Grow Fig Trees That RIPEN FIGS FASTER With Three Simple Tricks
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- Growing figs can be challenging because most fig varieties take about 90 days to ripen from initial figlet formation. This lengthy ripening time makes growing figs in cold climates or in climates with short summers difficult. To grow ripe figs of good quality, figs need warm temperatures to develop sugars. Anything that can be done to ripen figs faster will help the fig trees produce better quality fruits. This video teaches you three gardening tips to help your fig tree concentrate as much energy as possible into ripening the fruit so you get faster ripening figs.
This video focuses on both growing figs in containers and growing figs in ground.
If you have any questions about ripening figs, how to grow figs or any general garden questions, please ask them in the Comments below.
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I have a new fig tree its 4in tall what can i do to make it grow faster
How do you prune fig trees that have all the leaves on it
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Informative, thank you!
A tip, when you trim of a bush, pinch off from the bottom & up. That way, you have less chance to get saps on you.
Here is a tip that works for centuries in Cyprus (East Mediterranean). Apply with a piece of cotton some olive oil on the butt of those green figs. In a week to 10 days you have controlled ripening. Choose only the big ones and one per branch. Alternatively put in 2 parts soap water and 1 part olive oil in a hand sprayer for more efficient application. 1 cup goes a long way. Happy fig season to all.
This sounds very odd. In Italy, it doesn't rain from about June 1 to September 1, which is when figs ripen in their native climates. Here on the NC coast where I live, it rains most days from June 1 to September 1, with absurd quantities. My concern would be cotton absorbing moisture up against the figs, which usually causes souring and bursting.
@@TheMillennialGardener Just try it. Actually it prevents the fig from bursting open. I used to have a variety that the figs were all open on ripening except the treated ones. Anyhow believe me it works and will not cost more than a batch of wasted figs.
OK I do remember my father doing this and it works and this is in occupied Palestine but it will affect the taste !!!! Infact and without using this trick , figs that ripen in August will be more delicious and tasty than ones ripen in late September , October and November !!! place that Im talking about is Jerusalem area where I live and where Romans planted thousands of olive and fig trees during their empire era . In Jerusalem , Bethlehem and Jericho there are still people from Greek descend living among us and planting fig trees around their houses and speaking Arabic language !!
I always wear long sleeves & gloves when working on my fig trees. I get terrible irritation from the leaf & sap.
@@TheMillennialGardener
This advice is really helpful. I acquired a plot in a community garden a few weeks ago, which had a fig tree on it. This is like an allotment in the UK. My garden has a rule that fruit trees can be no more than 6 feet tall, to avoid shading other peoples' plots. Mine was about seven feet, so I trimmed off the tops. Turns out I was doing the right thing. I still need to remove more growth tips and suckers, though.
My father used to grow figs in his garden, but of course as a kid I didn't pay much attention to exactly what he did with them. My new tree now has lots of figs on it. I ate my first ripe one a couple of days ago, it was earlier than any of the others. It was delicious!
You really know your plants and you are a great teacher. I've got some new cuttings that I'm propagating and you have made me rethink my thoughts of transplanting them when they are old enough to 5 gallon buckets instead of into the ground. Thank you sir ! Keep these fine videos coming.
Thanks for watching! I should add that I only grow them in buckets to trial them. Because my rainy summers destroy figs, I need to trial the variety to see if they can hold up to my climate. I am not going to waste precious in-ground space on a fig that can't take the rain. If I lived in a climate with arid summers, they would all be in-ground.
I have arid summers but way too short at 8000+ feet in elevation, so container grown, mostly indoor plants with likely no good fruiting they will always be unless I move to a lower climate one day with them. Mine are just about 5 months old rooted from cuttings so who knows what will happen. Growing them just for fun really, at this point in time and not expecting much more than that from them.
Not only giving tips but also explanations. Thank you so much for your helpful information.👍
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Glad I watched this. My fig tree has figs on it for the first time. I had no idea that fig tree sap is so caustic.
I took a 4” cutting last Fall from a neighbors fence overhanging fig tree to experiment & see if I could root it. Put it directly in soil w a wee compost added in a small pot, brought it in to overwinter in a sunny window. Watered it weekly. It worked! It’s flourishing here in N. E. Texas. 5 mths later it has 8 leaves!!! I’m about to transplant to my garden today.I regret not cutting a couple more. Your videos have answered any and all questions I had. Especially about keeping the size manageable. Great info. I subscribed. Thank you so much. Your trees look amazing!
Thank you! And thanks for subscribing. I'm glad the videos are helpful. Best of luck with your new fig tree! If you fertilize it enough, you may get fruit off of it by September!
I am SO very happy to have found your wonderful videos! I’ve wanted figs a long while now and with your expertise I may have the confidence to do it! I’m grateful for your time and expertise! 😊
Thanks for the informative concise lesson in fig growing. Full of facts and tips. Lovely to see you too and not just a voice.
Delwyn Tatton thanks for watching! I try not to focus when I’m in the videos 😂
You are brilliant, but here in Northern Ireland it rains too much. I have two fig trees in container one tree had two figs and one fell off and other one is hanging on so far Both trees are six feet today you have taught me 3 imp. Info. and I’ll try them on my fig trees. Thank you. Best wishes from Northern Ireland.
Best video ever.
I grew a tree from a cutting 2 years ago and I'm following your lead.
Thanks for pointing out that smaller or less vigorous trees shouldn't be pinched. Learned that the hard way.... Strong healthy trees should be the first priority.
Exactly. It is done to redirect the energy "wasted" on vigor on the more vigorous varieties. If the tree isn't vigorous, don't pinch it.
@@TheMillennialGardener The same in beekeeping. If the hive isn't strong and robust I can't split the hive to make more.
@@beebob1279 that's usually the common law of nature - if it isn't strong enough to sustain itself, don't try and divert it anywhere. Only do so if there is overly robust vigor. It's easier to recover from surgery if the patient is strong. Surgery on a weak patient doesn't often go as well! We have to remember we are performing a surgical operation here, so let's put ourselves in our tree's shoes and ask how we'd like having our limbs removed.
Thank you so much for this great, informative video! I've been looking at my fig tree, wondering what I should do with it. You answered all my questions (and more) since I never really knew how to trim it. Now, I'll just have to figure out how to prevent all the squirrels and raccoons from eating all the fruit when they ripen! Many thanks!
Thank you for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Just a tip on avoiding the fig sap, when you prune a tree start at the bottom so it is not dripping on your arms as you cut away. I finally learned that a week a go after burning my arms.
With all of the trees I have clustered together, it didn't matter. The density was just too high and I constantly found myself in between 4 trees. Somehow, I avoided it all 😅
Thank you
Thank you. I learned a lot.
Zavia, I was going to say that...^_^
Finally some real info re fig trees. Excellent!!!! I've been searching for knowledge and video is most helpful. I see many of my mistakes and hopefully this will help. I learned plenty. Thank you
I'm glad you found it helpful! Thank you for watching.
Me too, saw so many videos but nothing like this one.... really helpful thank you
Swetha Reddy thanks for watching!
Thank you for sharing your experiences.
Ian Bruggemann thanks for watching!
thanks for the advise i can used the rule for my little fig farm in my house.. i be watching for a nex season tqvm
Really excellent instruction. The only thing that could have been better for me would have been close-ups of precisely where you were cutting. Not always possible, I know. But wow, you are a great fig growing teacher!
Thank you. There really isn't a "right way" to prune, just a few "wrong ways." Always use a clean pair of sharp pruners, and try to angle your cuts so water does not pool on a flat surface (which can cause rot). I was simply removing the very tips. You can prune them how you wish as long as you remove that main growth point. I appreciate you watching.
Fig science. Such valuable info. Thank you.
I must check out your channel since this video is this good.
Thanks for watching! I appreciate it.
Thank you for sharing the excellent info!
111Lky thanks for watching!
Thanks for the informative video. I have struggled with correct pruning of my fig trees. This really helps.
Farmer Bob you’re welcome. Thank you for watching!
Man this guy is a blessing. Thanks for the video.
I really appreciate that. Thanks for watching!
Great! Very inspiring and insightful, very much appreciated!
Thanks for watching!
Hey! Just found your channel and and I'm learning so much valuable information! Thank you!
Thank you for watching! I'm glad the content is helping you.
I live in Australia and I can get 2 or even (sometimes) 3 fig crops in a year! Yay for Mediterranean Climates!
Lucky you. We get so much rain in the summer I'm lucky to get one 😅
@@TheMillennialGardener LOL!!! I'm glad you are able to help people from non-Mediterranean climates to grow figs. Even if they don't bear, they are a beautiful tree, but the fruit are so yummy!
Thank you for the update
Wow! That’s super cool.
I'm a new fig tree owner. Your information is so helpful . Thank you .
I am new fig grower :) and you are wealth of knowledge!!! Thank you sooo much ! I am addicted to your channel! I am in 4B zone and hope your tips will help my one year old "orchard"
Awesome info. Never knew about any of you've tips given, so thank you. I have a huge variety that every year grows out of control. Yielding a lot of figs and and sometimes like last year not so much.
Thanks for watching. You may want to give my fig fertilizing playlist a peek. It could help on those "off" years: ua-cam.com/play/PL1gY7BoYBGIFNbJEUdApbh_E57uNBLG2j.html
Very informative and well produced and edited. Thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!
What an amazing video. I learned so much. I have a fig tree that taking a while for the figs to ripen. Now I understand why. The tree is growing higher and higher and the figs are lower. Such an informative video. Thanks
I have enjoyed listening to you explain fig tree growing. I've learned a great deal. Thanks so much for your very informative videos!
You're welcome! Thanks so much for watching!
Very much interesting tips. Am a beginner to grow fig trees. I have planted 25 plants on ground and all of them came nicely. But had lots of 45deg branches were growing from down and was wondering what to do with it. Now your video is clear on the sub.
25 trees! Very nice! I'm glad the video was helpful. Thank you for watching.
Watched this last year and again now. I'm in NJ and just did my pinching last week, I'll be using step 2 tomorrow to get all the side suckers off and bottom suckers. Thank you for such good content.
I grew up in NJ, born and raised. I'm glad you're finding the content helpful! Thanks for watching.
Me too! Thes fig care tutorials are well worth reviewing.
Great video, Thanks for sharing this information. I love the word figlet. I need to use that word a lot more in my life.
Haha, word-a-day calendar, perhaps. Thanks for watching!
As a new figtree owner in the region of Belgium I've been browsin youtube for over 4 days. You , Sir, came out on top. No competition whatsoever!
That's great to hear! I'm glad the videos were helpful. Best of luck with your tree! I have a lot of fertilizing videos if you need some help making a schedule: ua-cam.com/play/PL1gY7BoYBGIFNbJEUdApbh_E57uNBLG2j.html
Great video, just what I was looking for. THANK YOU! Seems very similar to tomatoes!
I've found tomatoes and figs enjoy being fertilized exactly the same. The fruiting requirements seem similar. Same thing with peppers, eggplant, cucumbers and zucchini.
Thank you so much!
Thanks! I'm going to go look at and care for my three fig trees better now.
Glad to help. Thanks for watching!
Great info. Thank you for sharing.
My fig tree is full with figs but looks like they are not going to ripe. I think all the energy is going to the leaves. Thanks for the tips in your video. 🌈
I’m never disappointed 👍
Thank you. Thanks for watching!
Great video! I will definitely be using these tips when growing figs.
Thanks for watching!
I have a fig tree that for seven years would grow up a few feet, wouldn't produce figlets, and then die back during the winter every year. Last year I mulched it heavily with composted wood and fertilized it early in the spring. Since the winter was mild, it did't die back. Now it's three times larger than any previous year, but it still didn't set fruit. It was suckering a lot, so I removed those and started new plants, but I suspect that I also needed to pinch the growing ends. Thanks for the information. Hopefully next year I'll finally get a crop of figs.
I’ve had no luck trying to grow figs since 2015, my tree remains regrowing foliage only with no fruits at all year after year. Is this a male tree is there such a thing??? So I purchased another potted dwarf fig with fruits on it already to ensure it will fruit. But once I transferred it to the ground, I’m having to wait for it to get established in its new location right next to my first fig tree. I figured they will keep each other company with the dwarf encouraging the taller fig tree to finally fruit some. What fertilizer do fig trees need???
@@elenabchrist4226 I'm still hoping for a crop, but if I don't get one this year, I'm getting a different variety.
I am headed to the figs and use all your techniques, THANK YOU!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
Thank you. You are the best I have seen. I am growing fig tree from branch I cut. Great to watch growing.
Thanks for watching! I appreciate it.
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Thank you for this information. I'm growing my first fig tree and its very exciting. However, I had no idea how to truly take care of it. It's about 7 feet tall now and I need to get busy pinching and pruning. I already see fruit on it (it's mid August and hot in Texas) and I want to have awesome fruit some day. These are great bits of information. Thank you.
Very good tips! I will see if i can use these next season on the figs. I grew up some from seed, so they need some time to get that big. Also, maybe i find me some branch to cut cuttings from.
Greetings,
Jeff
Thank you so much , you have answered my question with your first tip ! My fig tree is growing in a hug tree with a minimum number of figs .
Amy thanks for watching, I’m glad it was helpful.
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I do enjoy your videos! They do educational for this one year fig grower. I am teachable🌱🌱🌱. You are a great teacher🌱👍🏻
Thanks for watching! I'm glad you find them helpful.
Very informative, easy to understand, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for one more informative video, I have been using this technique for a few years now also removing new side branches if they are not needed.
Thanks Martin (Dieseler) you have been good teacher 🌱
Martin (Dieseler) from an old Garden fig forum thought me to do that.
In my garden and zone 6 I do that first days in July regardless if there are figlet's or not.
It's working well !
If it's working, stay the course, I say. Figs in Zone 6 is a luxury for sure. Thank you for watching!
@@TheMillennialGardener My pleasure !
Amazing amazing amazing - I'm so excited to learn all this! Great tip on the gloves, good thing I watched this one before I go out tomorrow to pinch the top of my Black Jack Fig! I'm in 9b Central California and I would love to get another variety of fig! I took a cutting from a neighbor late winter and I believe it has rooted! I don't know what it is though...
If you're in Central California 9b, does that place you around the Modesto/Visalia/Sacramento area? I know that's a really wide area I just threw out there, but large portions of that area colonize the fig wasp. If so, you're the only region in the country where figs are pollinated, so your fig quality will be *off the charts* and you can actually plant the seeds and grow new fig varieties. Figs don't pollinate anywhere else in the US, so our trees are all infertile. If this is where you live, I suggest getting a male Caprifig tree and try to get a wasp colony started in your yard.
Central California is a Fig Mecca and seedlings frequently grow on the sides of roads, in cracks of sidewalks, in drainage ditches and all over river and creek beds. Lots of folks go seedling hunting out there. I definitely recommend the gloves. Not everyone reacts to fig sap, but it gives me itchy, burning blotchy patches.
@@TheMillennialGardener Wow! Thanks for the great response. I am right in the middle of all that in Stockton so I will look into a Caprifig. Thanks a ton!
Nice work my friend, very informative video, great job 👍👍👍
Thanks for watching!
Wow amazing video...watching from the Philippines. just today i bought rooted fig tree.Thank you for the information.
Thanks for watching from so far away! I appreciate it!
First of all, I love your videos! Second, I have a fig tree (Don't even know what variety), that's at least three years old. I didn't know anything about what to do for it when I planted it and it's now three + years old, about two feet tall and struggling. After watching your videos I think it was planted too deep and over-fertilized with the wrong mix, so I need to figure out how to fix that! I have also started a container garden over a weed barrier in my limited backyard space with Southern exposure, and I find your videos invaluable. Thanks, brother! I'm in Northern Florida on the coast. Keep up the good work. Ken
Very good thank you👍👍
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for these useful tips, I have luscious green trees with just a few figs because I never pruned them at all.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
I let mine grow to 14'-0.
It was raking the eave of the house so I cut it back to a manageable heighth.
Also bent branches down and rooted them into the ground away from the main tree. They are growing well and are now separated. Also air rooted 2 branches that are overdue to get into the ground. Fat, sweet figs!!
East Texas.
WOW, finally after years of trying to grow figs ive found your site! Thank you, omg i just heard about pinching the fig trees two days ago but the gardner didnt say what that was or how to do it. Here it is 08/15/23 & i dont know if I should pinch mine or not?? Im going to because I cant imagine it would hurt the tree. I live in zone 7b in NC. New subscriber here & cant wait to learn more. 🌱
I really wish my local nursery told me about fig burn, I found out the hard way. I was so glad I found this guy.
What do you mean by fig burn? I've actually never heard of that.
@@TheMillennialGardener I got the sap of the fig leaf on one of my fingers & ended up 2 days later with 3 finger's burnt. It's been 2 months & I'm still dealing with this problem.
@@jo-annedrennan5546 oh wow! I just ordered figs so I’m glad I know of this now. Yikes. Hope you get better soon.
TIP #4: IF YOU HAVE MANY FIGLETTES GRIOWING ON A TREE, CONSIDER PRUNING OFF SOME OF THE FIGLETTES SO THAT THE TREE CAN PUT MORE ENERGY INTO RIPING THE REMAING FIGS.
One safety suggestion: bring along a bottle of water. In case you get sap spray on your face, you can wash it off immediately.
My 5 gallon buckets have water in them. I collect rainwater with them, so if I ever get sap on my hands, I rinse them in the buckets.
@@TheMillennialGardener I see. Thank you.
Thank you very much! Very simple and clear recommendations!
You're welcome!
I have 2 fig trees. 1 is huge ! I have harvested 15 lbs so far from this large tree from all areas of the tree. Last year maybe a half pound. My big tree is roughly 10 ft tall x 8 ft diameter.
My smaller tree is putting out record figs. BTW. I live between N.E Philly and Trenton, NJ. I have so many figs right now I'm gonna make wine from them. I've been putting them in 5 pound pound increment ziploc bags storing them in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days and then freezing them. Absolutely amazing compared to what I had last year and the year before.
Great presentation.
Ian Bruggemann thank you!
Thank you for these great tips! 😊😊👍
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
Awesome video 👍 I have a fig tree that I didn't plant. It just appeared after winter, right next to a tree. I haven't touched it . It looks healthy, but I have no idea how to care for it. But this video was a lot of help. Thank you and I'm excited to see if it grows fruit 😁🌻🙏
Thanks so much for your tips. I'll do it like your beautiful tips to het fruit from them energy. God Bless You all the time
Thank you for watching! I appreciate it.
That will be my task today. Thanks for reminding.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
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Trees as well as growing roots and leaves also feed microbes at their roots, ones that change the PH at the roots to a PH that suit the tree and that help them absorb nutrients or create nutrients for them.
Plants dont just feed us, they feed microbes in the ground, useful ones for themselves. They feed everything on earth nearly.
Use micorrhiza on roots
Thanks, this was great instruction, which we will apply when we unwrap our tree!
So well explained. Very helpful...thank you for such a good vid
You're very welcome. Thank you for watching!
Really Helpfull...! As a new fig grower learnt a lot of important things!❤️
I'm glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
My fig tree is about 15 feet tall and gives me hundreds of figs a year, I eat the low hanging ones, the squirrels take the ones on the top. Everybody is happy.
In Southern CA we have a long summer, I have my first figs usually mid July early August, last ones late September early October.
I have Chicago Hardy in Pennsylvania. Some years the cold kills the trees back to the ground and then we start over off the roots. This past winter was relatively warm. The tree continued to grow through spring and it's bushed out quite nicely.
My figs won't be ready until September. Then our frost hits in mid October. It's a short season but well worth it.
@@beebob1279 I also have a Chicago Hardy Fig. I live in Ohio and my problem is Imwill get uustba few and while the rest stsrtnto,ripen the cold weather hits in Late Sept. or early Oct.
Jealous of your climate. The wet summers here make growing figs tough, so each one that ripens well is a treasure.
Harvesting my Osborne daily now, waiting for the Mission to ripen so that we can make jam and chutney. Also in SoCal. It’s going to be a bumper year.
@@stuff0music You're so lucky. Enjoy them
Love your info. I let my fig tree get much too tall. The birds get to most of my figs before I can get to them. Soo I have been heavily pruning my tree back over a few years. I always get a second growth of figs but the leaves die off before the second figs ever ripen. I will be trying your method now. I usually wait until our winter here in the low AZ desert zone 9b to prune heavy. I am saving your video! Thank you!
I'm glad you found the video helpful! Thank you for watching, and best of luck with the tree!
Wow It’s perfect time to see this video tonight.I am going to repen my fig tree tomorrow and will be big mistake for me.( I alway think take the big leave away and left the little sucker at the tree.Thank so much for all your video .I learn a lot of things from u.
OHHH OMG I WAS LOOKING FOR A VIDEO LIKE THIS LAST YEAR thanks :)
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I wish I had seen this earlier in the year. Oh well. Now I know. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks! Very clear and helpful.
Thanks for watching!
Nicely done video. You give a lot of great info. I learned a lot. I have several Chicago plants in NC. They are doing well and I got a decent amount of fruit for my first year. I might have to give your tips a whirl. I do get ants on the plants but I see you have a video for that so I guess you have me hooked. TY
Thank you for watching! I really appreciate it.
Very helpful Thank you!!!
Thanks for watching!
Very helpful - I've never heard about the dangers of pruning a Fig, so that was a prize tip! Thank you! I'm so used to seeing rambunctious fig trees, it never occured to me that they would benefit from judicious pruning! I have a sorry specimen, a Turkish brown fig - I know it's parent, very vigorous & delicious - which I planted in a sunny spot 3yrs ago, which has since become partially shaded by an Acacia tree and ravaged by slugs (they must be mutants!) I've also seriously injured my back so am a bit limited in my responses to gardening urgencies, but I obviously need to go take a closure look at the poor fella. If they are competing for nutrients, is there any fertilizer we can give them? I have liquid kelp feed it could have. We're just getting to the end of spring here in southern Australia. I also have a newer specimen - the dog bit the top out of it in the winter, it's barely 8" high but is looking very healthy; currently in the middle of the lawn, protected from damaging Westerly winds by a shed, would it be better to dig this up & espalier it against a sun-facing shed, for example? Thank you for sharing your super-knowledge. 👍🐾🦘🙏😎
Figs are very heavy feeders, so their need for nutrients is very high. I have an in-depth playlist about fertilizing figs here: ua-cam.com/play/PL1gY7BoYBGIFNbJEUdApbh_E57uNBLG2j.html
Much of Australia has an incredible climate for figs, so unless you're in the tropical north where it rains a lot during the summer, you should be able to grow pretty good figs!
@@TheMillennialGardener When I was living in Geraldton, West Australia, I had a fig tree on my farm that I completely ignored and two or three times a year, it produced hundreds and hundreds of figs! It was probably about ten feet tall and about fifteen feet wide, but that was a fully mature tree in a perfect Mediterranean climate.
This is so useful. And thanks for the safety tips. I can't really espalier because my figs are in containers but this pinching video really helps. Thanks so much.
Glad to hear it! Most people will not espalier their trees for a whole host of reasons, but the pinching and removing any fruits you know won't ripen will help anyone, anywhere.
great info,enjoyed it !,subscribed right now,thanks
Thanks for watching! I appreciate you subscribing!
Great video. I followed your advice last month about pinching to promote fruit setting. Worked great. One question: do you remove leaves that are blocking sunlight from the ripening figs?
Excellent! No, I do not remove the leaves. I have issues with rust in my humid, coastal climate, so I leave all the leaves on because they're going to begin dropping in August as the rust sets in. I try to keep the leaves on there for shade.
The Millennial Gardener Ah! Thanks for mentioning that. I’d never heard of rust, so you got me to google it and learn something! Much appreciated! Please keep making these great videos. 👍🏼👍🏼
@@2triangles I plan on it. Thank you for watching.
@@TheMillennialGardener I have same rust issue here in southern Canada (hot humid summers) and found leaving extra leaves on helps it survive the august leaf drop. Thanks for these ripening tips!
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Wow that's so much no wonder I wasn't getting any figs I have an in ground fig tree I should have trained earlier on when can I cut back the heavy branches thank you ❤️
Hi thank you very much for all the information you have shared with us I have a fig tree and they never ripen i am going to take you advice and do what you said thanks 🙏
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the simple tricks. Would you consider selling some cuttings later in the year? I am interested in a few varieties that you have.
Yes, I will have cuttings in January. I also have some plants up. I will be adding a few more shortly. I'm almost out for the season.
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Useful info! Couple of questions
1) @ 6:15, how do you get such a small tree to fruit?
2) @7:58, come winter how much of this height would you prune? In general, how much of this year's growth would one prune 1/3 or 1/2 for a container grown fig to keep it relatively small?
Thanks.
1) I can only guess. Likely a combination of a climate with a lot of growing degree days, the extra heat my weed barrier attracts, the fact that the containers make the trees become root-bound more quickly (which enhances fruiting when they're young), and my aggressive fertilizing schedule. I recommend checking out my fertilizer vids if you haven't: ua-cam.com/play/PL1gY7BoYBGIFNbJEUdApbh_E57uNBLG2j.html
2) It depends how you want to form your tree. My plan is to cut them all down into a single 18 inch trunk, which keeps them small and promotes low branching. Figs aren't like most fruit trees where you shouldn't prune more than 1/3 at any given season. Figs can be hard-pruned because they're so vigorous.
@@TheMillennialGardener do you do this hard pruning when you take them inside or during the winter?
@@kimberlyberlin4999 I do not bring my trees inside. They remain outside all winter, unprotected. I am in a strong Zone 8, so I do not protect them. If I saw that we were going to have lows in the teens, which is possible where I live, I would probably group the buckets together and toss a tarp over them at night, but that's about it. Last year, our lowest low was 22.8F, so I didn't protect anything. Temps in the 20's are pretty harmless to figs unless it is prolonged. As soon as the sun rises here, even in January, we shoot into the 40's and 50's very quickly.
Thank you for the tip to grow Fig tree
Thank you for watching!
As often, I'm really impressed how you manage to make the right conclusions and base them on wildy off "theories" :D :D :D
I'm not sure exactly what you're referring to, but thank you, I think 😂 I'm an electrical engineer, so most of my gardening knowledge is from logic, my slightly above-basic understanding of biology and chemistry, and years of experience, trial and error.
but I want my tree to get larger and I have it planted in the ground, this way in about three years my tree will be about ten feet tall and about fifteen feet wide and then I will have enough figs to make fig preserves here in northern florida
If you want your tree to become a massive bush, then don't touch it. Let it do its thing. That is not the pattern I want. I am going for high density plantings of many varieties, so I want to keep my trees smaller and somewhat stunted. I also want to grow humidity-tolerant varieties, and in order to do that, you need to fruit them early and trial them. It all depends what your goals are.
I have a huge fig bush about 8ft.x 5ft. but get few figs. Could it be the more foliage, the less fruit?
@@esthervolkan6946 does it get at least 6 hours of direct, unfiltered sunlight every day? Figs need long periods of intense sunlight to fruit well. Ensure it isn't getting too much shade. Another thing figs need is a heavy mulch layer to maintain moisture and a regular fertilizer routine. Make sure you apply at least 3-4 inches of natural, hardwood mulch. If your climate is very dry, drip irrigation will help. Also, establish a fertilizing routine. I have a series on fertilizing figs here: ua-cam.com/play/PL1gY7BoYBGIFNbJEUdApbh_E57uNBLG2j.html
I'm just realizing that my 7 ,2 yo trees that I got in late February wont be fruiting this year. I'm so sad😞
Have the fruited at all, or is your season too short to ripen the figs that have formed at this point?
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Hey...we live in Las Vegas, so from the FA, our first "frost" is in mid November. The desert kings have a ton of main crop but I guess we dont have the wasp. I did notice last night that about 5 little more rounded double bumps are forming on the VDB's. That seems.super late but with our long growing season, maybe??? I'm using your feeding schedule, but i did fall to the temptation of pinching about 3 weeks ago. I wont do that again until I can establish a better growing pattern. Maybe they arenjust too young? But I see somenof your cuttings and they are already fruiting! I have kept these alive longer than anything ever....well, except my children😂 I told my husband unwanted a fig tree....he made me buy 7 because he thought I couldnt possibly kill 7 trees!
@@dizazati8627 you are correct, there are no fig wasps in Nevada. They only exist in the Sacramento River Valley region of California, so you cannot grow main crop Desert King's in Vegas, unfortunately. You will still be able to ripen figs figs that are defined double bumps, but they probably won't have the best flavor because the sugar content developed that late will be lower. However, if you get yourself a late heat wave, which is totally possible, you could luck out. You can't really gauge what a first-year tree will do. Some cuttings just want to fruit, and others want to grow. They'll start settling down and become more stable after 3-4 years. Spend your first year or two trying to shape them and be thankful for any fruits you get. Years 3-4 is when you'll start getting reliable production. This goes for most grafted fruit trees, as well.
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Thank you so much for the info, fig master ....this young Paduan is grateful!😜
@@dizazati8627 you're welcome, thanks for watching.
Great video!
Good job thank you 👍😃🌷I have 5 kinds of figs trees all grown well 👍😃🙏
Thanks for the great information.
I don’t know how that word “pinching” has become so popular. It is meaningless and inaccurate when describing pruning.
People say "pinching" because you're supposed to summer-prune your fig tips when they're so small, you can snap them off between your finger tips. Figs are one of the only plants you can tip with your fingers since it takes awhile for the wood to lignify, versus, say, citrus, avocados, mangoes, stone fruits, etc.
hehe "figlet"
Very good video! Thanks for the tips.
Sharlynn C thanks for watching!
Great info. Thank you
Thanks for watching!