Traditionally in the uk back in the day the tree was grown against a wall as a fan tail imagine a peacock 🦚 with horizontal wire lines acting as support to the branch structure. An underrated tree.
Yes your right! the wall would help protect it from cold winds and hold some warmth also. I seen this in stately home gardens in Yorkshire. its a great system, saves a lot of space also!
TY for showing us exactly how to prune and when. I live in SC not far from Columbia, in the Lexington area. USA. My fig tree finally produced many figs this year. It is five years old. Bought it from a nursey when it was about a foot high. The sad thing, I had over 30 that were getting ready for picking and I went out a day or two later to pick them, and I guess the wildlife got them. Not sure if it were the squirrels or birds. No deer, as we have a fenced yard. How do I keep the wild like away from picking my figs?
Good question Tulipa. Traditionally people would prune deciduous fruit trees now in winter or just before the start of spring. The problem is with this, it causes explosive regrowth in spring as the tree try's to recover and has all its energy in the roots and is able to do so. My new take is pruning in the middle of spring, their is less risk at that time also for fungus infections as the damp cold weather is over. I covered some of this info in this video for the peach tree ua-cam.com/video/x5-1twfwOFE/v-deo.html which is applicable. I think maybe I can try pop out a video talking further on this subject.
I like to plant guilds around my fruit trees. You could plant thyme, oregano, yarrow, chicory, purslane all around the base of your fig tree to the drip line. They will work to protect your tree from pests and provide you with fresh herbs! Permaculture for the win 😎
that's a great idea, I would love to get in to permaculture, its a fascinating subject. We will be moving soon from our current location once we find a new place so that's the only reason I've laid off from doing it.
Very simple and nicely explained
thanks :-)
So very helpful! Have been searching for a fig tree pruning video that demonstrated how to do it in real time. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Traditionally in the uk back in the day the tree was grown against a wall as a fan tail imagine a peacock 🦚 with horizontal wire lines acting as support to the branch structure. An underrated tree.
Yes your right! the wall would help protect it from cold winds and hold some warmth also. I seen this in stately home gardens in Yorkshire. its a great system, saves a lot of space also!
Thanks buddy great video
Glad you enjoyed it John, thanks :-)
TY for showing us exactly how to prune and when. I live in SC not far from Columbia, in the Lexington area. USA. My fig tree finally produced many figs this year. It is five years old. Bought it from a nursey when it was about a foot high. The sad thing, I had over 30 that were getting ready for picking and I went out a day or two later to pick them, and I guess the wildlife got them. Not sure if it were the squirrels or birds. No deer, as we have a fenced yard. How do I keep the wild like away from picking my figs?
Oh the birds beat you to it! Hard to beat the birds, you can put a net over the tree. I never bothered.
@@GreenthumbsGarden one channel said I can place each fig in an individual mesh bag. I thought it would be time consuming. True. But it's worth it.
When should we trim the fig tree in the UK? We are in February now, I have a fig tree but I’m not sure when to prune it. Thank you.
Good question Tulipa. Traditionally people would prune deciduous fruit trees now in winter or just before the start of spring. The problem is with this, it causes explosive regrowth in spring as the tree try's to recover and has all its energy in the roots and is able to do so. My new take is pruning in the middle of spring, their is less risk at that time also for fungus infections as the damp cold weather is over. I covered some of this info in this video for the peach tree ua-cam.com/video/x5-1twfwOFE/v-deo.html which is applicable. I think maybe I can try pop out a video talking further on this subject.
I like to plant guilds around my fruit trees. You could plant thyme, oregano, yarrow, chicory, purslane all around the base of your fig tree to the drip line. They will work to protect your tree from pests and provide you with fresh herbs! Permaculture for the win 😎
that's a great idea, I would love to get in to permaculture, its a fascinating subject. We will be moving soon from our current location once we find a new place so that's the only reason I've laid off from doing it.
What happens if you cut too much? Will it ever die or just not produce good that season?
Thanks
if you heavy prune back its likely they wont produce that season. Fig trees can withstand a heavy pruning.
Where s this place in uk
Not in the UK, south Spain the Mediterranean!