
Hi, It is great of your video. Can I ask a question? with your system, what is the timer for the nutriel pump and air pump? are they 24/24H operated or timer? Regards CaoTri
How do you handle the water temperatures during the summer in Fla? I thought any water temp over about 85 was not good for hydroponics? Do you cool the water?
I don’t have any issues nor do I cool the water. Occasionally go out there and put my hand in the water and it feels cool to the touch. I keep my reservoir out of direct line of sight of the sun and I know it helps if you bury it too but I can’t on top of concrete.
Bob I ask you “what your tomatoes and jig taste like”. Maybe I should be more pointed; compared to home grown tomatoes and jigs from Israel how do they taste? I got dizzy from your first answer.
I think they taste great. I’ve never tasted figs before they are very hard to find. The tomatoes taste great ripe off the vine. I don’t think I’ve ever tried homegrown tomatoes in soil
Hello. Great videos! Where did you get your fig from? Did you grow from seed, a nursery plant, or a from a friend? I'm new to gardening but I would like to try growing my own fig. I like Fig Newtons but I've never actually had fresh fig lol.
Hey you can look in your neighborhood If someone has a fig tree that's fruiting you can ask for a cutting and root it yourself. Otherwise you can order them online or check out your local nursery. Make sure it's suitable to your climate.
@@BobGrows Thanks. What variety is that? My understanding is that most varieties of fig, if never allowed to go dormant, simply stop growing well and stop producing well. Maybe that variety is particularly suited for never having dormancy?
@@siegfriedroy6757 figs to grow in tropical climates all over the world. They are primary food source for many animals including small monkeys. They do not need to have an off-season or a period of hibernation. The ones growing in Northern climates absolutely do have hibernation cycles and you must acclimate them to the weather or you must encapsulate them for the winter in a warm blanket. There are varieties that are set up for Northern climates and it is very easy to plant them and let them grow, then all you do is towards the winter you cut it back a little and let it winter through without a cover. The following season it comes back.
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Do you use a light for seed?
Waiting for my dwarf fig 5 gallon bucket with fish pump deep water culture
Can you make a tutorial video from start to end on how to grow fig ?!?!
Just dropped one of my 2’ Chicago Hardy figs Into outdoor DWC and wanted to find a successful PPM. ( I had already set all my systems to around 1100ppm this season but I didn’t want to risk losing the newest addition) Everything else is Aeroponics but I’m out of water pumps so I just blast extra air stones! Thanks for sharing!
Air layered Branch producing fruit. EXCELLENT
I have around 60 t0 70 tree in hydroponics sys and I get very sweet fig and big size for 5 years
This reminds me of the fig I cloned in my old Aquaponics system several years ago. It's roots took over the bed in one season!
I suggest trying a small type next time.... but in a larger bed... with heavy gravel to hold it
Thank you very much for this information. I just took some cuttings off my black genoa and brown turkey fig trees a few minutes ago. I was thinking about doing a kratky system for a bit of fun to see what happens. Havent had much luck with clones unfortunately. Bought some white adriatic cuttings online and managed to kill them all haha.
My cuttings lived, and went into a flood and drain set up. These plants exploded in growth over spring. A few months later and the hydro fig is bigger than the parent tree, which was only small when i took the cuttings. No sign of fruit yet. The parent plants are a couple of years old and haven't fruited yet either, which worries me. Time will tell
Great video,I just air layered my Turkey fig
Nice 👍I like giving them away to help others.
hey Bob Grows wanna check up on you and your channel is doing awesome and your garden is going great I remember you had the DWC buckets with tomatoes and you bit into one I bet it was a good one, and you have a fig tree awsome. Hope your safe all is well here
Thank you! Nice seeing people hang around. Maybe I will do another taste test. Hope all is well!
Wow pig fruits yummy.
Keep safe always my friend. Thanks for sharing this video.
Fig is a type of ficus friend
I am building a Dutch tote hydroponic system in my greenhouse in MA. I have multiple varieties of fig seedlings and cuttings I am going to start growing this year in the system. I also use masterblend and feel the ppm range you use will be very suitable. I am not sure what you target for ph, but I will use 6.0 as I do with my other plants. I love figs and have a desert king fig growing inground for over 2 years as I shelter it in the winter. I am hopeful to have results anywhere near what you have done. Thanks for sharing your videos.
Thank you!! Enjoy and have fun that’s all that matters.
Woundring if tree required watering once a week could grow hydroponicly or lets say aeroponicly in tower garden they usaly require 15 minutes of watering every 45 woundring how to set it up for Catha edulis when in soil it only needs watering once A week
Some Varieties will die of root rot in a hydroponic system. Other varieties will grow like mad.
For hydroponic figs, I find that the advantages over soil based is the fruit is more juicy and the Brix may be a bit lower than soil based as the sugars are more concentrated.. But I prefer very juicy figs.
I use (washed) coco chips and coco coir in 82C temperatures.
I am wanting to transfer my chocolate and coffee trees to a dutch-bucket style setup in 5-gallon buckets. I considered hydroton but was not sure if it would support the plant well enough. Other options are pea gravel, or a mixture of pumice, vermiculite, and perlite. The International Cocoa Quarantine Centre uses sand, gravel, and vermiculite that they flush with nutrients 6 times a day. So I am still trying to decide what would work best. Mine would recirculate the nutrients. Thoughts?
They will outgrow the buckets quickly
@@BobGrows Thanks. I have grown both in 5-gallon buckets of soil for years even to fruiting. Am hoping for more consistency with hydroponics, however.
Pea gravel is good because it has weight to support plant from falling over. If you want lightweight inexpensive option use lava rock
Amazing!!
what is the pH and breed of fig is this?
How did you do that. Can you send a link of A to Z of it, how did you make it ? I didn't know fruit tree could possible to grow in hydroponic.
Wow its looking really good. Are you planning to keep it in the hydroponic setup?
Is the PPM value a combined value for N-P-K?
And you never told us how old the fig is
That growth is amazing! What’s at the base of the tree to keep it upright?
The old netcup it busted thru and hydroton the growing media
How do these tomatoes and figs taste. Hydroponic tomatoes from the grocery store are bland compared to garden grown!
I think the problem lies in buying non-heirloom or commercialized variety tomato. Hydroponic or not you would be hard-pressed to find exotic or rare tomatoes in a supermarket. Same goes with figs, pretty hard to find figs anywhere
Hi, It is great of your video. Can I ask a question? with your system, what is the timer for the nutriel pump and air pump? are they 24/24H operated or timer?
Regards
CaoTri
I run everything 24/7 is it necessary probably not I think 15 on 30 off could work I just don’t have a timer
Hi Bob. Keen to know the growth after 1 year to understand if it is sustainable. Mind to share ?
I removed it and planted in ground. Everything going well!
How do you handle the water temperatures during the summer in Fla? I thought any water temp over about 85 was not good for hydroponics? Do you cool the water?
I don’t have any issues nor do I cool the water. Occasionally go out there and put my hand in the water and it feels cool to the touch. I keep my reservoir out of direct line of sight of the sun and I know it helps if you bury it too but I can’t on top of concrete.
Bob I ask you “what your tomatoes and jig taste like”. Maybe I should be more pointed; compared to home grown tomatoes and jigs from Israel how do they taste? I got dizzy from your first answer.
I think they taste great. I’ve never tasted figs before they are very hard to find. The tomatoes taste great ripe off the vine. I don’t think I’ve ever tried homegrown tomatoes in soil
Hello. Great videos! Where did you get your fig from? Did you grow from seed, a nursery plant, or a from a friend? I'm new to gardening but I would like to try growing my own fig. I like Fig Newtons but I've never actually had fresh fig lol.
Hey you can look in your neighborhood If someone has a fig tree that's fruiting you can ask for a cutting and root it yourself. Otherwise you can order them online or check out your local nursery. Make sure it's suitable to your climate.
@@eduardkhaimov9927 I was able to buy 1 from Sam's Club :-) It's a Chicago Hardy. I want more varieties though. I'm in Zone 10b.
What zone are you in? How do you handle overwintering a hydroponic fig? Doesn't it have to go dormant? Thanks
I’m in South Florida, they never go dormant
@@BobGrows Thanks. What variety is that? My understanding is that most varieties of fig, if never allowed to go dormant, simply stop growing well and stop producing well. Maybe that variety is particularly suited for never having dormancy?
@@siegfriedroy6757 figs to grow in tropical climates all over the world. They are primary food source for many animals including small monkeys. They do not need to have an off-season or a period of hibernation. The ones growing in Northern climates absolutely do have hibernation cycles and you must acclimate them to the weather or you must encapsulate them for the winter in a warm blanket. There are varieties that are set up for Northern climates and it is very easy to plant them and let them grow, then all you do is towards the winter you cut it back a little and let it winter through without a cover. The following season it comes back.
@@eduardkhaimov9927 Thanks.
How long ago did you start growing this tree?!?!?
11 months ago
No wasps needed?
Nope no wasps
the fruit is the flower
For how long u growing it hyrldroponically
That was a few months. Now it’s in the ground, alive but not growing nearly as well
@@BobGrows is there a rotting roots encountered
Nope
@@BobGrows why u changed it in the ground
@@khamsibq chill hours i believe
Hi
What is the recommended percent of ppm and ph for fig ?
PH idk, ppm 800-1200
Can you grow figs Kracky style
You could but they are trees, perennials. Not sure if you can sustain a Kratky grow for years
hi bob what is nutrients you use in it
Masterblend, link in description
@@BobGrows Thank you for the prompt response, wishing you continued success
Hi. Can a fig tree lower the ph of aquarium water?
Hi. Can a fig tree lower the ph of aquarium water?