@@natemurphy4367 is it from a cutting or a seed? I just fertilize with diluted all purpose miracle gro and occasionally add some 0-10-10 fish fertilizer until I see flower buds (from spring to summer until flower buds show up)
@@natemurphy4367 nice, yeah I root cuttings in a big jar of water but your setup sounds way nicer haha. sounds like you need some more time for blooms, are you growing them outdoors in the ground or in a pot like I am?
@@natemurphy4367 what's your setup like inside? I put mine in a maylar type of indoor tent with LED lighting it will continue to flower in there along with ripening fruit. So you might see flowers indoors you can still hand pollinate and the fruit will grow and ripen inside
You should try a Celeste fig tree because it produces early. Research here in Louisiana indicates they`re more cold hardy than Chicago Hardy. Just heavily mulch the roots underneath the canopy with things like chopped leaves, brown cardboard, rotting branches and green grass clippings. Protect the tree from below 15 degrees the first couple of years with a tarp and some sort of warm lights beneath it, say 20 watts of LED on really cold nights. Or wrap the branches then wrap in a tarp etc. I`ve covered smaller 1st year trees with pine straw and a plastic barrel wrapped in a blanket. Remove the barrel when normal temps return. I also leave lower horizontal branches, weigh them down, then cover in leaves and straw just in case the top does freeze.
this cutting might actually be a celeste or the real chicago hardy, the other plant I pulled out was probably mislabeled! i've been told the leaves of the now removed fig (but I still have 2 other cloned from that original one around the yard) resemble ron de bordeaux or something along the lines, leaves are long with slender "fingers." also it was most likely a tissue culture due to the suckering/creating multiple branches at the base and not fruiting for such a long time.
@@raregrowsNJ I think my 4 pack of new Celeste trees planted in Louisiana in March were tissue culture too. They were very very tiny 2 or 3 inch bushes with 7 or 8 branches. One grew to a normal size this year but zero fruits and one is only 7 or 8 inches with 2 branches. The others have 2 branches and are almost 4 feet. No fruits. They have long finger leaves and strange leaves on other branches shaped like shields. Very odd! I have 2 Brown Turkey trees in the ground and one in a pot. I`ve only gotten 7 ripe figs so far and one tree is large and was planted last year. Maybe next year they will produce.
I have to order all my fig trees. Who knows if the variety is accurate. None of my trees resemble the varieties I ordered and I have two trees loaded with fruits that apparently will never ripen and they`ve been on the trees for 3 months. "Brown Turkey." It took me two years of ripoffs just to get real dwarf tomato seeds. The dwarf plants produce the most flavorless tomatoes I`ve ever seen. This is after spending about 300 bucks. So this winter I plan to grow actual real cherry tomatoes inside. And I`m trying to convince myself to try indoor cucumbers too now that I`ve found self-pollinating varieties. I tried Spacemaster two years ago and failed at hand pollinating. What a mess!
it seems like mislabeling is a big issue with figs, thankfully this fig I replaced the non producer with has been ripening figs up until now, the temps have dropped but I am still getting ripe figs although slowly. Next year I hope the plant will double in size as will the harvest.
Wow, fantastic results! Very cool that there are some elongated and rounder fruits. How long did it take for your vine to start flowering? I have mine in my greenhouse and it's put out a decent amount of growth, but doesn't look like it will flower this year.
@@raregrowsNJ I’m not sure actually as it wasn’t mentioned if it was seed-grown or from a cutting when I bought it. I’ve had it for 2 years but it didn’t grow much last year as I had it outside rather than in the greenhouse.
@@PeterEntwistle2 years is long enough, hope you get some blooms soon. these will continue to flower inside my indoor grow tent. depending on how warm you keep your greenhouse you might still get some blooms through the fall and winter 🤞
@@notmyproblem3072 yes it's nutrient deficiency if you look at my post from last fall the leaves look pretty bad on both of the vines, but the new growth from this season is much greener after being up-potted with some new soil and fertilizer. I think the frequent watering which is required almost daily in the summer and the fact that the plants are in a container washes out the nutrients
i do grow maypop but the aftertaste is too wild/gamey. the initial flavor is nice but that lignering aftertaste is wrong haha. check out my latest video for some more fruit
How old is this tree?? I have had mine for two years and I am trying to figure out how to prune to get the main stem to grow stronger.. I’ve just been topping it and shaping it. Do you have any advice?
@@brittanyjfoskitt1 this was 2+ years from purchasing a small 4" rooted cutting. I just removed all the shoots from the base, kept a single stem and let it grow from there to get the tree shape. I ended up planting these in the ground, a very cold winter killed them to the base and they grew back as a bush.
I just got a 3 gallon brown select satsuma on a trifoliate rootstock from Stan McKenzie, I live in Scranton pa do you think it’s to cold to plant it in the ground if I protect it all winter
@@CheeseBurgerXJ satsumas are cold hardy in zone 8a/b so it will definitely need protecting, it's doable with heating such as a small space heater on a thermocube set to turn on below freezing
@@raregrowsNJ gotcha I’ll look into the heater with a switch, should I wait till next spring to put it in the ground? I have a meiwa kumquat I got also, I’ll probably have to keep that in a container and put it inside during winter right?
@@CheeseBurgerXJ it might be better to wait for next spring so the roots have time to grow into the ground. meiwa would also need protection with heating if it's going outside, otherwise in a container inside is what I do with my potted citrus. Be mindful of watering the potted citrus, they like to rot indoors since there is less evaporation
@@raregrowsNJ the meiwa is only a 1 gallon right now so I’ll probably keep it in a pot for a couple years. I’ll let that satsuma grow out till next spring and look for a spot that’s somewhat protected during the winter, I have a blueberry patch that I think is going to be a good spot for it.
@@CheeseBurgerXJ sounds good, let me know when you do! if you can get poncirus plant one out and let it get some size on it, graft some Prague Chimera or other hardy hybrids on it
I just bought the seedling at farmers market this Spring, it's growing strong with big green leaves, I'm very happy. Now, I'm waiting for some flowers. I like the frame that you built. I'll add in some 8' bamboo sticks next year. The 6' rings which i used aren't tall enough.
I agree, the fruit and leaves match many of those varieties. Now I am wondering if this unkown is actually a Chicago Hardy (this is a popular variety sold in big box stores around the state) and my fruitless big box store Chicago Hardy that I like to complain about was mislabeled and is a different fig all together. The leaves on those fruitless fig bushes are slender, kind of like an open hand with long fingers. I'm going to make a blog post on here if you don't mind taking a look!
@@truthseeker1364 ah I'm sorry I completely forgot you mentioned you wanted to trade. Citremon sounds cool, do you know which one it is exactly there are a few floating around?
@@raregrowsNJ pretty sure it's the Stan McKenzie variety that Madison nurseries now has. We spoke here on RU-vid months back about possibly trading some passiflora incarnata for some Prague cuttings. But I'm open to whatever I have a lot of different stuff. I just picked up some us 119. As well they're all kind of small but I can get at least one or two good cutting off of each. I tried to give you my email on here but it wouldn't let me even when I tried spacing it.
they defintely look great this year, the fruit even looks bigger than the last years crop. this is the most this vine has ever produced, i dont thin the grapes either which probably contributed to the vine falling from all of the weight :'). the birds will strip every single grape off the vine after they discover it, once this tropical storm passes ill get to work on it
sounds like my hardy chicago I bought from home depot, which might be a tissue culture since it has never fruited after a few years, this mystery one fruited the next season after I planted the cutting so it was not even a year old
i need to experiment with kaolin clay and some other low-toxicity/organic pesticide to mix with it to keep the plum weevil away from these stone fruits
